SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 9 February 2021 - HKBN JOS Group ("The Group") proudly announces the launch of JOS+, a full-fledged suite of IT solutions & services, to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore pivot towards an increasingly digital and mobile-first business environment. Recognising the accelerated pace of digital transformation and the emergence of a hybrid workforce in Singapore, JOS+ is a unique IT-as-a-service solution that offers flexible IT and cloud office support for SMEs to maximise cost and business efficiencies. Designed as a subscription-based offering, JOS+ enables SMEs to tap into HKBN JOS' industry-leading IT expertise and office facilities as needed, so they pay only for the services they need to adapt to the increasingly digital business environment. With flexible subscription-based plans, JOS+ provides outsourced IT support hours, enterprise applications and office facilities in a one-stop solutions bundle. It allows businesses to access enterprise level troubleshooting solutions and quick implementation of new technology, enabling organisations to step up on their digitalisation efforts to adapt to the region's new digital-first business reality. The bespoke nature of JOS+ allows organisations to customise the level of support they require, aligned to business and cost considerations, giving them the confidence to strengthen their digital capabilities to pursue growth. "With the comprehensive IT solutions JOS+ has to offer, SMEs in Singapore will be able to reach their full business potential as they embrace the realities of a hybrid workforce," said Jeff Lee, Managing Director, HKBN JOS Singapore. "Our proven track record in driving innovations for customers in this region puts HKBN JOS Singapore in a strong position to help businesses win in a digital era. Guided by our belief in making purposeful profits, JOS+ is custom designed to help businesses respond, adapt and …
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US accuses China of breaking promise not to militarize South China Sea
The Hanoitimes - Chinese President Xi Jinping said five years ago that China’s outposts would not “target or impact any country.” The US Department of State has blamed China for failing to keep its promise not to pursue militarization in the South China Sea that Chinese President Xi Jinping made five years ago. Construction at Mabini (Johnson) Reef by China, in the disputed Spratly Islands, in the south China Sea. Photo: EPA/ Armed Forces of the Philippines Xi made the promise on September 25, 2015 when he was in the White House Rose Garden, stating that “China does not intend to pursue militarization” of the Spratly Islands, and China’s outposts would not “target or impact any country,” Morgan Ortagus, the US State Department’s spokesperson, said in a statement. “China has instead pursued a reckless and provocative militarization of those disputed outposts, they have deployed anti-ship cruise missiles, expanded military radar and signal intelligence capabilities, constructed dozens of fighter jet hangars, and have built runways capable of accommodating combat aircraft,” Morgan Ortagus added. The spokesperson went on to say that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses these militarized outposts as platforms of coercion to assert control over waters to which Beijing has no lawful maritime claim. “They serve as staging grounds for the hundreds of maritime militia vessels and China Coast Guard ships that regularly harass civilian craft and impede legitimate law enforcement activities, offshore fishing, and hydrocarbon development by neighboring states,” she noted “The CCP does not honor its words or commitments,” the spokesperson stressed. She emphasized that in recent months, there have been an unprecedented number of states expressing their formal opposition at the United Nations to China’s unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea. Washington urges the international community to continue to raise its opposition to this …
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