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Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2025 Kicks Off Today
AI-Driven Innovation Unlocks the Missing Piece in Digital Entertainment
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 September 2025 – The Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2025 (DELF 2025), Cyberport’s annual flagship event, officially kicked off today. Under the theme “Adventure Island: Unlock Innovation with The Missing Piece”, the three-day event (12–14 September) welcomes industry professionals and the public to immerse themselves in a carnival-style programme. Highlights include industry forums, innovative experience showcases, captivating performances, and interactive workshops, offering participants first-hand opportunity to experience how revolutionary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) are being integrated into every aspect of daily life.
The opening ceremony of DELF 2025 was officiated by an esteemed line-up of guests of honour, including Paul Chan, Financial Secretary, Lillian Cheong, Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Yang Jian, Director of the Department of Youth Affairs of LOCPG, Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport and Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport.
The ceremony treated audiences to a special “phygital” performance by virtual singer Vi and singer Ashley Lin, blending the virtual and the real to showcase a groundbreaking fusion of technology and art.
During the ceremony, Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, said, “In the realm of digital entertainment, AI is revolutionising the way we create and experience content. From automated scriptwriting and music composition, to smarter NPCs (non-playable characters) and ultra-realistic visuals in games, AI is speeding up production, lowering costs and delivering more personalised content that responds to user preferences. AI is a most fitting theme for the Forum this year. Over the past few years, DELF has firmly established itself as Hong Kong’s premier digital entertainment event, and one of the most influential platforms of its kind in Asia. It brings together industry leaders, creators, innovators and members of the public for a vibrant and stimulating exchange of ideas, showcasing a rich tapestry of local and global innovations that are shaping the future of digital entertainment.”
Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport, said, “We’re thrilled to welcome everyone to ‘Adventure Island’ at DELF 2025, where you can dive into the transformative power of state‑of‑the‑art technology firsthand. This year’s forum showcases AI’s potential to revolutionise industries, fueled by resources like the Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre, which will reach 3,000 PFLOPS this year, empowering all sectors to push boundaries and create groundbreaking innovations. Cyberport is dedicated to building a vibrant ecosystem, leveraging platforms like DELF to provide the public with opportunities to engage with the latest technologies, foster collaboration, and transform creative ideas into practical solutions, solidifying Hong Kong’s leadership in digital entertainment and innovation.”
Cyberport × Lenovo Strategic Partnership to Propel Start‑ups onto the Global Stage
The first day of the Forum marked a pivotal milestone, with Cyberport and Lenovo Hong Kong signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver comprehensive support for the growth of Hong Kong start-ups, enrich the city’s AI ecosystem, and drive digital transformation across industries. The partnership will focus on start-up incubation and commercialisation, joint promotion of AI innovation in culture and tourism, manufacturing, and retail, as well as training programmes in AI, cybersecurity, EdTech, and more, with the goal of strengthening Hong Kong’s talent pool and fostering the growth of the innovation and technology ecosystem.
Distinguished Speaker Line‑up Shares Impactful Insights
Over three days, DELF 2025 brings together more than 70 renowned speakers, including representatives from the Intellectual Property Department and the Spatial Data Office of the Development Bureau, executives from international tech giants such as NVIDIA, Tencent Games, and Meta, academic experts from the University of Southern California and Japan’s Polygon Pictures, as well as creative industry leaders such as Anselm Chan, director of “The Last Dance” and board member of the Hong Kong Screenwriters’ Guild, Irving Cheung, production designer of “Table for Six” and “Time Still Turns the Pages”, and T-Ma, music producer.
The Forum features a wide range of forward‑looking topics, including how AI is driving the development of the arts, culture, and tourism sectors; balancing creativity with AI technology to safeguard human artistry in the digital era; the role of AI in music creation and the integration of traditional and digital production methods; and the transformative impact of AI and GameFi on the future of gaming. In the parallel sessions, experts also explored how AI and supercomputing enable artists to rapidly create complex, high‑quality visual artworks and animations, reshaping the visual arts experience, as well as the emotional companionship value and business potential of AI digital humans, among other diverse topics.
35 Innovative Experience Zones Present Future Technology
DELF 2025 features over 35 experience zones across four major themes — Arts, Culture & Tourism, Entertainment, Smart Living, and Sports, offering participants the chance to experience cutting‑edge AI applications firsthand. The zones debut a variety of pioneering technologies, including cultural tech showcases such as MateZ Lab’s “AI Gifts from Dunhuang”, a virtual tour of the Dunhuang Caves, and HTC’s “Eternal Notre‑Dame” VR experience; artistic innovations such as Appreciator.io’s “Celestial Blues: Porcelain’s Renaissance from East to West”, and Henry Chu’s “Under Garden” immersive installation of pine tree garden; medical tech solutions like Acer’s VeriSee DR diagnostic software for diabetic retinopathy; and entertainment tech highlights such as the GUMA Robots’ captivating dance performance.
“Piece Together: Smart Hong Kong”: AI Inspires Children’s Creativity While Fostering an Inclusive Society
The Forum also unveiled, for the first time, an AI mosaic artwork co‑created by over 1,000 students from around 30 primary, secondary, and special education needs (SEN) schools under a project organised by Cyberport and co‑organised by the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education (HKACE). Showcasing landmarks in Hong Kong’s Southern District — including Cyberport 5, Ocean Park, and Tai Pak Floating Restaurant — the artwork embodies the creative energy of “Smart Hong Kong” and the vision of an inclusive society, bringing together the imagination of a thousand young minds to piece together a vision of future cityscape.
Countless Exciting Programmes for Your Weekend
In addition to today’s unique drone performance presented by OWOWWW, a Cyberport incubatee, and the performance and AI short film by Korean boy band XODIAC, an array of exciting programmes will unfold over the next two days. Highlights include the HKITDA Art-Tech Concert, Re:VISS AI Film Fest 2025 cum Awards Ceremony, the Dark Horse Indie Game Awards & Conference, and the Silver Age Esports Tournament & Experience Day and more. The MCL Cinema at Cyberport will also screen the world’s first AI‑generated feature film “Pirate Queen: Zheng Yi Sao” alongside other AI short films.
Participants can also join over 25 immersive workshops covering innovative themes such as escape room design, AI-driven music production and songwriting, and sensory interaction game development. These include the “Xiaohongshu Virtual Influencer Creation Workshop”, “DIY Murder Mystery Game Using Generative AI”, and the “Vtuber Experiential Workshop”, offering hands‑on experience of the practical applications of emerging technologies.
The Experience Zones and workshops will remain open over the weekend, allowing more visitors to enjoy AI‑driven innovations in culture, sports, tourism, and entertainment with family and friends. Participants can also take part in the “Play‑to‑Earn” activity, completing different daily checkpoint tasks in the Experience Zones to win attractive prizes.
For media enquiries and event details, please visit the official DELF 2025 website at https://delf.cyberport.hk.
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About Hong Kong Cyberport
Wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital tech hub and AI accelerator, with a vision to empower industry digitalisation and intelligent transformation, to promote digital economy and AI development, and to foster Hong Kong to be an international AI, innovation and technology (I&T) hub. Cyberport gathers over 2,200 companies, including 11 listed companies and 10 unicorns. One-third of onsite companies’ founders come from 26 countries and regions, while Cyberport companies have expanded to over 35 global markets.
Cyberport, with Hong Kong’s largest AI Supercomputing Centre and AI Lab as the engine, has been building the AI ecosystem with industry-leading AI companies and over 400 AI and data science start-ups. Through development of tech clusters, namely AI, data science, blockchain and cybersecurity, Cyberport empowers industries across smart city and government, banking and finance, digital entertainment, culture and tourism, healthcare, education and training, property management, construction, transportation and logistics, green environment and more, while hosting Hong Kong’s largest FinTech community. Commissioned by the HKSAR Government, Cyberport has implemented proof-of-concept and sandbox schemes, subsidisation for digital tech adoption, industry tech training and start-up incubation, to drive technology R&D, translation and commercialisation, thus propelling digital transformation and intelligent upgrade across industry and society.
Also as Hong Kong’s key incubator, Cyberport supports entrepreneurs with funding and office space, extensive networks of enterprises, investors, technology corporations and professional services for business growth and expansion to Mainland China and overseas markets, all-round facilitation for landing in Hong Kong, talent attraction and cultivation, ready as a launchpad to take start-ups in any stages of development to the next level.
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The decision was announced during the discussion “Competition Development in Global Grain Trade: Joint Efforts of BRICS Countries”, organized by the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre on the sidelines of the 23rd Session of the UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy in Geneva.
The event included a closed meeting of BRICS competition authorities and a public panel featuring researchers, academics and representatives of international organizations.
Discussions focused on competition in global grain markets, the growing influence of financialization and digitalization across agricultural value chains, and policy tools to improve market transparency. Participants also reviewed the findings of a joint report prepared by the BRICS Competition Centre and UNCTAD (link: https://www.bricscompetition.org/ru/grainreport) , first presented at the 9th BRICS International Competition Conference in Cape Town in 2025.
A coordinated market study
The central outcome of the meeting was the establishment of a BRICS task force that will coordinate a joint sector inquiry into global grain trade within the framework of the BRICS Working Group on Food Markets.
The task force will be co-chaired by Diogo Thomson, President of Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), and Mahmoud Momtaz, Chairperson of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA).
Thomson welcomed the initiative and proposed making competition in global grain trade a key topic at the next BRICS International Competition Conference, scheduled to take place in Brazil in 2027.
“Brazil is the only jurisdiction that has launched an investigation into digital grain trading platforms such as Covantis. I therefore strongly welcome this sector inquiry, which will help us better understand the impact of digitalization across grain supply chains and the risks it may create for competition. I also support using the BRICS Competition Centre as the coordination platform for this work,” he said.
Momtaz said one of the main conclusions of the BRICS-UNCTAD report was the significant role speculative activity plays in global grain markets.
“One of the key findings of the report presented by the BRICS Competition Centre is the extent to which speculative factors influence global grain trade. The most effective response is greater market transparency. We should not accept a situation where farmers receive only a small share of the value they create while consumers in Egypt pay excessively high prices for bread. Where does this margin accumulate, and who ultimately benefits from it? These are the questions our sector inquiry should answer,” he said.
He also proposed that the task force develop a common AI-powered price monitoring tool covering BRICS grain markets.
“Such a tool would provide the information needed for market analysis and become an important complement to the joint sector inquiry,” Momtaz added.
From analysis to policy recommendations
Hardin Ratshisusu, Deputy Commissioner of the Competition Commission of South Africa, said the study should contribute to the implementation of the BRICS Grain Exchange initiative endorsed by BRICS leaders in the Kazan Declaration (2024) and the Rio de Janeiro Declaration (2025).
“The proposal to establish a BRICS Grain Exchange should become one of the key recommendations of the sector inquiry as an innovative mechanism for restoring competition in global grain trade. Our objective is not merely to identify market problems but to develop practical recommendations that can ultimately be submitted to the leaders of our countries,” he said.
Alexey Ivanov, Director of the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre, said competition authorities should play a central role in designing the institutional framework of the future exchange.
“The BRICS Grain Exchange should not become another formal institution. It must serve as a practical mechanism for improving competition and market transparency. Competition authorities are uniquely positioned to identify the institutional features that will allow the exchange to achieve these objectives,” he said.
Growing international role
Frédéric Jenny, Chairmanof the OECD Competition Committee, said the initiative demonstrated the growing international role of BRICS competition authorities.
“This project illustrates how BRICS competition authorities are becoming drivers of the global competition agenda. In the past, they largely followed the lead of developed jurisdictions. That is no longer the case. There are very few examples worldwide of such close cooperation between competition authorities. This applies not only to joint market studies, but also to enforcement cooperation and competition advocacy. Rather than acting individually, you have found both the mechanisms and the political will to work together,” Jenny said.
The task force will now begin developing the methodology and work plan for the joint inquiry. Its findings are expected to provide policy recommendations aimed at strengthening competition, improving transparency in global grain trade, and supporting future BRICS initiatives in agricultural markets.
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Today’s premium SUVs are expected to do more than ever before. For EVs, that expectation increasingly extends beyond the drive itself to the ownership experience that comes with it.
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 July 2026 – There’s a reason premium SUVs remain the vehicle of choice across much of the Middle East. People here spend a lot of time in their cars, commuting between cities, shuttling between meetings, while thinking nothing of driving hundreds of kilometers over a long weekend.
A vehicle is where conference calls are taken between appointments, where children fall asleep in the back seat on the drive home, and where many of the ordinary moments of daily life quietly unfold. That is also why buyers in the region tend to value both performance and convenience, rather than simply paying for horsepower or a premium badge.
Electric vehicles have made those decisions even more nuanced. Not long ago, conversations about EVs were largely centered on battery size, driving range and charging times. Those questions still matter, but increasingly, buyers also demand a clear picture of their post-delivery ownership experience, specifically requiring convenient charging, straightforward servicing, and long-term support.
Viewed through that lens, perhaps the most interesting thing about the VinFast VF 8 isn’t any single specification. Rather, it is the way the company has approached the ownership experience around it.
Designed by the legendary Italian design house Pininfarina, the all-electric D-segment SUV combines premium styling with everyday practicality. With up to 493 km of NEDC driving range and up to 402 horsepower through its dual-motor AWD system, the VF 8 is equally at home navigating city traffic or tackling longer journeys across the region. Its spacious cabin, Level 2 driver assistance technologies and 15.6-inch infotainment display are designed with comfort in mind, whether the journey lasts twenty minutes or two hours.
In the UAE, buyers also benefit from a 10-year vehicle warranty, a 10-year unlimited-mileage battery warranty, 24/7 roadside assistance and five years of free maintenance up to 100,000 km. These benefits strike at the heart of the EV ownership experience, especially for first-time buyers. Running low on charge before an important meeting or worrying about finding support on a long drive are precisely the kinds of concerns that can make consumers hesitate about making the switch.
Globally, VinFast has been investing heavily in the ecosystem surrounding its vehicles. Earlier this year, the company signed agreements with 29 international aftersales partners as part of its plan to expand its global service network to more than 1,100 workshops across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia during 2026. The initiative includes globally standardized technician training alongside software updates, battery inspections and technical support throughout the ownership journey.
In the UAE, VinFast works with Al Tayer Motors to provide local aftersales support while continuing to strengthen its regional service network through experienced local partners. Earlier this year, the company also signed an MoU with PlusX Electric, a DEWA-approved charging provider, to complement its charging ecosystem with portable charging pods, on-demand mobile charging and emergency roadside charging services.
In many ways, the Middle East’s EV market is still writing its next chapter. Buyers have more choices than ever before, but expectations are rising just as quickly. Developing a competitive electric SUV addresses only part of the equation; ensuring a seamless ownership experience may ultimately prove equally decisive.
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Alpro Launches Subsidised RM1 Ferritin Checks to Help Women Understand, Prepare and Live Well Through the Transition to Menopause
Before Menopause, Many Women Are Already Struggling in Silence
While menopause is becoming more widely discussed, the years leading up to it often receive far less attention. During perimenopause, women may experience changes in their menstrual cycle, energy levels, concentration, sleep, mood and overall well-being. These changes may begin several years before menopause and can gradually affect a woman’s daily life, work and family responsibilities.
The fatigue women are expected to live with
Women in their late thirties, forties, and early fifties often carry multiple responsibilities at home, at work, and within their communities. Persistent exhaustion or difficulty concentrating may therefore be dismissed as stress, lack of sleep, ageing or simply part of having a busy life.
Representing the Faculty of Pharmacy, UiTM, Associate Professor Dr Mahmathi Karuppannan said:
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About Alpro Group
Founded in 2002, Alpro Group’s ecosystem has grown to include Alpro Pharmacy, Apotek Alpro, Alpro スギ (Sugi) Pharmacy, Alpro Physio, Alpro Clinic, Alpro Baby, Alpro OptiSaver, Alpro Audiology, Alpro Health, and Alpro Foundation. Supported by a team of more than 1,000 healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists, nutritionists, dietitians, physiotherapists, optometrist and many others, Alpro serves over 5 million families in Malaysia and Indonesia through its extensive network of 500 physical outlets.
Alpro Pharmacy is the first and only community pharmacy in the region to offer product liability insurance of MYR 1 million in Malaysia and IDR 3 billion in Indonesia, ensuring the supply of genuine medications and enhancing consumer trust.
With the vision of a healthy and vibrant world, Alpro Group aims to become the No. 1 prescription pharmacy chain in Southeast Asia.
