SYDNEY--13 Jul--AsiaNet/InfoQuest OFFER CLOSED... SINGAPORE: Connect Holdings Limited Friday announced that the subsequentoffer period in respect of its voluntary conditional cash general offer toacquire all the issued shares of Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet Limited forUS$11.00 net in cash per share, without interest has successfully closed as of1:00am, New York City time, on 12 July 2007 (1:00pm, Singapore time, on 12 July2007). TV STAR... NEW YORK: International techno-pop and dance music recording artist, SirIvan can now add reality TV star to his list of accomplishments. VIETNAM OFFICES... HANOI and HO CHI MINH CITY: Duane Morris LLP Thursday announced that it hasopened offices in Vietnam's two principal cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. GOLF CAREER... HONOLULU: Tadd Fujikawa, 16-year old golf phenom, Thursday announced that hehas decided to forfeit his amateur status to pursue a professional golf career. MERSANA APPOINTS... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Mersana Therapeutics, a cancer therapeutics company,Thursday announced the appointment of Nicholas G. Bacopoulos, Ph.D. to itsBoard of Directors.http://www.mersana.com PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION... HONG KONG: ING, Official Sponsor of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Thursdayannounced that it is looking for professional photographers to submit theirpictures of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.http://www.ingafc.com CHINA OPEN... BEIJING: Tennis stars Elena Dementieva, Amelie Mauresmo, SvetlanaKuznetsova, Marcos Baghdatis, Mario Ancic, Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Robredowill be among the top names competing in the 2007 China Open tennis tournamentin September, event organizers said at a press conference at the Beijing KerryCentre Hotel Thursday.http://www.chinaopen.com.cn FOOTBALL FANS... HONG KONG: ING, Official Sponsor of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Thursdayannounced that it is asking football fans to vote for their most valuableplayer of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup tournament with a chance to win an 18K goldfootball worth US$2,500.http://www.ingafc.com NEW BUSINESS... SHIZUOKA: Asahi Tec Thursday announced it has booked more than $1 billion innew business since it merged with Metaldyne Corporation six months ago.http://www.asahitec.co.jphttp://www.metaldyne.com/ PROJECT COLLABORATION... MELBOURNE: Aconex has been selected to provide its online informationmanagement solution to ALDAR Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi's leading propertydevelopment and management company.www.aconex.comwww.aldar.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.