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24-Jan-18 Alibaba's Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund is a RMB2.2 bn fund to support startups in Taiwan accessing e-commerce customers in new ways. Asia’s e-commerce industry is projected to grow by 12% annually, and to be worth over USD2.1 tn by 2021. [image: Technode]
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17-Jan-18 Hong Kong has been a laggard in latching onto the e-commerce trend, with leading online platforms Alibaba and Amazon currently grabbing most of the orders, but that hasn’t stopped local entity HKTV from throwing its hat into the ring. [image: HKEJ]
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10-Jan-18 A fast and easy payment system linking major banks and electronic payment platforms will be available in Hong Kong in September 2018. A pilot scheme is also in the works to allow people to pay government bills using their electronic-wallets. [image: Dickson Lee / SCMP]
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08-Jan-18 Cogobuy Group of Hong Kong has signed an MoU with the People's Government to build China's first healthcare industry center in Xiamen, with the intention of establishing new healthcare projects, driving healthcare investments and developing a medical data platform. [image: Cogobuy]
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17-Oct-17 Alibaba has invested in one of Asia’s top genetic testing startups. Hong Kong based Prenetics, which makes DNA-testing products, has pocketed USD40 mn, from Alibaba and four other investors in its series B funding. [image: luchschen / 123RF]
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