KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- The promo video of Wuhan’s East Lake released at the China International Friendship Cities Conference recently made a stunning appearance and reached 100,000 play counts and thousands of viewers’ comments.
The promo video of Wuhan concentrated the city's 3,500-year-old history into 1,500 characters through the lens of everyday changes while the promo video of the East Lake, the “green heart” of Wuhan reflects the harmony of human and nature, city and lake. With the East Lake, Wuhan shines even brighter as a city of bridges, forests and universities. Before the hosting of 2019 Military World Games, Wuhan’s image has once again surprised the world. The video creation team includes a senior writer and director, Li Sheng who also the writer for the video. He had been touring the East Lake for inspiration since April and after half a year of working and polishing, he finalized the 1,768-character article for the video. A classical Chinese expert, Shu Bangxin commented that Li’s writings for both the East Lake and the city of Wuhan are classic as he wrote with all his love for the city, a statement from The Management Committee of the East Lake said. The video has also drawn the attention of Zhang Wen -- granddaughter of Zhou Cangbai who built the East Lake Park -- and daughter of China's famed soprano, Zhou Xiaoyan who sent her congratulations as she feels touched and hearty for Li’s words in the video. The director and videographer, Song Xiaohu said many valuable scenes are rarely seen as they were shot under special circumstances of weather and timing. Cinema-level equipment were used to shoot and the video is also being produced in English for overseas broadcasting. -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd will start work on its first multi-tenant logistics facility in Malaysia -- ‘D Project Malaysia I’ -- in Shah Alam, Selangor on Jan 7, 2019 to support cold chain logistics as demand has been growing in recent years.
The rental management of the project will be undertaken by Daiwa House Malaysia Logistic Sdn. Bhd -- the company's Malaysian subsidiary established in May 2018, a statement said. The project is a logistics facility that can accommodate multiple tenants to support the diversifying logistics facility needs in Malaysia, a mechanism to distribute perishable foods and frozen foods to be keep at a fixed temperature from production sites to consumption locations. The new facility will cover a site area of approximately 30,000 square meters, a total floor area of approximately 18,000 square meters and a rentable area of approximately 16,500 square meters. It is located in an area lined with factories and logistics facilities in Shah Alam which is approximately 27 km southwest of central Kuala Lumpur and approximately 40 km north of Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The company had developed the ‘Long Duc Industrial Park’ jointly with Sojitz Corporation and Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. in Vietnam in 2011. It also has been working on developing logistics facilities in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- The tallest bamboo construction ever built in Taiwan for expo-goers to explore and interact with bamboo interior space is being exhibited at The Taichung World Flora Expo from Nov 3 to April 24, 2019.
Designed by architect Chen Yi-chung of the Taichung-based ZUO Studio, the Bamboo Pavilion is constructed with bamboo -- a fast-growing plant and renewable natural material with high strength-to-weight ratio that can be utilized for multiple purposes. Chen in a statement said the Bamboo Pavilion is constructed with mainly Taiwan-grown bamboos to replace concrete, seeking to create a harmonious relationship between architecture and natural environment by using sustainable building material. “At 10m high, the curvy exterior of the pavilion also integrates with its surrounding landscape including a pond and Makino bamboo garden designs, making it a place for visitors to connect with nature while exploring or resting inside,” added Chen. The Bamboo Pavilion also has been shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival Awards for the Leisure Led Development – Future Project category, recognizing the strength of architecture firms in Taichung and Taichung City Government’s promotional efforts for the expo. It was constructed with more than 300 stalks of Moso bamboo from Nantou which presents promotion wishes. The Bamboo Pavilion is one of the major highlights on this year’s flora expo which also features garden designs by Hong Kong, Malaysia and Myanmar. Also exhibited at the expo includes the world’s largest “The Sound of Blooming” installation art, the longest paper-cutting art, the largest equestrian stadium, the first renewable building constructed with straw and more, the statement said. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) – Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP), an enterprise blockchain company, has launched Sextant™, its powerful blockchain management platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace for Containers.
According to BTP in a statement, the comprehensive platform will radically simplify enterprise adoption of Hyperledger Sawtooth – the best emerging open source blockchain technology for business. Sextant accelerates innovation by providing enterprises with a platform that they can build upon ensuring that they focus on business application development, not blockchain infrastructure. Sextant utilizes a carefully curated Hyperledger Sawtooth distribution – built, tested and maintained by BTP to deliver one-click deployment of enterprise-grade Sawtooth networks. These networks can either be standalone - typically the case if a developer is testing a new blockchain application or smart contract - or join existing Sawtooth networks, the statement added. Chief executive officer of BTP, Duncan Johnston-Watt said: “With the help of Sextant, enterprises can navigate blockchain management with ease and with the launch of AWS Marketplace for Containers, they can be up and running and exploring the brave new world of blockchain in no time at all.” With offices in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York, BTP is also a member of the Linux Foundation and an active participant in both the Hyperledger and CNCF communities. More details at https://blockchaintp.com -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) – More than 200 Chinese worldwide culinary elites produced over 2,000 creative Chinese food works of hot dishes, cold dishes, pastries and food carving at the ‘LuHua Cup’ Chinese Cooking World Championships (top) recently. Held in Shenyang, Liaoning province, the cooking championships also included 240 competition events, according to a China Cuisine Association statement. Chief executive of LuHua Group, Xin Xufeng said that flavor trumps everything else in the law of eating. "Color, aroma and taste" is not only the eternal pursuit of Chinese cuisine, but also the people's pursuit of a better life. "To make Chinese cuisine with international taste, we pay more attention to meat and vegetable collocation and plastic arts while retaining its traditional flavor," said Vice President of the association, Bian Jiang. In 2017, China's catering industry achieved operating income of nearly 4 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 5 per cent of China's GDP growth. (10 yuan = RM6.04) As the official strategic partner of the competition, Shandong LuHua Group provided contestants with cooking oil and a range of high-end spices. It took 35 years for LuHua Group to become China's top brand of cooking oil, lifting a large number of peanut farmers out of poverty. -- BERNAMA |
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