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AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Friday Nov 27, 2009
SYDNEY, Nov. 27 /AsiaNet/ --
CHINA FAIR...
SHENZHEN: At 16:00 on November 21st, the successful 6-day China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) 2009 ended.
The closing ceremony was held in the multi-functional pavilion of Hall 5 of the Shenzhen Convention &
Exhibiton Centre (SZCEC), hosted by Ren Zhiwu, deputy director of the Department of High-tech Industry of
the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC.
MOBILE SERVICE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: In Hong Kong, mobile services will make gains against fixed services in the coming
years, reaching 55% of total revenue by 2014, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research, the
telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
DIAMOND DEAL...
RAMAT GAN: The Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI) announced today that a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India
(GJEPC) for the establishment of areas of cooperation between the two parties.
FILIM AWARD...
BRISBANE: Thailand's Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia) has won the UNESCO Award for outstanding
contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film at the 3rd annual Asia Pacific
Screen Awards - the region's highest accolade in film in 2009 - announced tonight on the Gold
Coast, Queensland, Australia.
KOREAN AWARD...
BRISBANE: Republic of Korea has claimed three Asia Pacific Screen Awards - the region's highest accolade
in film - including the Best Performance for an
Actress Award to Kim Hye-Ja for her powerful performance in Madeo (Mother).
JAPANESE ACCOLADE...
BRISBANE: Japan's Masahiro Motoki has won the Best Performance by an Actor Award at the third annual
Asia Pacific Screen Awards - the region's highest accolade in film in 2009 - for his leading role in Okuribito
(Departures).
CHINA SOURCING...
MUMBAI: Thousands of importers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and other volume buyers converged
on the China Sourcing Fairs this past week in Mumbai, November 20-22, 2009.
INTERNET RESOURCE...
SYDNEY: Published research indicates that there are now one billion global web users with more than 40
per cent of them in the Asia Pacific.
PILGRIM TRANSPORT...
BEIJING: Between 30th October to 18th November, Air China transported nearly 10,000 pilgrims to the holy
meeting site of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
VIDEO CONFERENCING...
BANGKOK: Demand driven by solutions that allow enterprises to mass deploy desktop and PC video
conferencing to an entire workforce in a matter of minutes, reducing cost of ownership
TRAVEL AWARDS...
BEIJING: Air China has won awards for "Best Organization" and "Best Booth" at the China International
Travel Market (CITM), held in Kunming, China, between the 19th and 22nd of November 2009.
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