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Champion REIT organises “Love . Play . Farm” Harvest Day

January 16, 2023

HONG KONG, Jan 16, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Champion Real Estate Investment Trust ("Champion REIT" or the "Trust") (Stock Code: 2778), owner of Three Garden Road and Langham Place, hosted "Love . Play . Farm" Harvest Day on 14 January. Together with The Coffee Academics, the Trust presented the "First-in-Hong Kong" organic Mint Lemonade, putting into practice the "waste to farm to table" concept. Tenants who attended farming workshops earlier and children who participated in mural painting were invited to Langham Place to join the meaningful event.The "First-in-HK" "Love . Play . Farm" organic Mint Lemonade drink, a true example of the "waste to farm to table" conceptTenants who attended farming workshops earlier and children who participated in mural painting are invited to Langham Place to join the meaningful "Love . Play . Farm" Harvest DayChildren who participated in mural painting have great satisfaction reaping the vegetables, appreciating the fruit of their hard workChildren learn organic farming techniques, including sowing seeds, using fertilisers and wateringLast year, the Trust invited the young local artist Zue Chan to lead a group of children from disadvantaged families in Tin Shui Wai and children of colleagues in painting an outdoor mural to bring art into Langham Place Mall. The activity also marked the debut of "Love . Play . Farm" activities. Other than being a visual attraction, the mural painting stands for Champion REIT's efforts to connect different groups in the community and hopes to instill in the children the awareness of green living style. The Trust has also leveraged Langham Place Mall's prime location to hold organic urban farming workshops for tenants that they experienced planting seasonal produces like kale, cauliflower and eggplant. Tenants learned organic farming techniques, including sowing seeds, using fertilisers and watering, and enjoyed the fun and happy surprises from farming. On the Harvest Day, tenants had great satisfaction reaping the vegetables they grew, appreciating the fruit of their hard work. The Trust also has a few coffee trees growing in the farm at Langham Place Mall, rather rare in Hong Kong.Moreover, the Trust has been cooperating with The Coffee Academics to recycle coffee grounds into fertiliser. The two partners have also used the mint leaves harvested from the farm to create the "First-in-Hong Kong", organic Mint Lemonade drink, a true example of the "waste to farm to table" concept. To encourage living green in the community, the Trust donated 240 cans of Mint Lemonade to St. James' Settlement and Haven of Hope Christian Service.Ms Christina Hau, Chief Executive Officer of Champion REIT, said, "The 'Love . Play . Farm' Harvest Day could not have been possible without tenants' strong support and active participation. Looking ahead, on top of focusing on sustainable development, we will keep looking to work with different stakeholders to promote waste and carbon reduction, aiming for synergies so that we may boost the overall well-being of stakeholders."About Champion REIT (Stock Code: 2778)Champion Real Estate Investment Trust is a trust formed to own and invest in income producing office and retail properties. The Trust focuses on Grade A commercial properties in prime locations. It currently offers investors direct exposure to nearly 3 million sq. ft. of prime office and retail floor area. These include two Hong Kong landmark properties, Three Garden Road and Langham Place, as well as joint venture stake in 66 Shoe Lane in Central London. Since 2015, the Trust has been included in the Constituent of Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index of Hang Seng Indexes.Website: www.championreit.com Copyright 2023 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)

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Fujitsu establishes new center in Israel to strengthen data and security technologies

November 28, 2022

TOKYO, Nov 28, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu Limited today revealed plans to open a new center for research and development in Tel Aviv, accelerating the recruitment of world-class talent to advance innovation in the field of Data and Security, an urgent priority for businesses and society in an era of increasing connectivity and uncertainty.From April 2023, the newly established location in Tel Aviv will allow Fujitsu to further enhance its presence in Israel with a team composed of experts recruited from Israel alongside researchers from Japan and Europe. This team will be dedicated to strengthening security technology for communications networks as part of Fujitsu's global strategy for Data and Security, one of 5 key technology areas under the company's global R&D strategy.With the establishment of the "Fujitsu Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Israel" at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Ben-Gurion University) in 2021, Fujitsu took its first steps to tapping into the innovative potential of Israeli tech talent to embark on research to make AI technology more secure.Visiting Israel to oversee the establishment of the new center, Fujitsu Limited CTO Vivek Mahajan commented, "As one of the world's most technologically advanced countries, Israel offers Fujitsu a concentration of talent and an environment to sustain innovation like few other places. I look forward to recruiting more local researchers to join our team in Tel Aviv and contribute to our mission of delivering security and trust for network technologies, as well as further deepening collaboration with Ben Gurion University. I anticipate that our newly established teams in Israel will work with our global research network to play a central role in leading the development of Fujitsu's future security and AI technologies."During his stay in Israel, Fujitsu CTO Vivek Mahajan will be the guest of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy and the Israel Export Institute, participating as a speaker at the HLS&CYBER conference and exhibition 2022. He is expected to speak in a panel centered on the theme: Shaping the Future: AI & Robotics in Law Enforcement.OverviewLocation: Tel Aviv, IsraelStaff: Approximately 10 researchersGeneral Manager: Dr. Adel Rouz （Fujitsu Research of Europe Ltd. CEO）Research Overview:In a borderless world in which the real and digital increasingly converge with developments like Web 3.0 and the Metaverse, ensuring trust for all connected people, data, and systems represents a key priority for technology companies. Fujitsu is currently developing IDYX technology(1), CDL technology(2), and transparent trust technology(3) to help realize this kind of trust on a global scale in the data and security space.The new research center will initially focus on R&D on the following two themes:1. As the borderless world evolves, the complexity of society will further increase. To build relationships with new, diverse stakeholders across the globe, it will be important to ensure reliable information that serves as a basis for trust in the digital space. To this end, Fujitsu is working to develop new technologies that can secure trust based on physical information in real space, such as data sources. By combining the expertise of Ben-Gurion University and other institutions in cyber and network security with our company's trust technology and know-how, we will conduct research on realizing trust for new network security that combines real-world and digital technologies and deploy the results globally. 2. Fujitsu will contribute to solving societal issues by globally implementing technologies that are expected to be used in a wide range of situations, including autonomous driving, self-checkout, as well as public safety, including anti-attack technologies for object detection AI, which recognizes information such as the position and type of a specific object from video data, while promoting synergies between local experts and researchers from Europe and Japan.(1) IDYX:IDentitY eXchange: Fujitsu's technology that securely distributes personal identities (such as IDs and attribute information) among companies and individuals.(2) CDL:Chain Data Lineage: Fujitsu's technology that can trace the distribution process and processing of data and goods back to their origin. Ensures end-to-end traceability of data and goods across organizations and improve the reliability of data distribution across industries.(3) transparent trust technology :Technology to prevent falsification in the creation and approval of business data exchanged between companies and government ministries, and to ensure its authenticity.About FujitsuFujitsu's purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100 countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$32 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com. Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)

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JCB and Trust Payments welcome increased JCB acceptance across 48 European regions

October 25, 2022

TOKYO & LONDON, Oct 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced a new partnership with Trust Payments, a leader in fintech powering truly innovative customer commerce solutions. JCB's growing community of over 140 million cardmembers will now be able to seamlessly make payments across Trust Payments' vast network of online and physical merchants, spanning 48 regions in Europe.Relied upon by over 20,000 businesses[1] - in retail, financial services, travel, hospitality, and other emerging verticals - Trust Payments empowers ecommerce and POS capabilities for their global merchants. This JCB and Trust Payments partnership will give Trust Payments' merchants more opportunities to generate higher profits and welcome new customers - by tapping into JCB's loyal cardmember community. JCB cardmembers are globally appreciated for their significant spend when travelling and transacting on digital platforms and in-store, both in Europe and beyond.As part of this partnership, J/Secure(TM) 2.0, JCB's cardmember authentication programme conforming to the EMV(R) 3-D Secure Protocol and Core Functions Specification, will be deployed to prevent fraud. It is expanding globally and supported by major global suppliers of 3DS Server and ACS. J/Secure(TM) 2.0 provides more opportunities to JCB acquirers and issuers for secure ecommerce transactions and enhances customer experience to reduce cart abandonment by introducing Frictionless Flow (the customer will not be prompted for additional information such as a password) through risk-based authentication that supports richer data exchanges and additional data sharing during online transactions.In just over a decade, the global contactless payments market has risen to $10.3 billion and is expected to be more than $18 billion by 2025[2]. This partnership aims to address this growing customer demand - from countertop to mobile, JCB cardmembers will now have access to Trust Payments' broad range of POS devices, allowing them to make transactions swiftly and securely.Ray Shinzawa, Managing Director, JCB International (Europe) Ltd., said: "We are pleased to announce our collaboration with Trust Payments, as it represents a key milestone for JCB as we continue to expand POS and ecommerce spend gateways for our valued cardmembers. Further, working alongside Trust Payments to unlock new opportunities for their broad merchant community means JCB can continue to play our part in growing and supporting the international payment ecosystem."Daniel Holden, Group Chief Executive Officer, Trust Payments, added: "We are delighted to be working with JCB and expanding the payment methods our merchants can accept on both POS terminals and across ecommerce payments too. This addition will help to expand the many ways in which businesses can accept payments and work with potential customers based all over the world."About JCBJCB is a major global payment brand and a leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. Its acceptance network includes about 39 million merchants around the world. JCB issues cards across various countries and regions internationally with more than 140 million cardmembers. As part of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with hundreds of leading banks and financial institutions globally to increase its merchant coverage and cardmember base. As a comprehensive payment solution provider, JCB commits to providing responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.global.jcb/en/About Trust PaymentsTrust Payments is a leader in fintech powering truly innovative customer commerce solutions. We provide on-demand Payments and Banking-as-a-Service services to help businesses grow and scale online, in-store, and on mobile. Trust Payments combines these services with powerful tools, such as loyalty management and instant ecommerce, engaging new innovative payment methods in crypto and bank transfers to drive Converged Commerce(TM). Focusing on the small and medium-sized business sector in the UK, EU, and the US, Trust Payments drives value for our clients through personalized services, secure and frictionless payments, and innovative products. Trust Payments has a global footprint, with over 400 people across 10 offices supporting the most demanding business sectors, from travel and hospitality to crypto, gaming, and financial services, and an acquiring network of over 50 global banks and hundreds of alternative payment methods. Trust Payments holds Visa and Mastercard Principal Memberships in the EU for cross-border business, licensed by both the Malta Financial Services Authority and UK Financial Conduct Authority, and holds licenses in 6 US states to carry out regulated payments in gaming. Find out more at https://www.trustpayments.com/About EMV(R)EMV(R) is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries and an unregistered trademark elsewhere. The EMV trademark is owned by EMVCo, LLC.[1] https://www.trustpayments.com/ [2] https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/cant-touch-this-the-rise-and-rise-of-contactless-payments/ MEDIA CONTACTS:JCB International (Europe) Ltd. Diana Lee: dlee@jcbeurope.euJCB (Head Office in Japan)Ayaka Nakajima: jcb-pr@jcb.co.jpTrust PaymentsJoe Fernandez: joe.fernandez@trustpayments.com Copyright 2022 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)

ACN Newswire

Champion REIT Partners with St. James’ Settlement in Summer Movie Screening for SEN Children

August 22, 2022

HONG KONG, Aug 22, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Champion Real Estate Investment Trust ("Champion REIT" or the "Trust") (Stock Code: 2778), owner of Three Garden Road and Langham Place, partnered with St. James' Settlement again this year to hold a movie screening of Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars at Cinema City, Langham Place Mall. The event targeted underprivileged families living in Tin Shui Wai and their children with special educational needs (SEN), including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), etc. Volunteers from Champion REIT enjoy watching the movie Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars with the family beneficiariesVolunteers from Champion REIT promote diversity and inclusion in the communityFollowing the success of last year's Women Empowerment Programme - Champion Mothers, the event not only marked the Trust's continued collaboration with St. James' Settlement, but also provided a volunteering opportunity for staff members and their families to present gifts to the children, promoting social diversity and inclusion whilst sharing an enjoyable summer experience.The Trust has never forgotten its philosophy of giving back to society. It remains committed to working with non-profit organisations to create shared values and provide assistance to those in need in the community.About Champion REIT (Stock Code: 2778)Champion Real Estate Investment Trust is a trust formed to own and invest in income producing office and retail properties. The Trust focuses on Grade A commercial properties in prime locations. It currently offers investors direct exposure to nearly 3 million sq. ft. of prime office and retail floor area. These include two Hong Kong landmark properties, Three Garden Road and Langham Place, as well as joint venture stake in 66 Shoe Lane in Central London. Since 2015, the Trust has been included in the Constituent of Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index of Hang Seng Indexes.Website: www.championreit.com For press inquiries:Strategic Financial Relations LimitedVicky Lee Tel: 2864 4834 Email: vicky.lee@sprg.com.hkChristina Cheuk Tel: 2114 4979 Email: christina.cheuk@sprg.com.hkYvonne Lee Tel: 2864 4847 Email: yvonne.lee@sprg.com.hk Website: www.sprg.com.hk Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. (via SEAPRWire)