The pandemic is highlighting the importance of investing in early-stage science and technology, backed by unique research IP On a dreary London evening in early March, Griff Williams, CIO of Milltrust International’s British Innovation Fund, received an urgent call from Professor Andrew Shaw. Shaw, a Physical Chemistry Professor at the UK’s University of Exeter and founder of Attomarker Limited, wished to discuss how Attomarker could deploy its patented, cutting-edge diagnostics technology towards developing a rapid antibody test for Covid-19. “As…
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2020 is the Year of Rat, the first of the twelve Chinese animals, signifying the start of a new cycle. 2020 is also the first year of a new decade. Yet 2020 will more likely be remembered as the year of the pandemic, as Covid-19 halted the global economy so drastically and so abruptly. Although many areas of the developed world have entered a phase of “lockdown exit”, the second half of 2020 may not prove to be a smoother…
Author: Maarten Roos While some may continue to see China as a country where “anything is possible”, there is no denying that the Chinese government has been trying to create a more compliant business environment. The initiative with the biggest impact long-term may well be the introduction of a social credit system (SCS): every entity in China will be assigned a social credit score to reflect its legal compliance. Currently still consisting of a patchwork of different geographical and functional systems, one…
Confirmed PBEC Member speakers are: Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai, Tan Sri Goh Peng Ooi, Dr. Oh Ei Sun and Dato Henry Goh. Growing Partnership for Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Growth About the Summit In 2020, Malaysia will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit will be convened to commemorate and celebrate Malaysia’s hosting of APEC 2020. It will be co-hosted by the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), one of the oldest…
PBEC members in Malaysia are invited to register to join in person and all others can join the zoom session in the AM. PBEC speakers include , Dato Henry Goh, Tan Sri Goh Peng Ooi, Ravindra Ngo and PBEC Chief Executive Officer Michael Walsh The ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum is a leading Forum that bring together Leaders from Government, Business, Think Tanks and Civil Society to discuss and evaluate the strategic challenges facing ASEAN and it’s immense opportunities as…
PBEC has moved to our new offices. Welcome to visit us: PBEC -Pacific Basin Economic Council International Secretariat 735, 7/F Wing Cheung Industrial Building, 109 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK. Tel: +852 6014 9899 Email: pbec@pbec.org Web: www.pbec.org
PBEC members are welcome to join the webinar “Riding Ups and Downs: Hong Kong-Indonesia Partnership” to be held on 18 August (Tue) at 16:00-18:00. Organised by the HKSAR Government and the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong, the webinar will feature senior government officials and business leaders from both Hong Kong and Indonesia, including the Chief Executive of HKSAR, Mrs Carrie Lam, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Mr Mahendra Siregar, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 July 2020 Issued by the APEC Business Advisory Council Business leaders from the Asia-Pacific are set to present to APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) COVID-19 Report, which contains the its recommendations to respond to the immediate impacts of the pandemic, and lay the groundwork for economic recovery and build resilience in the region. APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade are scheduled to meet virtually on Saturday, 25 July, to discuss…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 July 2020 Issued by the APEC Business Advisory Council Asia-Pacific business leaders from the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting virtually this week, called on the region’s Trade Ministers to take the lead in a credible, relevant and strengthened World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Globally, we face significant health and economic challenges. Fundamentally trade can and must be at the centre of tackling both the immediate crisis and of laying…
PBEC has been accepted to participate in the APEC Transportation Working Groups which is made up of several different tracks including aviation. PBEC is actively moving beyond its current observer status at APEC and be recognised as an independent organisation on behalf of business to assist and contribute fully in future discussions and regulatory reforms with APEC Member States at Senior Official Meetings. Our Members will be called upon depending on their area of expertise to join as a guest…