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Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today hosted InnoAsia 2008 which is part of the Business of Design Week (www.bodw.com), Asia’s leading conference on design and innovation. This year’s InnoAsia is themed “Enabling Sustainability”, with focus in areas of transport, green building, lighting and renewable energy.

Shun Tak Holdings Limited (“Shun Tak”) has signed a management agreement with Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hotel management company and a member of Dubai Holding, to operate its newest five-star deluxe hotel in the Cotai area of Macau. This was announced by Ms Pansy Ho, Managing Director of Shun Tak and Mr Gerald Lawless, Executive Chairman of Jumeirah Group, at a signing ceremony held today in Hong Kong.

Market leaders keen to adopt SWIFTNet Funds messaging to reduce the cost of a paper-based funds transfer from A$20 to approx A$0.20c

Global provider of secure financial messaging services SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), today announced that automated funds transactions in the Australian financial services sector will go live in early 2009.

An information forum on the market initiative to automate Australian investment funds transactions will be hosted on Tuesday, 2 December at the NSW Trade & Investment office at the MLC Centre, Sydney from 12:30pm.

Use Skype and Save on Christmas and Holiday phone calls

With friends and family increasingly far flung and the price of travel rising all the time, it is difficult to cover the miles required to meet up with all those nearest and dearest to you. However, if you swap your road, air and sea miles for Skype miles, you can stay in touch without leaving anybody out or breaking the bank.

The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade group for the mobile industry, today announced the winners of the APAC leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The winners were announced at the GSMA’s Mobile Asia Congress, Asia’s leading mobile communications event, that’s taken place in Macau, China this week.