Hong Kong private equity firm Templewater is eyeing investment opportunities in Central Asia’s real estate, energy transition and healthcare sectors, while positioning itself as a “superconnector” to channel capital from the Middle East into the emerging market. Cliff Zhang Kun, chairman of Templewater, also stressed the need for businesses to diversify their investments and shift…
GUANGZHOU, China, May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MayCham) in China Guangdong Office, a Malaysian business chamber serving corporate communities in South China and the Greater Bay Area, to establish a structured business-to-business (B2B) partnership…
In recent years, warnings about Hong Kong’s rapidly ageing population have become increasingly urgent. Long hospital waits, chronic shortages in long-term care and a shrinking working-age population have led many policymakers and researchers to portray ageing as an approaching demographic crisis that a small, densely populated city might be unable to absorb. In some quarters,…
Although San Antonio’s biggest health care system is in the midst of the largest expansion in its 30-year history, it’s still not enough – even its newest hospital already is operating at full capacity. Methodist Healthcare is rapidly expanding to meet the increasing demand for patient care across South Texas. Since 2019, the health system…
One of Asia’s largest philanthropic organisations, the Shaw Foundation, has pledged to continue supporting small charities in Hong Kong and urged the public to do the same, after making a generous donation to victims of last month’s catastrophic fire in Tai Po. The foundation made a HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) contribution to help victims of…
Newswise — DALLAS – Nov. 21, 2025 – We’ve all been there: You’re gathered with family or friends for a delicious holiday meal. You start piling food on your plate, and before you know it, there’s no room left – and you haven’t even made it to the cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes. But it…
US President Donald Trump appeared on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, marking his first interview since he settled a lawsuit against the news portal months ago. Before the 2020 elections, Trump had walked out of a 60 Minutes interview, alleging bias and later filed a lawsuit against the publication over an interview with Kamala Harris. In…
People with Type 2 diabetes who combined healthy lifestyle habits with GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications had a greater reduction in risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular disease death, compared to people only taking the medication, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions…
Lifestyle medicine is a term that describes a holistic approach to achieving graceful longevity among senior citizens, according to Dr Kobkarn Chunhasawatdikul, director of Medpark Well-Healing in Bangkok. Graceful longevity in turn describes the maintenance of good health through a person’s entire lifespan, in a way that can retard ageing, reduce the duration of illness…
The time taken to approve clinical trials in the UK has dropped from an average of 91 days to just 41 days thanks to AI and other technology platforms, according to new findings published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP). Shorter waiting times follow “major reforms” backed by new digital platforms and AI…