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15 Jun 2019

Indian hotel startup OYO is making a big move into Europe

Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, FinTech, Smart City

New Delhi (CNN Business) India's biggest hotel company is buying a European rival in its bid to become the global market leader. OYO is paying €369.5 million ($415 million) for @Leisure Group, based in Amsterdam, according to sources familiar with the transaction. German media company Axel Springer said in a statement it would receive €180 million ($202 million) for its 51% stake. The deal is expected to close in June this year. The European vacation rental group operates more than 30,000 holiday homes in 13 countries, and another 85,000 properties across 50 countries under a subscription-based home management service. OYO…

15 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

Indian hotel startup OYO is planning to be bigger than Marriott

Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, FinTech, Smart City

New Delhi (CNN Business) India's biggest hotel chain is targeting global domination. OYO, which launched just five years ago as a platform to book budget hotels in India, says it's adding rooms faster than the world's top three hotel chains combined. "By 2023 we want to be the largest and most preferred hotel chain in the world," an OYO spokesperson told CNN. Headquartered in Gurgaon, a tech city on the outskirts of Delhi, the company now owns or franchises hotels in global cities including London, Beijing, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur. It operates nearly 9,000 hotels with 170,000 rooms across India.…

15 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

How A Malaysian Girl Is Making It Big In The US With Her Penang-Style Hawker Stand

Entrepreneurs, Smart City

Azalina Eusope, who grew up in poverty on the streets of Malaysia, the child of street food vendors, doesn't get much sleep — two hours is par, five is a luxury reserved for Saturdays. Meet Azalina Eusope. She is a San Francisco-based street vendor who works 18 to 20 hours a day, serving up delicious Malaysian dishes from her Penang-style hawker stand. Azalina Eusope at La Cocina Azalina Eusope is actually a fifth-generation street vendor, and she comes from Penang. Although, she grew up around cooking and street food, she yearned to become a doctor, and only later, after meeting…

15 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

24-Year-Old Is The First Malaysian To Receive A US University’s Highest Engineering Award

Creative Arts & Design, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Farming & Agriculture, FinTech, Fishing, Industry 4.0, Renewable Energy, Smart City

Saiful, who is a Public Service Department (JPA) scholar, was awarded the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Engineering Honor Marshal on Friday, May 3. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, with a Minor in Energy Business and Finance. Additionally, the JPA scholar achieved a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0. "Saiful Hakimi has demonstrated his academic achievements considerably, as well as strong leadership skill throughout college, in addition to the various initiatives he has taken beyond [the] academic classroom," representatives of the University said, according to JPA's statement. Saiful's parents…

15 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

5 Terengganu Students Beat 100 Countries To Win Top Award In European Exhibition

Creative Arts & Design, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Industry 4.0, Renewable Energy, Smart City, Social Innovation

A group of students from SMK Panji Alam, Terengganu recently nabbed four awards at the 11th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation (Euroinvent 2019) The team - consisting of five Form 5 students - beat 635 teams from 100 countries in the ordinary school category. Euroinvent 2019 was held at the Palace of Culture in Iași, Romania from 16 to 18 May. Front Desk reported that of the four awards, 'Team Inovasi SMKPA' managed to win the 'Special Prize Award Euroinvent', which is also the highest honour at Euroinvent. The other three awards include the 'Gold Medal Award Euroinvent', 'Special…

15 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

Two Penang Students Will Have Asteroids Named After Them For Winning A Chemistry Award

Aviation and Aerospace, Smart City

Two 16-year-old students from SMJK Chung Ling, Penang will have asteroids named after them for their success at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2019 (Intel ISEF) Tham Yong Shiang and Melwin Cheng Choon Lei. The Star reported that the students, Melwin Cheng Choon Lei and Tham Yong Shiang, will have their legacies extend into the final frontier.The fair had taken place from 12 to 17 May in Arizona, United States. The two bright students had emerged champions in the Chemistry category of Intel ISEF for their cost-friendly and eco-friendly Aedes mosquito larvicide. According to the event programme, the…

12 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

Kota Kinabalu lokasi terbaik laksana trem pertama di Malaysia

Digital Economy, FinTech, Industry 4.0, Sabah, Smart City

Teknologi trem dilihat sangat mapan dan mampu memberi kesan positif kepada penduduk setempat. – Gambar hiasan TATKALA projek kereta api hangat diperkatakan ibarat ‘pisang goreng panas’ di semenanjung Malaysia, siapa sangka sebenarnya bandar raya Kota Kinabalu merupakan destinasi terbaik perlaksanaan Trem pertama di Malaysia. Mengapa saya kata begitu? Trem Hong Kong disediakan sebagai salah satu strategi daya tarikan pelancong di kawasan terpilih Perlaksanaan projek trem ini sinonim dengan kawasan strategik bandar raya Kota Kinabalu. Siapa yang masih ragu bahawa sebenarnya bandar raya Kota Kinabalu merupakan pusat bandar raya perlancongan bertaraf antarabangsa dan pesat membangun sejak 15 tahun dahulu. Kawasan bandar…

12 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

‘Malaysia to be promoted at overseas travel mart’

Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Sabah, Sarawak, Smart City

LAHAD DATU: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture will focus on Malaysia’s promotion through Travel Mart abroad. Its minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi said the promotion would be carried out in the near future to help lift the country’s tourism products internationally. “Tourism products in Sabah, such as the Lahad Datu district, can be showcased abroad. “We (in Lahad Datu) have a host of products that can be enjoyed such as Menara Kayangan, Danum Valley, Tabin Wildlife Reserve and the latest with the discovery of Blue Rings Reef at Darvel Bay here,” he told reporters at the Aidilfitri Hari Raya…

12 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

Use Gawai Dayak to enhance unity, Kenyah community told

Creative Arts & Design, Digital Economy, Farming & Agriculture, FinTech, Sarawak, Smart City

Anyi (third left) joining in a paddy harvesting ceremony to symbolically launch the 3rd Majlis Selamat Lepa Ajau organised by Peng Lepo Abong, Long Julan Pelutan on Saturday. Also seen are Dennis (third right) and James (fourth right). MIRI: Baram MP Anyi Ngau has advised members of the Kenyah community to take the Gawai Dayak or Lepa Ajau in their native language as an opportunity to enhance unity and solidarity among themselves. Anyi noted that Gawai Dayak is a unique festival as it is not only an occasion of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest but also serves as platform to…

12 Jun 2019

By Charmaine Yeap Xun Fang

KEC International holds ‘Air pollution public awareness’ drive at Tg Batu beach

Farming & Agriculture, Fishing, Renewable Energy, Sarawak, Smart City

The KEC staff collecting rubbish along the Tg Batu beach. BINTULU: KEC International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a primary contractor of Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), recently held an ‘Air pollution public awareness’ drive at Tanjung Batu beach in conjunction with the World Environment Day. Themed ‘Beat Air Pollution, World Environment Day celebrated on June 5 is one of the most important days observed by the United Nations worldwide as a platform for encouraging awareness and propagating the need for protecting the environment. Since its conception in 1974, World Environment Day has had a special theme relating to the pressing environmental concern…