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Tour de force: Bangkok is calling all SkyWalkers

By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>

PROMISING AN ICONIC cityscape view, atop King Power Mahanakhon, one of Thailand’s tallest towers, Bangkok’s Mahanakhon SkyWalk boasts the country’s highest 360-degree observation deck in the country.

Open since November last year, the city’s latest tourist attraction boasts the highest rooftop bar and the fastest video-themed elevator in the Kingdom, reaching the 74th floor in 50 seconds.

The highlight of the Mahanakhon SkyWalk is undoubtedly a 63sqm glass floor that juts out from the building façade at a dazzling height of 310m above ground level.  

Not for the fainthearted, the glass platform creates a gravity-defying photoshoot location; the ultimate Instagram shot revealing a plunging city visible below the smiling, or perhaps terrified, faces of those who step onto the see-through floor. Fast becoming a viral, must-snap shot, the SkyWalk reflects Bangkok’s reputation as a dizzyingly progressive and artistically dynamic metropolis.

A wide staircase leads from the outdoor rooftop area and observation deck to The Peak, 314m above ground level. Here rooftop bar sundowners come with spectacular sunset views from the highest point across the city that are simply mesmerizing. 

A few levels below, on the 74th floor, is an indoor observation deck with 360-degree vistas, powerful binoculars and Bangkok’s key landmark destinations identified on interactive screens and via a free app, which offers an augmented reality (AR) experience.

Bangkok’s highest postbox is a nice tourist touch with a vending machine selling postcards and stamps to send to loved ones from this urban scenic spot. There is also a Bangkok-themed digital corridor and an upside-down Bangkok-themed ceiling at the attraction’s main entrance.

MODERN MASTERPIECES

The Thai word Mahanakhon translates as ‘great metropolis’, and the mixed-use development tower was designed by award-winning German architect Ole Scheeren.

Located in Bangkok’s CBD, the glassy, pixelated façade is one of the finest examples of contemporary architecture and urban design in the whole of Thailand. 

The building’s distinctive three-dimensional ribbon of architectural ‘pixels’ circle the tower’s full height to create a stunning profile. Special features include projecting glass skyboxes with sweeping views and generous indoor and outdoor spaces with large terraces.

The design was first publically revealed in 2009, with sales officially commencing in 2010 and construction starting in 2011. The smaller retail component opened first, in 2014, while the main tower was topped off and completed in 2016.

Up until IconSiam’s Waterfront Residences broke the record with a height of 317m in 2018, Mahanakhon Tower was officially recognised as the tallest building in the country.

The luxury mixed-use development is also home to the Ritz-Carlton Residences and Mahanakhon CUBE which serves up some of Bangkok’s top restaurants as well as Dean & Deluca’s flagship store and L’Atelier by Michelin star chef and restauranteur Joël Robuchon.

Mahanakhon Square is a 1000sqm space for exhibitions, performances and events. 

Future plans include the world’s first Orient Express hotel, scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2019.

Named Orient Express Mahanakhon Bangkok, the 154-key hotel will feature two signature restaurants, Mott 32 and Mahanathi by David Thompson, an Australian chef known for his expertise in Thai cuisine.

Esteemed French designer Tristan Auer has been tasked with reimagining the Art Deco stylings and plant motifs of the original Orient Express carriages into a modern skyscraper.

www.KingPowerMahanakhon.co.th

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Can Australia invest in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor?

By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>

TWO YEARS AGO the Thai Government launched ‘Thailand 4.0’, a vision to transform the Thai economy into an innovation-driven one.

As part of this ambitious plan, the Cabinet in principle approved the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Project, aimed at revitalising and enhancing the well-known Eastern Seaboard Development Program, which has held the status of a powerhouse for industrial production in Thailand for over 30 years. 

Under this initiative, the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand has been assigned to drive the country’s investment in uplifting innovation and advanced technology for the future generations. The EEC Development Plan will lead to a significant development and transformation of Thailand’s investment in physical and social infrastructure in the area.

Initially, the EEC project will be implemented in three eastern provinces, namely Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong. The EEC Development Plan consists of two key components – implementing infrastructural development projects and developing targeted industries.

One of Thailand’s key advantages is its central geographical location in ASEAN, acting as gateway to the CLMV group (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam). Key infrastructural development projects include linking the EEC to regional airways in order to raise Thailand to a central hub for aviation and air logistics, and linking transportation of goods to other regions through the development of dual-track railways between China, Lao PDR, Thailand and Cambodia. 

EEC has become Thailand’s flagship investment zone offering business and investment opportunities at an unprecedented scale, as well as ASEAN’s largest investment zone. The Thai Government is offering generous incentives to attract investment covering personal income tax, corporate tax, work permits, land lease and funding for research.

Currently, 10 major industries have been identified as high-potential growth engines for Thailand. These include the automotive industry, the intelligent electronics industry, advanced agriculture and biotechnology, the food processing industry and medical tourism – and, in future, also the digital, robotics and biofuel and biochemical industries.

PROSPECTS FOR AUSTRALIA

Australia's trade and economic relationship with Thailand has grown strongly since the entry into force of the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) on January 1, 2005.

Trade in goods has more than doubled since 2004 [from US$6.8 billion in 2004 to US$18.9 billion in 2017]. 

In 2017, Thailand was Australia’s fifth highest goods import source. Thailand is now also Australia's ninth largest goods and services trading partner, and Thailand’s second-largest in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

Total Thai investment stock in Australia has grown significantly from US$294 million in 2006 to US$3.1 billion in 2017; while Australian investment stocks in Thailand were valued at US$4.5 billion at the end of 2017.

Australia’s key goods exports to Thailand are crude petroleum, gold, aluminum and coal, and Thailand’s key exports to Australia are passenger and goods vehicles. (For example, the Holden Colorado is manufactured in Thailand).

During the first half of 2018, Australia was among the top 10 sources of approved foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand and among the top four among western nations – followed by The Netherlands, Switzerland and UK. The approved Australian FDI is worth A$91.7 million.

Given Australia’s position as one of the world’s leading food and agricultural products exporters, the areas which offer Australia strong business opportunities in EEC are biotechnology and food processing. It is also a good match with Thailand as food processing is one of the country’s key exports. 

Thailand is also one of the largest net food-exporting countries in the world and the second in Asia with a food trade balance at a record value of US$16.7 billion in 2016.

The ‘Land of Smiles’ is a major global tourism destination attracting 30 million visitors a year in the past few years, further driving the demand for imported food, beverages and food ingredients to cater to the F&B, hospitality and hotel industries. In sum, prospects in the food processing sector for Australian interests look bright.

Aviation is another sector offering soaring prospects for Australia. Geographically, Thailand is well positioned to serve flights from Australia to Europe and vice versa.

With the expansion of international airports throughout the country, especially U Tapao airport near Pattaya in EEC, Thailand’s capacities to accommodate more international flights seem attractive.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air traffic in Thailand will be amongst the world’s top 10 in the next 20 years. Airbus recently entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Thai Airways to set up MRO facilities near U-Tapao, while the Alibaba Group signed an MOU with Thailand in April this year to set up an ASEAN logistics centre in the EEC.

Mining and natural resources – key strengths of Australia – will be a good foundation for innovation, particularly in the area of sustainability, and an excellent match for Thailand’s biofuel sector.

MICE AS A DRIVER

To further elevate the EEC into a centre of trade, investment and human resources of the country and the region, attracting national and international conferences, conventions, exhibitions and tradeshows to the area will be an important driver.

To demonstrate the vast potential and preparedness of EEC as the ultimate meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) destination, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) recently organised IMFT2018, in which members of the media from 35 countries were invited to experience and explore the burgeoning MICE ecosystem in Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong. 

During this five-day trip, guests visited various destinations that lend themselves perfectly to MICE events, including Lancaster hotel Bangkok, Nongnooch International Convention and Exhibition Center (NICE) in Pattaya, the Regional Observatory for the Public in Chachoengsao, Vajiravudh Scout Camp in Sriracha and local village Ban Krasae Bon in Rayong (a good example of community-based tourism), as well as world-class hospitality venues like Mytt Beach Hotel Pattaya and Ao Prow Resort on the tropical island of Samed.

This year Thailand also hosted several key MICE events, namely Taiwan Expo 2018, CEBIT ASEAN Thailand 2018 and Future Energy Asia 2018, with many more planned in the EEC in the near future.

Showing a consistent growth throughout in 2018, it is estimated that by the end of this fiscal year, Thailand will have welcomed over 1,327,000 business travellers, generating 124 billion baht (about A$5.3 billion) in revenue.

Alongside increasingly stronger trade and economic ties between the two nations, Australia is a key growth market for Thailand’s MICE industry. Of all long-haul markets outside Asia, Australia was Thailand’s third largest in 2018, followed by the US and France.

In the past five years, Thailand has welcomed an average of 22,000 Australian MICE travellers per year.

Alongside taking part in AIME (Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event), TCEB organises roadshows to Melbourne and Sydney.

“We really value the Australian market,” said Chiruit Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, president of TCEB.

www.eeco.or.th

www.businesseventsthailand.com

 

For more information, visit Economic Eastern Corridor (EEC) and Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB).

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Thailand: now a prime destination for biotech development

By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>

BIOTECHNOLOGY in Thailand has been through more than three decades of development and the country is now regarded by many as being poised to take a lead in the sector.

Today, with its superb infrastructure, substantial scientific capability and strategic location in the centre of the South East Asia region, Thailand is home to many well-established world technology labs and pharmaceutical companies – and is ready to embrace new waves of advanced biotech development.

Becoming a bio-economy leader is also a new ambition of Thai Government, one of 10 targeted growth-engine industries under the new ‘Thailand 4.0’ growth model, which focuses on the concept of inclusive, productive and green growth to enhance the country’s competitiveness and economic development.

Biotech companies in Thailand enjoy a variety of competitive advantages from supporting ecosystems including intellectual property protections and a technically equipped workforce, as well as an abundance of natural resources and rich biological diversity. 

DIVERSE NATURAL RESOURCES

The first key advantage Thailand has, to be a research hub for biotechnology, is the country’s hot and humid climate, which supports tropical ecosystems in which a large variety of plant, animal and microbe species thrive.

The kingdom has about 15,000 species of plants, which account for around 10 percent of the estimated total number of plant species found globally.

Moreover, abundant farmland across the country and a year-round growing season allow agricultural raw materials to be sourced locally at low prices.

Meanwhile, the Thai agricultural sector, the mainstay of the country’s socio-economic foundation, is currently transitioning to ‘Smart Farming’, a key reforming process endorsed by the government to increase the efficiency of agricultural production and enhance cooperation between farmers and the public and private sectors.

R&D INFRASTRUCTURE

Thailand has developed networks of organisations that support research and development in biotech.

Currently, 24 universities across the country have the combined capacity to supply about 7,000 students with a biotechnology background each year.

In addition, well-established research infrastructure, including various pilot plants located in several leading universities across the country, allow biotech companies to scale up their research before commercialising their innovations.

Many of these pilot plants operate as private-public sector partnerships, such as the Agricultural Research Development Agency (ARDA) under the Ministry of Agriculture. 

PUBLIC-PRIVATE SUPPORT

Government and organisational support is provided through the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), which offers government support by acting as a bridge between the requirements of academic research and innovation in the industry.

This occurs through the operation of four national research centres: BIOTEC, MTEC, NANOTEC, and NECTEC, and one technology management centre (TMC).

Thailand Science Park (TSP), the first technology and innovation hub of Thailand, serves as a one-stop service centre to assist both foreign and local companies engaged in scientific and technological research.

TSP is a key hub for research and development where specialists and researchers from industry, academia and NSTDA collaborate to further inspire and stimulate the formation and growth of knowledge-based businesses.

A network of 1,600 full-time researchers and technicians, of which around 400 hold doctorate degrees, can be found at TSP. TMC also provides important support in biotechnology through its Technology Licensing Office (TLO), which is responsible for the licensing of intellectual property.

The recent setting up of the Strategic Talent Center (STC) helps enhance Thailand’s ecosystem for stronger research and development capability.

The centre serves as a platform interacting with the private sector in identifying available specialists or researchers in science and technology to support the private sector in conducting R&D and innovation activities. The STC is actively involved with matching skills and expertise with real demands from the requesting companies.

ENTICING INVESTMENT INCENTIVES

Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) recognises the importance and value of the biotech economy, and offers a wide range of tax and non-tax incentives for projects that meet national development objectives.

Tax incentives for biotechnology companies investing in Thailand include an eight-year exemption from corporate income tax and exemptions from import duties on machinery and raw materials used for manufacturing of export products. 

Non-tax incentives include visa and work permits for experts and permission to own land for promoted activities.

AUSTRALIAN ATTRACTION

To attract Australian SMEs, the board recently approved more incentives for SMEs to cover over 100 business activities and increased the ceiling of corporate income tax (CIT) exemption to up to 200 percent.

These incentives aim to enhance SMEs’ competitiveness in Thailand, including the extension of the scheme's promotional period to December 30, 2019.

The BOI also identified a list of targeted industries for the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) and the Digital Park Thailand (EECd).

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Thailand’s Wildlife Friends open elephant eco-lodge

By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>

IF YOU HAVE EVER dreamed of staying at a wildlife reserve and waking up to a herd of friendly elephants milling around outside your balcony window, this is your jumbo opportunity.

WFFT, the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand, just opened a luxury eco-lodge and restaurant, affording visitors a bird eye’s view of one of the centre’s largest elephant forest enclosures. With only 10 guestrooms available, the experience promises to be an exclusive one, as well as a great option for anyone looking to book a unique corporate retreat. 

Spacious and airy, rooms have been designed to fit in with the natural environment, with all the modern amenities one could wish for like air-conditioning, a rain shower and flat screen TV. Using filtered groundwater and solar power, it is run as a genuine eco-lodge with its own tree-planting project for carbon offset.

The eco-lodge is currently offering a soft-opening rate of 4000 baht per night (about A$165), which includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Meals – with Thai and western style options available – are served on a large, rustic-style terrace overlooking the elephant enclosure.

Located near the popular resort town of Hua Hin, a three-hour drive from Bangkok, WFFT was established by Dutch native Edwin Wiek, together with a local mahout – a person who rides and works with elephants – and a second Thai partner in May 2001. Amazing view of elephants and other wildlife from the eco-lodge.

Until then he had been running a successful fashion business in Thailand when disaster struck. During a late-evening drive home after a stressful working day, he got into a serious road accident, which landed him in a several-day coma.

Upon awakening, he had a personal epiphany that his life would be better spent rescuing endangered animals. The first creature to benefit from this newfound resolution was a macaque at the local bar he used to frequent, whom Wiek freed from having to wear costumes and being chained up for the amusement of patrons.

Mr Wiek contends there are too many ‘attractions’ out there where tourists unwittingly contribute to the suffering of animals – elephant riding and posing with tigers, to give a couple of examples.His centre does not contribute to this suffering. All the animals are treated well.

And education is crucial during the half- and full-day tours, allowing visitors a first-hand opportunity to learn about the rescued creatures living at the Wildlife Rescue Center and Elephant Refuge and Education Center.

Mr Wiek often guides travellers around the 92-hectare-large park, sharing colorful “tails” and background information about the rescued animals – which range from maltreated circus animals and orangutans illegally held at zoos, to endangered species kept as pets. 

The former pets – often given respectable English sounding names like Jim, Charlie or Bob by their former Thai owners are – besides a new lease on life – also given a new moniker.

“We’ve decided that any monkey who comes in with a foreign name will be called after a Thai politician,” Mr Wiek quipped.

Besides several large dedicated enclosures where the animals can roam freely until they are rehabilitated and repatriated, the centre also contains a Wildlife Hospital with fulltime veterinarians and vet nurses, the first such facility in Asia.

All in all, to ensure the whole operation runs smoothly, the centre employs some 92 staff members and 60 volunteers to take care of the 700 creatures inhabiting the sanctuary.

In spite of overseeing all the staff and volunteers, Mr Wiek continues to play a pivotal role in Thailand’s wildlife activism, serving as an honorary advisor to a parliamentary committee which focuses on the creation of better laws to protect wildlife in Thailand.

This has resulted in some groundbreaking legislation like The Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act of 2014 to “strengthen suppression of the illegal trade of African elephant ivory”. 

The act marked the first time in Thai history that a non-native species, the African elephant, was listed as a protected species. Of course, much more work needs to be done in this regard, as Thailand remains a transit point for illegal shipments of elephant tusks bound from Africa to China, where ivory is still in great demand. 

One of WFFT’s main benefactors is Joan Pearson, the wife of the former CEO of Reader’s Digest Australia, who visits the centre in Thailand three times a year.

Thanks to her fundraising efforts in her native Sydney, enough money was collected to rescue 15 elephants and help purchase a piece of land large enough for a 5ha-large forest where some of the rescued elephants are free to roam.

Solely funded by private donations without the support of governments or NGOs, Mr Wiek is aware that in order to achieve long-term sustainability, the wildlife sanctuary must generate independent revenue streams.

The eco lodge and restaurant will provide an important source of income besides the revenue streams generated from operating the guided tours and volunteers who pay to volunteer at WFFT.

Mr Wiek expects the addition to substantially contribute towards the operational costs of the new wildlife enclosures.

“In this day and age it’s important for charities to be able to fund themselves through commercial enterprise and not just rely on donations,” Mr Wiek explained.

https://ilovephants.org

https://www.wfft.org

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Lights, camera … Thai innovators take action, disrupting video marketing

By Ellen Boonstra, Asia correspondent >>

OVER THE LAST decade, video has taken the internet by storm. Now Thailand-based video content creation platform, Crave Asia, is brewing its own storm.

In a modern world in which YouTube has become Google’s dynamic all-the-bells-and-whistles younger search-engine brother -- and in our multi-screen lives -- the relevance of video has evolved tremendously. Online video content is no longer purely for entertainment.

Creating a successful marketing strategy in today’s online environment must include video. Businesses big and small are using it for promotion and education, and customers are watching on smartphones, tablets and computers.

They are viewing on all of the social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, pre-roll YouTube ads, Snapchat content, Netflix ads and website landing pages

According to US-based online video platform Brightcove, social video is what people want. Businesses would all be well-advised to create engaging video experiences.

Brightcove claims that three-quarters of consumers who watch social video make a purchasing decision based on that video and are more likely to recommend that company. Consequently; it is important to get it right.

However, ror smaller businesses video marketing can seem intimidating.

Australian Raine Grady, who has more 25 years experience in TV and video production at the helm of Thailand’s Capital Television, saw a need for cost effective and easy to use video solutions. She established a new ‘disruptive’ video content creation agency called Crave Asia, which, in partnership with the video creation tool Binumi, is both affordable and manageable.  

“We live in the age of video and every business has a story to tell,” Ms Grady said. “Video is one of the most exciting mediums to do so because it tells a story in a way that text and photos can’t compete with.

“It is predicted to reach 80 percent of all internet traffic by 2020. It is exciting to be able to enable everyone to bring their business narrative to life, and to do so while offering an attractive RoI.”

BINUMI INNOVATION

The Binumi video tool used by Crave Asia was created by media tech entrepreneur and former National Geographic filmmaker Anthony Copping. It allows its partners to scale their video marketing quickly and inexpensively for fast turn around social media and event promotion.

The unique aspect of the tool is a massive royalty-free footage and music library from around 50 countries. Clients also get access to templates, edit effects and utilise cloud storage.

There is no limit on how many videos can be made each year.

Thailand-based marketing and commercial sponsorship business founder Paul Poole counts himself as a devotee of Crave Asia’s capabilities.

“We subscribe to Crave Asia’s rights-free content library and creation tool,” Mr Poole said. “This allows us to edit existing promotional videos and materials into a short mpeg and/or windows media files.

“This is an excellent way of bringing offers to life, massively aiding sales drive and giving an audio visual flavor to the offers.”

The cloud-based platform allows videos to be added onto landing pages that can be shared out direct to customers via e-mail, SMS, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.

“When I saw what Anthony was creating with Binumi I realised this was the future of marketing,” Mr Poole said.

“She (Crave’s Raine Grady) added my own content library into his platform and is now working in partnership with Binumi to bring this solution to a wide diversity of businesses.”

Another big advantage he noted was that existing staff members could become an in-house digital marketing resource, able to represent the business, brand, and voice as employees “with just a little training”. 

Videos are everywhere and their dynamic ‘feed me information quickly appeal’ is in-synch with today’s audiences that have increasingly shorter attention spans.

Unique, engaging content is the key to effective video that holds viewers’ attention and motivation to take action.

Fashion and jewellery designer, Matthew Campbell Laurenza said, “Photos are great, but videos bring my jewellery to life like nothing else can. I love it.”

Crave’s Ms Grady said most users also rapidly discovered what a time saver the platform can become.

“Of course the one commodity no one has is unlimited time,” she said. “To this end we can also create storyboards, film, and edit stories that can be quickly re-purposed as needed.”

www.craveasia.tv

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Alibaba to buy out China online delivery platform Ele.me

ALIBABA Group has announced from its Hangzhou headquarters that it will acquire all outstanding shares that it does not already own in Ele.me, a major online delivery and local services platform in China.

The move will set the enterprise value of Ele.me at US$9.5 billion. Alibaba and its affiliate Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co. Ltd currently own close to 43 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Ele.me. 

Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang said this acquisition would deepen Ele.me’s integration into Alibaba’s ecosystem and advance Alibaba’s ‘new retail’ strategy to provide a seamless online and offline consumer experience in the local services sector.

“We are excited for Ele.me to become a part of the Alibaba ecosystem,” Mr Zhang said. “Under the leadership of its founder and management team, Ele.me has achieved leading market share in China’s online food delivery and local services sector.

“Our shared belief that New Retail will create more value for customers and merchants has brought us together. Looking forward, Ele.me can leverage Alibaba’s infrastructure in commerce and find new synergies with Alibaba’s diverse businesses to add further momentum to the New Retail initiative.”

Ele.me’s fast local delivery service is expected to build on its core expertise in food delivery to provide consumers with a wider range of products and services on-demand. This expansion of offerings will allow Ele.me to efficiently utilize its large delivery force that currently fulfils orders in cities across China.

Mr Zhang said Ele.me also complemented Koubei, Alibaba’s affiliated local services platform and provided extended synergies. By combining Ele.me’s online home delivery services with Koubei’s consumer acquisition and engagement capability for a range of restaurants and service establishments, Alibaba will be able to offer an integrated experience to consumers both online and offline.

Zhang Xuhao, founder of Ele.me, said, “This acquisition shows that we have built Ele.me into one of China’s most valuable internet businesses. Our customers, merchants and partners will benefit from our further integration into the Alibaba family. We share the same strategic vision that New Retail has a bright future and being part of Alibaba’s ecosystem will take Ele.me’s growth to a new level.”

Ele.me will continue to operate in its own brand and work closely with its existing partners and merchants. Alibaba will lend its full support to Ele.me including access to its New Retail infrastructure, product offerings and technology expertise, according to Alibaba’s Mr Zhang.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Zhang Xuhao will become chairman of Ele.me and special advisor to Alibaba’s CEO on New Retail strategy.

Wang Lei, vice president of Alibaba Group, will become chief executive of Ele.me. Mr Wang joined Alibaba in 2003 and has held a number of senior positions in Alibaba’s consumer e-commerce, B2B, O2O service and healthcare businesses.

www.ele.me

www.alibaba.com

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First tech start-up on Indonesia exchange oversubscribed 10 times

KIOSON, the first online-to-offline (O2O) Indonesian e-commerce company, has listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) under the ticker code KIOS.

Kioson, officially PT Kioson Komersial Indonesia Tbk, is the first start-up to list on the IDX. Kioson stock was set at Rp 300 per share and managed to secure up to Rp 45 billion in funds. During the public offering period, Kioson recorded an oversubscription more than 10 times the total number of shares offered. 

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