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02 Oct 2009
Press Release - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is proud to have the largest number of International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST) members in any university worldwide.
25 Sep 2009
World trade has been expanding and driving economic growth in many countries over the past several decades. The trade value of the world as a whole increased more than eight-fold from 1980 to 2007, to approximately 14 trillion dollars.
04 Sep 2009
PRESS RELEASE - RIKEN Plant Science Center marks a major step forward in plant cell growth
29 Aug 2009
The MoA will be signed on 1st September 2009 in Penang, Malaysia. Initially, USM will establish an IPv6 Certified Network Engineer (CNE6) Training Centre by at HNUE followed by joint training programmes, post graduate exchange, sharing and promotion of training information and other programs which may benefit the region.
21 Aug 2009
The Research Management Institute (RMI) has helped UiTM secure research and business partnerships with four organizations, Messrs Perfect Triangle, Messrs Multi Cipta Engineering, Messrs Halalgel and Messrs Lintah Royal Park to market products researched by its academics.
11 Aug 2009
10 August 2009, UiTM signed a memorandum of agreement with four organizations. The signing was organized by the Research Management Institute of UiTM and witnessed by Dato’ Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, Deputy Minister of Ministry of International Trade and Industry and Tan Sri Prof Ibrahim Abu Shah, Vice Chancellor of UiTM.
30 Jul 2009
Penang, July 30, 2009 - Malaysia's USM will sign a MoU with Thailand's EUMT tomorrow.
30 Jul 2009
IDRC's The Think Tank Initiative invites applications from eligible organizations in Latin America and South Asia that are committed to using research to inform and influence social and economic policy.
26 Jul 2009
This year, a change of administration may possibly occur. Once the change of administration occurs, this project is expected to show us detailed mechanisms, such as the reasons for the change of government, based on accumulated data over the years.
24 Jul 2009
Professor Timothy W Tong, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has recently made a trip to North America to meet with overseas alumni and community leaders...
14 Jul 2009
PENANG, 14 July: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is prepared to share its expertise with Perusahaan Automobil Kedua Sdn. Bhd. (PERODUA) in the production of more efficient engines in terms of performance and oil consumption.
29 Jun 2009
26 June 2009 - ID Business Solutions Ltd, a leading provider of innovative data management solutions to multinational R&D organisations, today announced that it has concluded an unconditional agreement to acquire InforSense Ltd, a company providing award-winning scientific and business intelligence technologies.
24 Jun 2009
The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition is a regional Technology investment competition for the entire Arab world organized by Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) in cooperation with Intel Corporation
18 Jun 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29th– Graduate School of Management, (GSM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) recently hosted a public lecture conducted by a renowned marketing guru, Prof. Dr. Philip Kotler.
15 Jun 2009
In simple rites held at the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), UP Los Baños yesterday June 10, Dr. Artemio Salazar, together with UPLB officials led by Chancellor Luis Rey I. Velasco presented the new YAP (Yield and Protein) corn variety to the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur C. Yap, whom the corn was named after.
11 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University today received a donation of RMB1 million from Mr Ye Xuefeng of WuXi Innovatech Company Limited, a mainland enterprise in Jiangsu Province, in support of the future development of its Industrial Centre.
03 Jun 2009
The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies. Yet the mining industry contributes very little to African development. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach and provides an historical perspective of each country, making it ideal for students of development studies.
02 Jun 2009
The economic crisis which began with the collapse of the American subprime loan market in 2007 and the Lehman Brothers shock of 2008 has led to a series of losses throughout the world and caused a global recession that has no end in sight.
02 Jun 2009
By the spring of 2010, two new large insurance groups will be established through management integration: one comprises Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Aioi Insurance, and Nissay Dowa General Insurance; the other comprises Sompo Japan Insurance and Nippon Koa Insurance.
22 May 2009
Part of the 6,500 hectare land grant property of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) straddling the provinces of Laguna and Quezon is currently being developed into tree farms for biofuel, timber and agroforestry enterprises.
15 May 2009
The town of Los Baños in Laguna has one to vouch for a cleaner future with the promising results of a research project currently done by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
14 May 2009
When poor countries try to make their case in policy deliberations of global institutions, they often have trouble getting their message across. To help address this problem, IDRC began funding the research program of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (the G-24).
08 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received donations amounting to over HK$7 million to launch the Global Student Challenge (GSC) as a major initiative to promote internationalization.
06 May 2009
According to the latest research report on "Customer Perceived Value of Hong Kong's Retail Sector", Hong Kong retailers made an improvement in the CPV Index from 97.0 in the last survey to 98.4 in the latest survey...
05 May 2009
The Philippines’ biosafety regulation procedures are not only costly, but take too long. These are the findings of a concluded study at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
27 Apr 2009
Prof.Tan Sri Dato Dzulkifli said that with the participation of IPTs from Arab countries, it is hoped that GHEF 2009 will complete the process and the existing network of cooperation in developing countries especially in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
23 Apr 2009
If the device is applied to 30% of the cars in Japan, we can expect a 960,000kl oil substitution effect which is 1.5 times the assumed effect from solar energy generation of the year 2010.
16 Apr 2009
In addition to these young people, members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other ministries and agencies of the Japanese government are also very interested in a career at the U.N. One of the major reasons for this is that the number of Japanese U.N. staff members is currently below the “desirable range.”
15 Apr 2009
Food technologists at the University of the Philippines Los Baños have identified local squash varieties that may be used for food processing.
07 Apr 2009
At UPLB, Dr. Nimfa D. Montes of the Department of Agribusiness Management - College of Economics and Management recently reported that the application of technology related to endoparasite control resulted in significant reduction in death of goat kids, from 70% to 5%.
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Physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) pioneered the use of optical fibres to transmit images, and founded several optical technology companies. Born in Punjab, India, he worked at a local optical instruments factory before moving to London for PhD studies at Imperial College. There, he devised a flexible fibrescope to convey images along bundles of glass fibres.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
Rapee Sagarik (4 December 1922 – 17 February 2018) was Thailand’s renowned expert on orchids.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).