Page 9 - Sphere No.22 (Aug 2008)

Newsbites
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WEDDING BELLS
Hong Kong’s lead-
ing wedding information provid-
er, wedding.esdlife.com, already
provides the most comprehensive
wedding-related information
and services to Chinese people
around the world. Now ESDlife ,
in partnership with the Hong
Kong Productivity Council, has
developed the ground-break-
ing Quality Wedding Merchant
Scheme (QWMS) to give brides
and bridegrooms-to-be opportu-
nities to identify excellent service
providers in Hong Kong.
H O N G K O N G
FROM PARIS TO
HONG KONG
Guests and VIPs at the open-
ing of the A S Watson Group’s first Hong Kong
branch of Marionnaud Paris, the luxury perfum-
eries and cosmetics store. The retail outlet on
Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, features 11 inter-
nationally renowned luxury beauty brands. R
H O N G K O N G
Port Expansion
Work has
started at the Port of Felixstowe
on phase one of the Felixstowe
South Reconfiguration scheme.
Scheduled to be ready by April
2010, the deep-water quay
will be equipped with seven
state-of-the-art quay cranes able
to accommodate the largest con-
tainer ships in the world. Felixstowe
South will be the first major UK port
development to provide much-needed ad-
ditional capacity for deep-sea container operators.
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
Online Safety Tips
3 Ireland is helping to raise aware-
ness about IT security amongst Irish Internet
users. The “makeITsecure campaign” educated
consumers about issues such as Phishing,
Spyware, identity theft and security when
social networking. A booklet with IT security
information and advice was distributed to
over 900,000 people.
I R E L A N D
P
I
T
YEAH!
TOM Outdoor Media
Group won the 2003-2008
Outstanding Company
Promoting China Outdoor
Advertising Prosperity
award at the Fifth China
Outdoor Advertising
Conference 2008.
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