SYDNEY--9 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest AEDAS APPOINTMENT... HONG KONG - Aedas Architects announces today the appointment of a ManagingDirector for India. Nick James, veteran of both public and private practice inthe UK and Kazakhstan, will now lead Adeas' expansion in India. His task is todevelop an already successful existing team in Aedas' Indian offices todeliver inspirational international design in the dynamic Indian market. UNITECH LAUNCH... TAIPEI - Unitech, a leading worldwide manufacturer of automatic datacollection products and services and the top player in the rugged PDAmarketplace, today announced that it has launched the PA600 Healthcare PDA. ThePA600 Healthcare PDA has been specifically designed to meet the increasingrequirement in medical environment. http://www.unitech-adc.com . ZIJIN HAO... BEIJING - On October 2, the 2nd day of the weeklong National Day holiday,Air China's painted airliner, Zijin Hao (Forbidden Pavilion Liner), debuted.It's a twin of the Zichen Hao (Capital Pavilion Liner) that put into service onSeptember 19. www.sohu.com ZICHEN HAO... BEIJING - Zichen Hao (Capital Pavilion Liner), a name given to a paintedA330-200 named after Air China's high-end product Capital Pavilion BusinessClass, made its first appearance by flying from Beijing to Shanghai onSeptember 19. AIR CHINA... BEIJING - Air China recently announced that it would put luxurious A330sinto service on routes Beijing-Rome/London Dubai /Munich. Before that, theA330s had been used on routes Beijing-Vancouver/Frankfurt/Paris/Madrid. http://www.airchina.com.cn GROWTHINK STRATEGIC ADVISOR... LOS ANGELES - Growthink, the leading Investment Banking and AdvisoryServices Firm to Emerging and Middle Market Enterprises, announced today thatLucy B Cosmetics, a creator of organic beauty and body care products derivedfrom Australian flower and plant essences, has retained Growthink toraise capital and provide strategic advisory services on behalfof the Company. http://www.growthink.com DANA HOLDING APPOINTMENT.. TOLEDO, Ohio - Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) today announced that KenJ. Cao has joined the company as president of Asia Pacific operations. Caowill be based in Dana's Shanghai, China, office with responsibility forcoordinating growth and activities across Dana's 18 operations in the AsiaPacific region. Dana reported sales of $667 million in the region last year. http://www.dana.com CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION... LISBON and NEW YORK - Three weeks after awarding two Johns HopkinsUniversity scientists the most prestigious vision award in the world for theirresearch in combating blindness, the Antonio Champalimaud Foundation continuedits pioneering work in medical research with the groundbreaking of its300,000-square-foot research facility. http://www.fchampalimaud.org QNX ADVANTECH... OTTAWA and TAIPEI, Taiwan - QNX Software Systems today announced that it hassigned a reseller agreement with Advantech, a global provider of industrial PCand embedded solutions. This alliance will help QNX to satisfy the growingdemand for its middleware and embedded operating systemtechnology in the Asia Pacific region. http://www.advantech.com http://www.qnx.com ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM... LYON - The World Entrepreneurship Forum, founded by EMLYON Business School,the leading European business school in Entrepreneurship, and KPMG, the leadingtax, audit and advisory services company, is the first worldwide think-tankdedicated to entrepreneurs and their role in society. Internationallyrecognized business school and global leader in entrepreneurship educationBabson College (Boston, USA) has just joined the two founding partners in theorganization of the event. http://www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com . FRIENDSTER TEXT ALERTS... SAN FRANCISCO and SINGAPORE - Friendster, Inc., a top-10 global websitebased on traffic and the #1 social network in Asia,* today announced that itsnearly 2 million Friendster users in Singapore can now subscribe to FriendsterText Alerts, a full suite of alerts covering activity in their Friendsternetwork that are sent directly to their mobile phones via SMS text messages. http://m.friendster.com DYSEMEVAS OPENING... HONG KONG - From November 11 to December 21, 2008, DYSEMEVAS, a fashionpop-up concept store featuring Chinese designers will be open to the public. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.