SYDNEY, Aug. 22--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SINGAPORE OFFICE... SINGAPORE: Write Image, the UK headquartered integratedmarketing services agency, has announced the opening of itsfirst Asia-Pacific office located in Singapore. The new officeextends Write Image's global reach and enables the firm to moreeasily satisfy its customers' demands for global marketingservices and PR programs. www.write-image.com FEATURED SPEAKER.... SINGAPORE: Agilix Labs, Inc., the leading provider ofmobility software solutions for the education market, hasannounced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, CurtAllen, was a featured speaker at last week's e-Agenda'sInternational Roundtable 2005, held August 16-18 inSingapore. http://www.agilix.com BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: Bloomberg, the leading global provider of data,news and analytics, has unveiled its lineup of live events andselected interviews available on Bloomberg Television,Bloomberg Radio, and to users of the Bloomberg Professionalservice for the week ahead, August 22 through August 26. http://www.bloomberg.com ASIA FOUNDATION... SAN FRANCISCO: The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profitorganization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, hasannounced that Gina Despres, a senior vice president at CapitalResearch and Management Company, and Chien Lee, a HongKong-based private investor, have joined its Board ofTrustees. http://www.asiafoundation.org DONALD TRUMP... NEW YORK: A Manhattan Supreme Court justice has blockedDonald Trump's attempt to tie up proceeds from the record $1.76billion sale of Riverside South land. Supreme Court JusticeHerman Cahn on Tuesday issued a stay blocking a $1 billion"attachment" Trump tried to place on the proceeds of theRiverside South sale at least until a September 1st hearing theJudge set to decide whether the attachment should bepermanently vacated. AMBULANCES PRESENTED... COLOGNE: Two specially equipped ambulances were presented toPope Benedict XVI in Cologne by the Chairman of the VW brandBoard of Management, Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard. The specialvehicles were handed over at the Archbishop's Residence inCologne during the World Youth Day. The first vehicle is to bedeployed in Rome as the Vatican's official ambulance, while thesecond is to be used at a Catholic mission in Africa. http://www.volkswagen-media-services.com BRUNSWICK CLARIFIES... CHICAGO: "We wish to take a moment to correct and clarify anitem that has been reported erroneously in the Taiwanese press.The report that Brunswick Corporation plans to invest in luxuryand mega-yacht production in XingDa Port, KaoShiong City has nobasis in fact. As we cannot ascertain the source of thisinformation from the original article, we felt it appropriateand necessary to correct this misstatement." http://www.brunswick.com DIAMOND LENSES... CIUJK: At the heart of the increase in the density of datastorage is the ability to produce small lenses that operate atshort wavelengths. These Solid-Immersion Lenses conform totight tolerances on diameter, thickness, surface form androughness at a diameter of 1.0mm or smaller. Element Sixannounces the development of a process that can obtain therequired form accuracy in 1mm Synthetic Single Crystal Diamondspheres. http://www.e6.com MOUs SIGNED... SHANGHAI: Caterpillar Inc. subsidiaries in China have signedthree non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with anindustrial park development company affiliated with theShanghai Municipal Government. The MOUs demonstrateCaterpillar's continued commitment to customer service andgrowth in this critical market. http://www.CAT.com HONORARY DEGREE... MELBOURNE: A prominent Hong Kong business leader,philanthropist and Visiting Professor in La Trobe University'sSchool of Management, Dr Henry Fong Yun Wah will be awarded thehonorary degree, Doctor of Letters, at the annual ceremony forLa Trobe graduates in Hong Kong on Wednesday 7 September. SAI ACQUIRES.... MELBOURNE: SAI Global Limited has announced the acquisitionof the Victorian based Anstat Group, one of Australia's leadingproviders of information and risk management solutions to thelegal, property and corporate compliance markets. http://www.sai-global.com http://www.anstat.com.au/ (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)