Monthly Archives: April 2009

Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation

Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation Limited(YAF) is a charity that provides high quality, non-competitive arts experiences for all young people aged 5 to 25.

Established in 1993 by Lindsey McAlister, OBE, YAF organises inclusive and inspirational projects that reach out to young people of all cultures, backgrounds, languages and abilities, and actively creates opportunities for disadvantaged and underprivileged young people. Each year we reach over 800,000 young people through our projects, exhibitions and performances.

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Hong Kong Jazz Association

Hong Kong Jazz Association was founded by a group of closely-knit jazz lovers who became friends after attending a Jazz workshop in 2000. The association is now a non-profit-making organization with Jazz music promotion among the Chinese communities in Hong Kong as its aims. Since its inception, HKJA has organized many events and months-long jazz programs. It has a record of inviting talented and big-time overseas artists alike to take part including, among others, Tiger Okoshi from Japan, Dale Barlow from Australia, Damon Brown from UK, Quinsin Nachoff from Canada. Jazz has became more and more popular in Asia. Many talented artists are still waiting to be explored and recognized. HKJA needs your continuous support and participation to promote Jazz music in the Chinese community.

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KE Absolute

KE Absolute is an independent unit of Kim Eng Securities specializing in servicing hedge funds investing in Asia. It provides a range of dedicated services including absolute returns focused equity research products, execution, capital introduction, and order management technology.

KE Absolute exclusively services hedge fund managers. Its autonomy and agency-only status ensure that its tailored services and products are free of any internal conflicts of interest that might occur in larger organizations. The absence of proprietary trading activities as well as investment banking functions ensures uniquely unbiased service.

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Kayel Global

Kayel expanded its global sourcing coverage to include the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, India, USA, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, China and Hong Kong. International business culture was an early and integral part of Kayel’s approach to innovation and development.

Distribution and sourcing growth mutually reinforced Kayel’s international expansion. PT Kay-El Indonesia Limited was set up in Jakarta to become its sourcing and quality control headquarter in Indonesia. By year 2000, Kayel had extended its sourcing and quality control offices to Guangzhou and Dongguan, China.

Our long term goal is to own a diversified group of businesses that generate profits and consistently earn above average returns on capital. Our cultures and values are manifested in how we treat our team members and clients. Kayel’s global commitment to entrepreneurship and excellence within a team framework of meritocracy, fairness and honesty guide all of our activities and relationships. Kayel is committed to playing a positive role in all of the communities it operates in.

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VSidecars

Motorcycle History

History of the 1938 R-71/75 BMW, Ural and Chinese Army Chang Jiang Motorcycle with Side Car
The history of the 1938 BMW R-71 and R-75 and the World War II Ural motorcycles begins with the pre-WW II planning of Joseph Stalin. Knowing that Russia would soon be at war with the Hitler’s Germany.

Germany’s Sidecar Weapon
The Special Forces had thousands of BMW sidecars that the German army loved for their maneuverability, reliability, economy, and ease of maintenance.

Carrying a machine gun and solider with supplies, the sidecar “weapon” was so feared by the otherwise “fixed” Russian ground troops, that the side car motorcycle soon became a legend.

Prisoner of War Tech Transfer
Despite the utility of the vehicle, the Russian campaign didn’t go too well for the Germans. When I lived in Russia, I found out from some of my friends that the expertise of the Russian factory that had created a similar bike to the German BMW, the Ural, was helped a great deal by captured German engineers.

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Kwai Fung Hin

Born in Hong Kong, Ms Catherine Kwai is the founder of the Kwai Fung Culture and Communications Co. Ltd. Before she started her art business, Ms Kwai served international banks and insurance companies for many years. With an enduring passion for art and experience in collecting in earlier years, in 1992, she determined to resign from the financial services and established the first member of the Kwai Fung Group – Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, which has focused on the introduction of European oil paintings and sculptures.

In 2000, Ms Kwai established Kwai Po Collection. The masterly French lithography technique inherited through many generations are applied for production and publication of prints created by internationally renounced contemporary Chinese painters, to make many more outstanding modern Chinese paintings accessible to a wider audience.

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Koru Contemporary Art

Koru Contemporary Art, established in 2001, represents a diverse range of contemporary international artists and specializes in modern sculpture. A large selection of art featuring wood, bronze, stone, metal, glass, ceramic and mix media sculpture , fine art, painting, prints and photography, can be found in our two gallery spaces, with a combined exhibition area of over 7,500 square foot, located in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

At Koru, we are passionate about our work and welcome visitors to our galleries to look, see and discuss art and artists in general. Our philosophy is simple: Art should be accessible; the experience of collecting should bring delight and satisfaction.

Our team of experienced art consultants can advise on all matters relating to the collection of art in both a private and corporate scenario. We undertake site visits and develop appropriate project proposals that carefully match a client’s specific requirements with Koru’s expertise, diverse portfolio and knowledge of artists & their work. The result can be challenging, but is always striking, beautiful and ultimately appreciated. Our clients are private collectors, architects and designers based in Hong Kong, Asia and elsewhere around the globe.

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Galerie Vee

Galerie Vee is recognized for playing a pioneering role internationally in raising the awareness of Contemporary Chinese sculpture using glass as a fine art medium. Contemporary Chinese glass sculpture has been exhibited in Hong Kong, the United States and the United Kingdom, including at Sculpture and Functional Arts Expo, Chicago. Artwork is collected by important international collectors of glass sculpture, Chinese contemporary fine art and international sculpture.

The ground-breaking initial exhibitions in Hong Kong are documented in the book “China Rises Chinese Contemporary Sculpture in Glass” along with pertinent commentary about the movement. ‘China Rises’ is available from Galerie Vee, The Cat Street Gallery (Hong Kong) and Leo Kaplan Modern (New York).

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Asia Portrait

Today, portraiture is flourishing in Europe and the Americas. It is a symbolization of authority, status and achievement.

It recognizes the subjects’ prestige and records the precious moments of life. Compared with the West, Asian Portraiture receives less attention though there are an enormous number of professional portraitists with our unique Asian artistic styles. “Asia Portrait” is therefore introduced by Artlinks Asia to conserve and promote our precious portraiture treasure house.

We are committed to sow the seeds of our Asian Portraiture from the privileged to the community, from Asia to the World since we believe for art, there should be no boundaries and limitations.

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ArtLinks Asia

Art Links Asia, subsidiary of J Link Asia, is an art specialist in limited-edition art, art consultancy, artist representation and art licensing.

Committed to representing only the most distinguished contemporary artists in the world and as one of Asia’s pioneers in limited-edition art you will find only the finest art pieces through us.

As an art specialist with many years of experience in promoting Asian artists and limited-edition art, Art Links Asia in collaboration with J Links Asia, fuses the established tenets of traditional artist representation by art galleries with those of art agents.

Artists’ works are made accessible to our collectors through a series of exhibitions and events, promotions (email, Internet, TV and Radio), limited-edition art, licensed adornments and publications.

We work with reputable art publishers from around the world and showcase their collections in Asia; our successful partnership with Washington Green is exemplary of our commitment to working with art publishers and collectors.

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