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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.

New initiative helps cement Hong Kong's standing as regional hub for technology and innovation

The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today inaugurated the Science Park Applied Research Commercialisation Forum (SPARC).

The new initiative brings together innovators, industry leaders and investors to facilitate commercialisation of research — and help cement Hong Kong's standing as a regional hub for technological innovation.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE QUARTER
- Revenues of Euro 4.065 billion, down 0.9% sequentially
- Adjusted2 gross profit of Euro 1.320 billion or 32.5% of revenues (33.0% excl. one time item)
- Adjusted2 operating income1 of Euro 40 million or 1.0% of revenues
- Adjusted2 net income (group share) of Euro 41 million or Euro 0.02 per diluted share
- Reported net loss (group share) of Euro (40) million or Euro (0.02) per diluted share
- Net debt of Euro (600) million at September 30, 2008
- Funded status of pensions and OPEB shows surplus of Euro 2.997 billion at September 30, 2008

A panel of three internationally acclaimed authors and experienced literary judges named Filipino author Miguel Syjuco the winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel Ilustrado, a fictional account of a young Filipino caught within a notorious scandal spanning over the Philippine history.

Contract to improve & optimise BTs non-UK legacy network

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU) announced a seven-year extension of its partnership with BT (LSE: BT.A; NYSE: BT), focused on the support of BT's global network operations. The agreement is aimed at further enhancing the services delivered to BT Global Services’ customers and at optimising BT’s non-UK non-IP network.

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.

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), and Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited’s (FML) subsidiary e-Shuttle Inc. (ESI) in Japan have signed an agreement to provide silicon shuttle services for start-up integrated circuit (IC) design houses in Asia.

The initiative, boosting Asia’s semiconductor industry, provides first-of-a-kind Electron Beam Direct Writing (EBDW) technology at low cost. The proprietary EBDW technology developed by e-Shuttle significantly lowers the cost of prototyping ICs and reduces turnaround time.

US$18 million funding enables EnQii to accelerate global growth. Digital signage and out-of-home media markets growing rapidly.

Amadeus Capital Partners and Wellington Partners have invested US$18 million in a Series B round financing in EnQii Holdings Ltd, a global leader in the management of digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising and merchandising networks. Roy Merritt, Partner at Amadeus, and Wellington General Partner, Frank Boehnke, will join the board of the company. The investors will join Ithmaar Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain, EnQii’s original investor. Carolyn Prowse, Managing Director, from Ithmaar Bank will also join the board.

Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA), took top prize at Financial News’s sixth annual ‘Awards for Excellence in IT’. A panel of independent industry experts assessed all the competing systems on the market and concluded that Fidessa offers the best sell-side trading platform.

The Fidessa OMS provides robust and sophisticated multi-asset trading to 85% of global, tier-one equity brokers, combining smart order management with fully integrated algorithmic trading and market data services. The product suite serves around 22,000 users at 600 clients globally.