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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Kyoto by the Sea DMO (Destination Management/Marketing Organization) is transforming Motoise Kono Shrine and Nariaiji Temple, Amanohashidate with exhibitions running until Nov 10.

Amanohashidate, one of Japan’s Three Scenic Views, along with the area’s major temples and shrines will be transformed into a dream-like atmosphere with light, video projection and sound-based digital art.

In addition, the internationally renowned media artists Hiroaki Umeda (Sept 13 to Oct 14) and NONOTAK (Oct 18 to Nov 4) will use Motoise Kono Shrine as stage to recreating the origin of Amanohashidate, by way of a ‘Path of Light’ and ‘Sea of Light’.

Meanwhile, Seiichi Saito will exhibit ‘JIKU’ on Nov 9 and 10, and features Nariaiji Temple, one of Japan’s 33 Western Pilgrimage Temples set to beautiful lights. The fall foliage will be in full-effect on this mountain temple overlooking the Sea of Japan.

More information at http://www.uminokyoto.jp/english.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Amazon has become the first signatory of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to meet the Paris Agreement, 10 years earlier than scheduled.

The Climate Pledge calls on signatories to be net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.

Companies which signed for the pledge have agreed to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis; implement decarbonisation strategies; and, neutralise remaining emissions.

Amazon founder and chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos said: “If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon, which delivers more than 10 billion items annually, can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can.

“Large companies signing The Climate Pledge will send an important signal to the market that it’s time to invest in the products and services the signatories will need to meet their commitments.”

Also one of the pledge’s signatories, Global Optimism founding partner and UN’s former climate change chief, Christiana Figueres said: “Bold steps by big companies will make a huge difference in the development of new technologies and industries to support a low carbon economy.”

Amazon previously announced investment in Rivian, a producer of emission-free electric vehicles. Amazon plans to have 10,000 new electric vehicles on the road as early as 2022 and all 100,000 by 2030 – saving four million metric tonnes of carbon per year by 2030.

More details at www.amazon.com/about

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou is expanding to the east and embracing the Qiantang River, marking a development focus shifting from the West Lake.

Hangzhou’s Jianggan District is holding the third Qiantang River International Cultural Festival to spread over five months, beginning July, in a bid to embed cultural genes into the city’s development strategy of embracing the Yangtze River.

Hangzhou has adjusted the ‘circular development approach’ with the West Lake as its centre by making the river as the permanent main line of its long-term development.

It is also establishing the development philosophy of urban eastward expansion, boosting tourism in the west, and development along the Qiantang River.

Specifically, the core of the Qiantang River culture is braving challenges and striving for excellence, staying open-minded and seeking exchanges and mutual prosperity.

The Jianggan District is the bridgehead and pioneer area for the co-development with the Qiantang River.

Held for three consecutive years, the Qiantang River International Cultural Festival has carried out 41 main activities and more than 50 related activities, attracting over 3.1 million participants.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — SNOMED International, a not-for-profit organisation that owns and develops SNOMED CT has released the Global Patient Set (GPS), a managed collection of existing reference sets, available to any user at no cost.

The GPS offers clinical content across dentistry, renal, family & general practice and nursing areas, and includes IHE, DICOM and HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) domains and activities.

“The GPS is a step towards increased clinical information sharing across borders, bridging the interoperability divide through the use of structured terminology,” said SNOMED International’s general assembly chair, Lies van Gennip.

The GPS can support the nascent use of clinical terminology within a developing health system, the sharing of patient summary information across borders with existing SNOMED International Member countries or affiliates.

Offered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, the GPS is available to any interested party by visiting SNOMED International’s GPS information page.

The GPS will be updated and released annually to reflect changes to the underlying terminology, including concept inactivations and additions. More information at http://www.snomed.org.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) — The Queen of Denmark, Margaret II and Chinese Ambassador to Denmark, Feng Tie recently attended the unveiling ceremony of the ‘Sindberg’ statue at the Memorial Park of Mathersburg in Aarhus, Denmark.

The event was to commemorate Bernhard Arp Sindberg’s righteous act of sheltering tens of thousands of refugees during the Nanjing Massacre, thereby conveying to the world the peace of mind of the Chinese and Danish peoples.

“It’s clear that Bernhard Arp Sindberg was of great importance to Nanjing and all of China. He was a reminder that a single person can make a difference.” Queen Margaret II said when delivering a speech at the unveiling ceremony.

Taking the event as a starting point, Aarhus and Nanjing will launch a series of pragmatic cooperation in the fields of culture, economy, trade and peacekeeping, according to a statement from the Information Office of Nanjing Municipal People’s Government.

Queen Margaret II of Denmark has accepted the ‘Co-Building Peace’ contract submitted by the representative of Nanjing-the wall bricks, after the ceremony.

The wall bricks were engraved with the word, ‘Jinling’ and printed with inscriptions. On both sides of ‘Jinling’, it was painted with purple and yellow roses to symbolise peace and courage.

On the same day, a special exhibition, “Sindberg: Denmark’s ‘Nanjing Hero’” was opened at the Dokk1 Library in Aarhus.

Sindberg (1911-1983) was born in Aarhus, Denmark. From Dec 1937 to March 1938, he participated in the establishment of the Jiangnan Cement Factory refugee camp in Nanjing, China and rescued the refugees.

— BERNAMA