SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL SHARI'AH RESEARCH ACADEMY FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE (ISRA) AND ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE INSTITUTE MALAYSIA (IBFIM)

Caption: Memorandum of Cooperation between SALIHIN Shariah Advisory and IBFIM: From Left to Right (Front): Dr. Ahcene Lahsasna (CEO of SALIHIN Shariah Advisory); En. Yusry Yusoff (CEO of IBFIM); From Left to Right (Behind): Datuk Abd. Aziz Abu Bakar (Executive Director of SALIHIN Shariah Advisory); Tn. Hj. Razli Ramli (Head of Business Advisory of IBFIM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- SALIHIN Shariah Advisory (SSA), a Shariah advisory firm registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) that provides advisory and consultancy works on all Shariah-based products and services regulated by SC, fintech solutions, training and education, research, development and publication.  SSA is also a member firm under SALIHIN Consulting Group, an established bumiputera accounting firm, is honoured to conclude and sign two (2) memorandum of cooperation (MOC), each with ISRA and IBFIM during its Syawal@SALIHIN 2019 celebration at Sime Darby Convention Centre Bukit Kiara on 18 June 2019.
 
The MOC is established for both parties to promote and market Islamic Finance publications locally and internationally.  In this collaboration, SSA has been appointed as the distribution partner for the books published by ISRA and IBFIM.  As the distribution partner to a globally recognized research academy and banking industry training institution respectively, SSA is pleased to contribute to the marketing effort in elevating the presence of the publications to its branch networks in Malaysia, Middle East and Africa region as well via its online bookstore.  This collaboration also exhibited commitment and support by ISRA to promote the books published by SSA in I-FIKR portal.  This mutual cooperation among the parties demonstrated the practise of Islamic finance in the commercial business transactions which is not only focus on the personal interest of one organization but, to promote mutual assistance for the benefit of the ummah as a whole and to achieve maqasid al-shariah.  It is hope that this small effort could further contribute to the development of Islamic finance through quality publications and various circulation platforms for everyone to acquire the right knowledge on the subject matter.           

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Sophie Riottot is Tinubu Square's newly-minted group sales director

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Tinubu Square, a credit insurance, surety and trade finance solutions provider, has named Sophie Riottot as group sales director.

In a statement, Tinubu Square said the appointment was a strategic engagement for the company to restructure sales approach to reinforce rapid global growth.

As a Tinubu Square executive committee member, Riottot is responsible for spearheading the company’s expansion into international markets beyond Europe, where fast growth offers significant potential.

She will explore fresh approaches to partnerships and evangelise the role of Tinubu and its software solution to ensure smooth digital transformation processes for customers.

Tinubu Square will rely on her expertise as it restructures with a focus on attracting new businesses in markets, recruiting talent and introducing its solutions to an ever-increasing pool of customers.

Riottot joins Tinubu Square from Dhatim, a French start-up specialising in AI-powered invoice services, where she was responsible for sales strategy and partnership development.

Prior to this, she was with Microsoft for over 17 years, in a variety of prominent sales and management positions, including head of finance in the Services Division.

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S BLOCK continues digital economy discovery in Bangkok

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 (Bernama) -- The five-day Global Digital Economy Application Summit Forum will convene in Bangkok, Thailand, beginning June 28, with S BLOCK as the exclusive title sponsor.

The forum is part of a specially-curated tour of the global digital world integrating well-designed conferences and extraordinary leisure activities, according to a statement.

With rapid development and growing global impact of blockchain, the forum aims to promote discussion on blockchain applications and sustainability in the digital economy.

The event gathers top resources in blockchain industry with over 50 industry leaders, 200 renowned investment institutions, 300 blockchain media houses and 1,000 industry elites.

Among forum attendees are industry heavyweights from Toda.Network, SingularityNet, ZB and Blueport Interactive Group.

For more information, contact https://www.sblock.com.

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Small Giant Games expands new features in Empires & Puzzles

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Small Giant Games (Small Giant), a subsidiary of Zynga Inc has expanded its popular franchise, Empires & Puzzles with features, including multiple base updates, increases in the stronghold’s max level and new brand building.

Backed by player demand, the stronghold’s max level has increased from 20 to 21, with advanced versions of mines, farms, storage units and houses, while the Hunter’s Lodge building allows players to craft new battle items.

“Comprising passionate gamers, this expansion shows the team’s commitment to creating the most fun experiences for the Empires & Puzzles community,” said Zynga President of Publishing, Bernard Kim.

Since its launch in 2017, Empires & Puzzles has been downloaded more than 34 million times and has reached the #1 grossing position in 57 countries on the Apple App Store and 24 countries on Google Play.

Zynga has acquired Helsinki-based Small Giant in January this year. Small Giant brought with it an experienced development team and another forever franchise to Zynga’s live service portfolio with Empires & Puzzles.

For more information, contact https://www.zynga.com.

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"HOUSEKEEPER-STYLE" SERVICE SAVES TIME AND STEPS FOR ENTERPRISES IN NATIONAL NANNING ECONOMIC & TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AREA

NANNING, China, June 20, 2019 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
 
To optimize and simplify the approval of industrial project construction, to accurately and effectively serve enterprises, and to continuously stimulate market vitality and social creativity, since April this year, National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area has implemented a "housekeeper-style" service system for project approval. Under the influence of the "housekeeper-style" service system, the total number of application documents for construction project approval project in National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area was reduced from 34 required by Nanning city to 31. The processing is optimized from 13 steps required by Nanning city to 10 steps. Since the beginning of this year, the Administrative Approval Bureau of National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area has received a total of 146 approval applications for engineering projects, with a completion rate of 100%, according to National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area Management Committee.
  
The Administrative Approval Bureau of National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area provides "General Housekeeper" and "Professional Butler" for all industrial projects and guides enterprises to shorten the time for the approval of construction projects. Through "one-stop acceptance, one-stop training, one-stop guidance, one-stop processing" management model, it provides government services for enterprises project approval with "unconditional acceptance for review, barrier-free coordination, whole-process follow-up, and seamless communication".
  
On May 14, He Jinxing, head of Nanning Project of Guangxi Liuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., came to the Administrative Service Center of National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area for the registration for the second phase of the project. It took only three minutes from the submission of the materials to the approval with stamping.
  
"In the processing for the first phase of the project in 2013, our company hired four people to go to different departments to apply for varied permits. It took half a year just to get a project construction permit," said He Jinxing. "Now the approval is constantly streamlined. We only need to prepare materials according to the requirement list, submit the construction material to the 'housekeeper' provided by the Economic & Technological Development Area, and have a one-counter on-site processing. The 'housekeeper' also provides a one-on-one service from the project approval to the completion acceptance, saving us a lot of time."
  
An employee from Nanning Yanxiang Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. said that under the guidance of the "housekeeper", the company's project completion acceptance was shortened again from three working days to one day.
  
"All relevant departments and offices are seamlessly connected and get prepared beforehand, so that enterprises can feel service at all times, and have a full-process satisfaction experience." According to Nong Shiying, deputy director of the Administrative Approval Bureau of National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area, the construction drawing review and filing is shortened from three working days required by Nanning City to two working days, the construction permit release is reduced from five working days to three working days, and the total time for project construction approval is reduced from 47 working days to 42 working days. Thus it greatly accelerates the settlement and production of enterprises in the area. National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area will further streamline and optimize approval process and extend the "housekeeper-style" service system from industrial enterprises to other areas.
  
Source: National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area Management Committee 
 
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UCK Network brings global roadshow to Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- UCK Network has begun a global roadshow and introduced its project at the TEAMZ Asia Summit here recently.

The summit was attended by founder & chief executive officer, Moses Ma and co-founder, Leo Hu, according to a statement.

Hu has introduced ways on obtaining a massive number of users and built blockchain ecology based on UCK Network popular application and pointed out the essentiality of building smart infrastructure to break barriers of the blockchain world.

In mining, the entry threshold is too high due to high costs of the traditional mining method and not user-friendly mining software, but UCK Miner is easy to access with low costs, and users are able to deploy it without programming and hardware knowledge.

Equipped with a multi-functional wallet, UCK Miner can simply be operated by using a personal computer while its multi-digging technology allows users to obtain stable earnings easily from optimal mining.

Attended by more than 2,000 guests, including government officials, banks, frontline capitals from multiple countries and regions, UCK network will have roadshows in multiple cities after its stint in Malaysia.

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P&G REIMAGINES CREATIVITY TO REINVENT ADVERTISING THROUGH INNOVATIVE NEW CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

P&G debuts bold partnerships with John Legend and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, breakthrough creative work, and new technology-enabled consumer experiences at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity


CANNES, France, June 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced a series of innovative new creative partnerships with John Legend, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, and others that reimagine creativity to reinvent advertising at a time when change is needed.

Meeting growing consumer demand for authentic stories and experiences that positively impact society and humanity, these partnerships embrace the convergence of advertising, journalism, filmmaking, music, comedy, and technology. They also bring together creative innovators who embrace equality and inclusion to create more inspiring creativity that people want to experience time and time again.

“For too long, the ad world has been in its own world – separate from other creative industries and becoming less relevant to consumers. It’s time to reimagine creativity to reinvent advertising,” said Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, Procter & Gamble. “There are vast sources of creativity available, and today P&G is taking action to merge the ad world with other creative worlds though partnerships that embrace humanity and broaden our view of what advertising could be.”

This week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, P&G is calling on the industry to lead disruption by joining forces with other creative worlds, and is announcing several new partnerships:

A creative partnership with John Legend that integrates multiple genres to explore various aspects of humanity and the human experience – such as parenthood, modern masculinity, music and social justice – with P&G and its Pampers, Gillette and SK-II brands.

A humanity-based partnership with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, which embeds “micro-step habit stacking” into P&G brands such as Oral-B and Crest, Pampers, Venus, Secret and Pantene, blending cognitive and behavioral science with life science to help consumers reduce stress and improve daily health.

A courageous partnership with Saturday Morning, a ground-breaking, socially conscious creative collective who, together with P&G, will preview a new short film called “THE LOOK” that tackles head on the issue of racial bias, building on the success of “The Talk” which won several Lions, including a Grand Prix.

A collective partnership to relaunch Free the Bid into Free the Work, a curated talent discovery service founded by award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el, designed for women and underrepresented creators to develop new-to-the-world stories never experienced before – because creativity loves diversity.

Technology partnerships that embed cutting-edge technology into brands to create superior consumer experiences. The interactive P&G LifeLab will open at Cannes featuring new P&G products and experiences like Oral-B Sense, Olay Skin Advisor, SK-II FutureX Smart Store, My Black is Beautiful, and an immersive virtual reality experience from Verizon Media supported by content from HuffPost.

“Now more than ever, it's critical that those of us with influence use it to make a positive impact on the world. I'm committed to connecting people, opening their hearts and minds and helping them see each other's concerns and aspirations,” said singer, song-writer, actor, activist and producer John Legend. “We can change the game when we talk about justice, community, family and how brands can create products and foster conversations that make the world better. I'm happy to partner with a company that strives to be a force for good in the world and develops thought-provoking creative work that will drive change.”

“Great brands are habits for their consumers – and P&G’s brands are daily habits for up to 5 billion consumers around the world,” said Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global. “Thrive's innovative partnership with P&G is focused on leveraging the daily habit moments associated with P&G products – like brushing your teeth or changing diapers – as a springboard for Thrive's Microsteps, scientifically-backed ways to reduce stress, improve health and increase performance. Behavioral science shows that habit-stacking – attaching a new habit to an existing habit so that it becomes a sustainable routine – is the fastest way to build a new habit and make it stick. At a time of unprecedented stress and burnout and a mental health epidemic, our partnership represents a new and important way to deliver on our missions of improving consumers' lives and helping people lead healthier, more fulfilled lives through the brands and products they love and use every day.”

These partnerships build from the foundation P&G established last year at Cannes:

A Katie Couric Media partnership, which has produced compelling programs through humanity in journalism – including profiles of accomplished women sponsored by P&G’s Olay, Secret and Pantene brands, a short film about expectations of women with SK-II, a recent project with Gillette on raising boys, and a smart daily newsletter, Wake-Up Call, offering insights and commentary on the day’s top stories and lifestyle features.

Last year P&G also introduced The Queen Collective with Queen Latifah, Tribeca Studios and United Talent Agency to accelerate gender and racial equality behind the camera by creating and distributing films produced by multicultural women directors, starting with B’Monet’s Ballet After Dark and Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s If There is Light – short documentaries that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

And P&G is partnering with National Geographic and Global Citizen to develop ACTIVATE, a documentary series that raises awareness around extreme poverty, inequality and environmental sustainability to mobilize global citizens to drive lasting change.

“When we partner with creative people who believe in the importance of equality and inclusion, we can create stories like we’ve never experienced before – because creativity loves diversity,” Pritchard said. “And when we embrace creativity through humanity, we can literally change the world by using our voices not only as a force for growth, but as a force for good.”

About the P&G LifeLab

Visit the P&G Life Lab at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity June 17-21, 9:30-17:30 in Palais II. Originally debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019, the P&G LifeLab is an immersive exhibit that showcases how we are combining breakthrough science and technologies with deep consumer understanding to deliver connected innovations and experiences that transform people’s lives.

About P&G

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.

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