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GENE SKIN Awarded “2025 Healthcare Professionals’ Favourite Health Brand Award” – Proprietary Technique Gains Professional Recognition
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 November 2025 – Medical skincare brand GENE SKIN Rejuvenation Centre, has been honoured with the “2025 Healthcare Professionals’ Favourite Health Brand Award”(2025醫護人員至愛健康品牌大獎) organized by the Primary Care Education Foundation. This prestigious accolade, voted for by healthcare professionals, recognizes GENE SKIN’s proprietary technique and “Creating Results with Care” service philosophy, which distinguished it among numerous brands in the “Personal Care” category. This award not only acknowledges GENE SKIN’s professional acne treatment techniques but also affirms that its service quality and safety standards are worthy of trust.
The “Healthcare Professionals’ Favourite Health Brand Award” is established by the non-profit organization Primary Care Education Foundation to recognize brands that demonstrate outstanding performance in the health sector. Founded by healthcare experts including Mr. Jacky Kwan, Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Association, and Dr Gloria Tam, former Deputy Director of the Department of Health, the foundation’s evaluation process encompasses five key dimensions: professionalism, reach, resonance, experience, and reliability, ensuring credibility and authority. GENE SKIN’s recognition demonstrates that its services, combining medical principles with professional beauty techniques, have successfully earned the trust of healthcare professionals who prioritize rigor and effectiveness.
GENE SKIN Beauty Philosophy: Committed to “Creating Results with Care”
Since its establishment in 2012, GENE SKIN has been led by founders Kecky and Nico, known as the “Queen of Acne Extraction”, maintaining a steadfast focus on acne treatment and skin beautification. Reflecting deeply on the beauty industry’s prevalent unethical sales practices at the time, they were determined to create a brand founded on professionalism and integrity. GENE SKIN pledges to provide each client with “suitable, appropriate, and adequate” personalized beauty treatment solutions.
GENE SKIN’s exclusively developed “Gentle Needle Acne Extraction Technique” employs specialized “pick, twist, and extract” techniques to gently yet thoroughly remove blackheads, whiteheads, and acne from deep within pores at their root. This significantly reduces post-treatment redness, scarring, and pigmentation risks while accelerating skin healing. Combined with the brand’s “Signature Three-Step Acne Treatment System,” GENE SKIN has successfully helped over 10,000 clients troubled by acne, cystic acne, and acne scars restore healthy, smooth skin.
Founders’ Statement: Expertise Through Specialization, Gratitude for Healthcare Community Recognition
Regarding this award, GENE SKIN founders Kecky and Nico stated: “We feel deeply honoured and encouraged. This award recognizes GENE SKIN’s twelve years of dedication to ‘Creating Results with Care’ and represents professional validation from the healthcare community. We have always believed that healthy skin is an essential component of overall physical and mental wellbeing. Our technology precisely combines medical and aesthetic excellence to deliver the safest, gentlest, and most effective skincare experience for our clients. We thank the Primary Care Education Foundation and all the healthcare professionals who voted for us. Moving forward, we will continue to uphold our founding principles, helping more clients resolve their skin concerns and regain confident radiance.”
Steady Growth, Fulfilling Corporate Social Responsibility
From its humble beginnings as a small shop, GENE SKIN has grown through exceptional reputation and results to operate four branches in Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, Sha Tin, and Yuen Long, with a service network covering Hong Kong’s core districts. As an industry leader, GENE SKIN actively gives back to society through collaboration with the Vocational Training Council (VTC), providing seminars and internship opportunities for young people aspiring to join the beauty industry, dedicated to nurturing the next generation of professional talent and passing on professional expertise.
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About GENE SKIN Rejuvenation Centre
GENE SKIN was established in 2012 as Hong Kong’s professional medical beauty center and the city’s only medical skincare brand specializing exclusively in acne treatment. Co-founded by Kecky and Nico, with its proprietary “Gentle Needle Acne Extraction Techniques” and “Three-Step Acne Treatment Program” at its core, GENE SKIN provides personalized, effective, and safe acne and beauty services. The brand consistently upholds its mission of “Creating Results with Care,” committed to helping clients regain healthy skin and confident smiles through professional techniques and sincere service.
For more information about GENE SKIN, please visit the official website: https://geneskin.com.hk/
Contact GENE SKIN
GENE SKIN Causeway Bay Branch
Address: Room 2113-15, 21/F, Hang Lung Centre, 2-20 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay (Exit E, Causeway Bay Station)
Phone: 3106 0383
WhatsApp: 6590 9083
GENE SKIN Tsim Sha Tsui Branch
Address: Room 1906, 19/F, Tower A, Miramar Shopping Centre, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (Exit B1, Tsim Sha Tsui Station)
Phone: 3188 0426
WhatsApp: 6978 6189
GENE SKIN Sha Tin Branch
Address: Room 1305, 13/F, Tower 1, Citylink Plaza, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin (Exit A1, Sha Tin Station)
Phone: 3797 6669
WhatsApp: 9842 8473
GENE SKIN Yuen Long Branch
Address: Rooms 315 & 316, 3/F, SOLO, 22 Hung Yip Street South, Yuen Long (Exit F, Long Ping Station)
Phone: 2677 9776
WhatsApp: 9549 8069
GoTyme Bank becomes the first digital bank in the Philippines to enable Apple Pay, expanding secure and seamless digital payments for 10 million customers
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2026 – Paymentology, the leading global issuer processor, today announced the successful launch of Apple Pay for GoTyme Bank in the Philippines. Through this launch, GoTyme becomes one of the first issuers in the Philippine market to enable Apple Pay, giving 10 million customers an easy, secure and private way to pay using their Apple devices.
As one of the country’s fastest-growing digital banks, GoTyme continues to accelerate its digital payments strategy by expanding secure, seamless and convenient payment experiences for Filipino consumers. Customers can now securely add their GoTyme debit card to Apple Wallet and make contactless payments in stores, within apps and online wherever Apple Pay is accepted.
Apple Pay uses industry-leading tokenisation technology, meaning card numbers are never stored on devices or shared with merchants. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, with every transaction authenticated through Face ID, Touch ID or a device passcode, providing an additional layer of security while delivering a fast, frictionless checkout experience.
Nate Clark, President and CEO at GoTyme Bank commented: “At GoTyme Bank, we’re constantly looking for ways to make banking simpler, safer and more rewarding for our customers. Bringing Apple Pay to GoTyme Bank customers in the Philippines gives them an easy and secure way to pay wherever they shop while continuing to earn rewards points on all their transactions. This is another step in our commitment to making everyday banking more beautiful and convenient for our customers.
The launch comes as digital payments continue to reshape the Philippine economy. According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), digital payments now account for more than half of all retail payment transactions, as consumers increasingly embrace mobile-first banking and contactless payments. Meanwhile, smartphone penetration continues to rise, supporting growing demand for digital wallets and tokenised payment experiences. As digital commerce accelerates, enabling secure mobile payments through services such as Apple Pay is becoming an increasingly important differentiator for financial institutions.
Minh-Ha Truong, Head of Growth, APAC at Paymentology, added: “As a long-standing partner to GoTyme, we’re proud to support another significant milestone in its growth journey. Bringing Apple Pay to market demonstrates how modern, cloud-native issuer processing enables digital banks to rapidly deliver innovative payment experiences while maintaining the highest standards of security, scalability and performance. Together, we’re helping shape the future of digital payments in the Philippines.”
The launch further strengthens GoTyme’s position as one of Southeast Asia’s leading digital banks and highlights the value of Paymentology’s cloud-native issuer processing platform in helping banks and fintechs rapidly introduce innovative payment capabilities that meet evolving customer expectations.
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New Documentary Under the Hakka Liugdui Sun From Discovery to Debut on August 20 in Southeast Asia
Set against the sun-drenched landscapes of southern Taiwan, Under the Hakka Liugdui Sun highlights how the people of Liugdui have thrived alongside the land for over 300 years. Following local scholars, farmers, and artisans, the documentary explores how this community adapts its deep-rooted traditions—from water stewardship to food heritage—in response to environmental and economic change, offering vital modern insights on sustainability, rural revitalization, and cultural continuity.
Across three episodes—Water, agriculture, and food—the documentary explores how the people of Liugdui blend tradition with modern innovation. Viewers meet groundwater experts, farmers pioneering sustainable crops, and artisans repurposing local materials like betel nut, alongside culinary practitioners who preserve Hakka identity through ancestral rituals, communal feasts, and family traditions that unite generations.
Audiences will discover a community that views tradition not as something fixed in the past, but as a living legacy that continues to evolve. From innovative groundwater management and botanical dyeing to ritual feasts and modern interpretations of Hakka cuisine – the documentary celebrates the creativity, resilience, and values that have sustained Liugdui for centuries.
Under the Hakka Liugdui Sun premieres in Southeast Asia on Discovery Channel, Thursday, August 20 at 7:10pm; TLC Channel, Monday, August 24 at 7:10pm; and Discovery Asia, Tuesday, August 25 at 9:25pm.
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The launch press conference broke away from tradition with a vibrant runway show featuring celebrity “Hot Spring Travel Navigators,” including acclaimed chef Edward Lee from Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, visual identity creative director Yen Po-Chun, TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Taiwan Chairman Kazuma Otsuka, and actor-host Andrew Chau. Together with local businesses, they showcased regional agriculture, specialties, and lifestyle products.
The official launch celebration kicks off on September 4 at Guguan Park in Taichung, featuring a themed parade with over 500 participants and the lighting ceremony for the Lishan–Guguan Light Art Festival, which stars a massive eight-meter “OhBear” light installation. The festivities continue on September 5 with a guided tribal trekking tour in Guguan, offering participants an exclusive NT$500 accommodation discount.
To promote four-season wellness tourism globally, the campaign partners with the East Asia Hot Spring Association for an international symposium on September 4. Key promotions also include complimentary LINE POINTS for new followers, curated packages starting at NT$299, and a flash sale of 800 limited NT$1 Hot Spring Vouchers for the Double 11 Shopping Festival. Furthermore, cross-sector collaborations offer half-price entry to national forest areas, limited-edition Taiwan Railway bento boxes, and Guanziling mud spring skincare products to enrich the travel experience.Hashtag: #TaiwanFourSeasonSprings
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