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One of Asia’s biggest investors leads Mingtiandi’s collection of people moves during the first days of the Ox Year, as Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund names a new chief executive. Also picking out new leadership is Hong Kong’s RedBox Storage, and a top executive with a Hong Kong-listed mainland developer is exiting just three months after the IPO.
Malaysia’s
Employees Provident Fund will be under new leadership starting next month as
Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizanhas been named chief executive for the $230 billion vehicle effective 1 March. Chief EPF Officer (CEO) effective 1 March 2021. Amir Hamzah, who served most recently as head of Malaysian electrical utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), will take over the helm of the EPF from Tunku Alizakri Alias, who has been leading the fund since August 2018.
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HONG KONG, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Recently AMTD Singapore Solidarity Fund Pte. Ltd., under AMTD ASEAN Solidarity Fund Group ( AMTD ASEAN Solidarity ), announced its first batch of investments in five innovative FinTech companies spanning across AI, SME financing solutions, insurtech, cross-border payment platform and card payment solutions. This first batch of investments amounted to S$11.5 million through a variety and innovative mix of investment structures including, among others, equities, convertible notes, venture debts, warrants and options.
AMTD ASEAN Solidarity, with an initial capital of S$50 million, was jointly established by AMTD Digital, a Singapore headquartered subsidiary under AMTD Group focusing on building a one-stop connected comprehensive digital solutions platform in Asia; AMTD Charity Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 2016 by Mr. Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD Group; and the ASEAN Financial In
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HONG KONG, Feb. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Recently, the annual Caritas Charity Show was successfully held at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O, with AMTD Foundation continuing its support and sponsorship for the 13th consecutive year. Dr. Timothy Tong, JP, CEO of AMTD Foundation, Mr. Yatkin Sin, SBS, Chief of Staff of AMTD Group and Director of AMTD Foundation, and Mark Lo, Group Vice President of AMTD Group, led a team of AMTD volunteers to attend and provide support for the show. During the show, kind hearted individuals from all walks of life in Hong Kong made donation to Caritas through the hotline sponsored solely by AMTD Foundation, spreading their love for Hong Kong.
Social responsibility MOOC for universities launched
Universities in Africa will benefit from a massive open online course (MOOC) that has been launched by the University Social Responsibility Network (USRN), which aims to promote understanding of how universities could better fulfil the societal expectations of higher education teaching and research.
Speaking during the University Social Responsibility Summit 2021, which has been organised virtually by the University of Pretoria and will take place until 5 February, Dr Fernando Palacio, a member of the organising committee and a senior lecturer at Kyoto University in Japan, said the MOOC will lay the theoretical framework of how universities globally could go about community engagements.
Unions fear impact of suppression of campus activity
Candidates standing for leadership positions in Hong Kong’s university student unions are facing increased pressure over campus activities in the wake of the new Beijing-imposed National Security Law. Warnings from university management directed at unions and fears of being individually targeted have meant few students are willing to stand for union positions.
Union members said university management has been quick to object by letter to campus events organised by student unions, particularly after Hong Kong’s Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung called on universities in November last year to tighten up on student activities.