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This article is about political group in Hong Kong. For other uses, see Functional constituency (disambiguation).
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In the political systems of Hong Kong, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process. Eligible voters in a functional constituency may include natural persons as well as other designated legal entities such as organisations and corporations. (See: legal personality)
The concept of functional constituencies (FC) in Hong Kong was first developed in the release of "Green Paper: A Pattern of District Administration in Hong Kong" on 18 July 1984 when indirect elections were introduced to the Legislative Council for the first time. The paper suggested that the Legislative Council create 24 seats with 12 seats from different professional interest groups. The 11 original functional constituencies created in 1985 were:
First Commercial (HKGCC)
Second Commercial (CGCC)
First Industrial (FHKI)
Second Industrial (CMAHK)
Financial (HKAB)
Labour (2 seats)
Social Services (HKCSS)
Medical (HKMA)
Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning
In 1988, the Financial constituency was enlarged into Financial and Accountancy constituencies and the Medical constituency was enlarged into Medical and Health Care constituencies respectively.
In 1991, the functional constituencies were more developed. With 9 directly elected geographical constituencies created, 20 functional constituencies consisting of 11 types of industry in which 7 new functional constituencies including Heung Yee Kuk, Urban Council and Regional Council were also set up.[1] The 7 new functional constituencies added in 1991 were:
In 1992, Chris Patten suggested additional political reform adding nine additional functional constituencies with a much expanded voter base to the existing system. The changes were implemented in the 1995 legislative election. The 9 new functional constituencies added in 1995 were:
Primary Production, Power and Construction
Textiles and Garment
Hotels and Catering
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services
Community, Social and Personal Services
After transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, there were 28 functional constituencies consisting of the following. Corporate voting was restored after it was abolished in 1995. It reduced the number of eligible voters by almost 90 percent, from over 1.1 million in 1995 to fewer than 140,000 in 1998:
Heung Yee Kuk
Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape
Commercial (First)
Commercial (Second)
Industrial (First)
Industrial (Second)
Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication
Urban Council*
Regional Council*
The Labour constituency returns 3 seats and the others return one each.
By 2000, the seat held by Urban Council and Regional Council were dissolved by Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, the two seats were replaced by Catering and District Council. The District Council would be renamed to District Council (First) by 2012, as a result of the addition of a special Functional Constituency having candidates from District Council but with a different range of electors, named District Council (Second).
In 2021, the National People's Congress initiated a decision to change the electoral rule in Hong Kong. As a result of this decision, the five District Council (Second) seats were abolished alongside the District Council (First) and Information Technology constituencies, while Health Services was merged with Medical to form the Medical and Health Service FC. Three new constituencies were created, namely the Commercial (Third), the Technology and Innovation, and the HKSAR deputies to the National People's Congress, HKSAR members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and representatives of relevant national organisations.[2]
The following table charts the evolution of functional constituencies of the LegCo:
Evolution of functional constituencies
FCs Urban Council
(Electoral College) Urban Council FC District Council FC District Council (First) FC —
(Electoral College) Regional Council FC
Commercial (First) FC
Commercial (Second) FC
Industrial (FIrst) FC
Industrial (Second) FC
Finance FC
Labour FC
Social Services FC (1985-95) / Social Welfare FC (1995-)
Teaching FC (1985-95) / Education FC (1995-)
Legal FC
Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning FC Architectural, Surveying and Planning FC (1991–2016) / Architectural, Surveying, Planning & Landscape FC (2016-)
Engineering FC (1991-)
Medical FC Medical and Health Services FC (with the Chinese Medicine sector included as electorate)
— Health Care FC (1988-95) / Health Services FC (1995-2022)
— Accountancy FC
— Real Estate and Construction FC
Tourism FC
Rural FC (1991-97) / Heung Yee Kuk FC (1998-)
— Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining, Energy and Construction FC Agriculture and Fisheries FC
Textiles and Garment FC Textiles and Garment FC (Restricted Suffrage)
Manufacturing FC —
Import and Export FC Import and Export FC (Restricted Suffrage)
Wholesale and Retail FC Wholesale and Retail FC (Restricted Suffrage)
Hotels and Catering FC — Catering FC
Transport and Communication FC Transport FC
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services FC Insurance FC
Community, Social and Personal Services FC
— Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication FC
Information Technology FC Technology and Innovation FC
HK Deputies to NPC, Members of CPPCC, and Rep. of Relevant National Organisations FC
Present[edit]
Under the 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes, 28 functional constituencies (FC) return 30 members. The Labour Functional Constituency returns three members by plurality block voting. The other FCs return one member each with first-past-the-post voting.
The electoral base is non-uniform, and there may be institutional votes or individual votes. Fourteen seats were uncontested in 2008; of the 16 contested seats, the number of electors, corporate and individuals combined, ranged from between 112 and 52,894 voters.[3] Four of the FC legislators – mostly those returned in fiercely contested elections – are aligned with the parties which support universal suffrage; two are independent and the rest (24) are pro-government.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) refers to the participation of the business block vote in the affairs of Hong Kong as "balanced participation". On 26 April 2004, the NPCSC published[4] its decision that:
Any change...shall conform to principles such as being compatible with the social, economic, political development of Hong Kong, being conducive to the balanced participation of all sectors and groups.
In 2021, the Government published details of the electoral base of the functional constituencies as follows:
Registered voters in the functional constituencies of Hong Kong in 2021[5]
Functional constituency
Number of registered electors
1 Heung Yee Kuk 161 161
2 Agriculture and Fisheries 176 176
3 Insurance 126 126
4 Transport 223 223
5 Education 85,117 85,117
6 Legal 7,549 7,549
7 Accountancy 27,778 27,778
8 Medical And Health Service 55,523 55,523
9 Engineering 10,772 10,772
10 Architectural, Surveying and Planning 9,123 9,123
11 Labour 697 697
12 Social Welfare 13,974 13,974
13 Real Estate and Construction 463 463
14 Tourism 192 192
15 Commercial (First) 1,041 1,041
16 Commercial (Second) 421 421
17 Commercial (Third) 288 288
18 Industrial (First) 421 421
19 Industrial (Second) 592 592
20 Finance 114 114
21 Financial Services 760 760
22 Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication 257 257
23 Import and Export 231 231
24 Textiles and Garment 348 348
25 Wholesale and Retail 2,015 2,015
26 Technology and Innovation 73 73
27 Catering 141 141
28 HKSAR members of NPC and CPPCC, representatives of national organisations 678 678
Criticisms[edit]
The 2014 Hong Kong protests sought, among other goals, to abolish functional constituencies
Pro-democracy supporters criticise the functional constituency system for giving a minority too much power and influence. The right of corporations and legal entities to vote is also controversial, as it gives some individuals multiple votes. For example, in 1998, Sino Group chairman Robert Ng and companies he controlled held roughly 3-4% of the votes in the real estate constituency, according to an analysis by the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor; they described this as being equivalent in voting power to 15,940 people in a geographical constituency.[6][7]
In some functional constituencies, the entire body of eligible voters comprises legal entities that are not natural persons. This is known as corporate voting.
In 2009, there were applications for judicial review to challenge the legality of corporate voting on the grounds that it contravened the right to vote enshrined in Article 26 of the Basic Law or was discriminatory in nature.[8] Mr. Justice Andrew Cheung (as the Chief Justice then was) dismissed the applications, emphasising that his judgment was solely concerned with the constitutionality of corporate voting rather than the political wisdom of corporate voting or functional constituencies.[9]
There have been calls to abolish the functional constituencies from pan democrats. The May 2010 by-election was triggered by the resignation of 5 pan-democrats from the Legislative Council who put themselves up for re-election to the Legislative Council. The 'Five Constituencies Referendum' concept to use a by-election as a de facto referendum on universal suffrage and the abolition of functional constituencies was hatched by the League of Social Democrats.
Reform proposals[edit]
Following the consultations on the 2009 political reform package, where an additional five legislative seats for District Councils were proposed (in addition to Geographical seats) the government unveiled the revised package in mid-April 2010. It was proposed that the five additional Legco seats for the district council constituencies will be elected by proportional representation instead of block voting.[10] With the proposals looking likely to be vetoed, the Democratic Party said they would support the measures if the five new District Council functional seats, and the one existing seat, would return candidates nominated by district councillors and elected by all registered voters.[11]
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^ Loh, Christine; Civic Exchange (1 March 2006). Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Hong Kong University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-962-209-790-2.
^ "Annex II – Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures" (PDF). Xinhua. 30 March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ 2008 Legislative Council Election Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Government of Hong Kong
^ Decision of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Issues Relating to the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the year 2007 and for Forming the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the year 2008, Hong Kong Government Regional Gazette, 26 April 2004
^ Distribution of registered electors by functional constituencies in 2021,
^ "Rights Group Attacks Electoral System", South China Morning Post, 4 December 1998
^ "Corporate Voting is Highly Corrupt", Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, December 1998, archived from the original on 27 February 2009, retrieved 14 July 2009
^ "Association France Hong Kong | A bridge between France & Hong Kong. A gateway to China". association-france-hongkong.org.
^ "Chan Yu Nam v. Secretary for Justice". Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ Lee, Diana, (15 April 2010). 'Grab this golden chance' Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Standard
^ Leung, Ambrose and Cheung, Gary (1 June 2010). "Democrats seek deal for support of reforms", South China Morning Post
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From Runways to Room Service
Christian Lacroix is wowing the hospitality world with the same lavish mash-ups that made him famous in fashion.
By: Véronique Vienne
The grand finale of the Christian Lacroix fashion show celebrating the 20th anniversary of the designer's couture house was a wedding gown cut out of a precious patchwork of brocade and damask, its exuberant floral motifs forming a sparkling tapestry flecked with gold. The veil was held in place by an oversize tiara—a replica of the gilded crown worn by the Portuguese Madonna of Fatima. Two days later, on July 5, 2007, the extravagant gown made the front page of the conservative French daily Le Monde. In France, Lacroix's unabated capacity for excess still makes news.
But as the models were strutting down the runway, another Lacroix production was being staged nearby, this one attracting no media attention—at least not yet. On a narrow street behind the Musée d'Orsay, dozens of carpenters, painters, electricians, and floor finishers were frantically putting the last touches on the Bellechasse, a 34-room four-star hotel scheduled to open two weeks hence. Fanciful and quirky, the hotel is the latest example of Lacroix's hospitality work, a growing sideline that includes the celebrated 2005 Petit Moulin, in Paris's Marais district, and the posh new cabins of the TGV high-speed trains, which look and feel like the lounge of a boutique hotel. In all these projects, Lacroix indulges his notoriously baroque taste by layering visual narratives, often making reference to the folk arts and theatrical heritage of his native Provence.
"I am not a traditional couturier: I don't cut dresses," says the designer, who at 56 considers himself more art director than dressmaker. "What I do is create outfits that convey moods, memories, desires. Likewise, the hotels I design are conduits for dreams." As far as he is concerned, the only difference between the feel of a garment and that of a room is scale. And sure enough, the decor he put together for the Bellechasse is as over-the-top as his famous pouf dresses and bejeweled bustiers. In a mere 13,000 square feet, there are no less than 80 types of fabric, 20 tile motifs, 10 carpet patterns, 7 totally different color schemes, and nearly 50 original giant Lacroix collages used as ceiling- or wall-coverings. Sometimes as many as 10 deliberately mismatched textures, historical motifs, and patterns are crammed together in a single room.
"Lacroix's early detractors accused him of dabbling too much outside fashion," says Olivier Saillard, curator of the upcoming 20th-anniversary retrospective at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile, in Paris. He compares Lacroix to Fornasetti, the Italian artist whose personal vocabulary of forms went beyond his particular craft. Indeed, hospitality design is not Lacroix's only digression. His other well-publicized projects include a tramway for the city of Montpellier, home products for a mail-order catalog, uniforms for Air France and SNCF railroad employees, costumes and scenery for major theatrical productions, plus countless exhibitions and books. Saillard thinks it makes sense for a fashion designer to venture into fields traditionally reserved for architects, furniture designers, or graphic artists. "Contemporary design investigates ephemeral values," he says. "It is less classical, less timeless than it used to be. Good designers are no longer strangers to fashion trends."
This much is certain: one must "wear" a Lacroix interior the same way one would don one of his couture creations or theatrical costumes—with attitude. It is difficult to imagine, for example, a tourist venturing inside the Bellechasse sporting a velour tracksuit. With its explicit theatrical references, the place compels you to dress the part. As soon as you step inside the small lobby you are, the decor suggests, on a stage. Pompeian-inspired murals feature actors wearing antique masks. The red velvet lounge chairs and black-lacquer side tables would not be out of place at the opera. Concealed in the wings, so to speak, are the stairs, the elevator bank, and the reception desk. At the back of the lobby, behind glass doors, a split-level sunken courtyard with a walled-in mezzanine terrace acts as a secondary stage.
Lacroix used a backstage metaphor for the maze of guest rooms occupying the Bellechasse's seven floors. The property consists of two small contiguous nineteenth-century houses that were gutted to maximize the available square-footage. Working in concert with architects Jean-Luc Bras and Emmanuèle Thisy and interior designer Anne Bruguière Peyroux, he devised a labyrinthine floor plan of curvy hallways snaking around odd-shaped rooms, each with a unique theme. Appointed with large upholstered furniture cobbled together as if by chance, the guest rooms have the makeshift feel of theatrical dressing rooms. In some instances the bathtub is a few feet from the bed; in others a shower is tucked behind a screen or hidden in an alcove. The interior volumes are simple—no moldings, cornices, nooks, or crannies—but the flat surfaces form intricate puzzles with oversize decorative motifs printed on large canvas pasted on walls or ceilings. "Lacroix creates a complex universe," Bruguière Peyroux says. "When you step inside a room, there is a lot of visual information to take in. The floor plan is efficient, the bathroom fixtures contemporary, the window treatments minimal, but the decor is rich, demanding, exciting."
The disparity between clean volumes and busy surfaces is what gives the Bellechasse its character. It is unlike Lacroix's other hotel, the Petit Moulin, whose lavish interiors took full advantage of the building's seventeenth-century architectural heritage, celebrating its old stairway, rustic beams, ancient flooring, and quaint storefront facade. In contrast, the Bellechasse has a contemporary edge more attuned to the tastes of the left-bank intellectuals who live nearby. An art historian at heart (he studied to be a museum curator), Lacroix is an astute observer of styles. "I drew my inspiration from the history and atmosphere of the neighborhood," he says. The Bellechasse's sophisticated hodgepodge of motifs includes Tarot cards, wrestling masks, Islamic ceramics, Victorian decoupages, antique astronomy charts, and Renaissance architecture. "Lacroix is image-bulimic," Saillard says. "He tears pictures from magazines all the time and stacks them in piles all over his studio. You should see his scrapbooks! They explain his work."
"What interests me most," Lacroix says, "is to explore images in the minds of people using what I design. The theme I chose for the Bellechasse is 'travel within travel' because I want the place to be an exotic destination for people who've seen it all." Tourists, he believes, are nomads drifting from discovery to discovery. Thus he designs hotels for them that feel like operatic gypsy camps with rooms as exotic as the inside of a caravan. "I was born in Arles—home to the Gipsy Kings and to gypsy culture," Lacroix says. "It is also home to other itinerants, like circus people and traveling actors, in the tradition of troubadours and minstrels. I have no gypsy blood, but I did grow up around these folks. I was nourished by this atmosphere of travel, drama, and gypsy glamour."
Suggesting luxury even in coach class, Lacroix's design for the insides of the TGV high-speed trains is in character with that exotic vagabond spirit. "For me traveling is going through the looking glass, whether it's a painting, a photograph, a text," Lacroix explains. "When in a train or hotel room, I travel inside my head." The sleek interiors he created for the railcars evoke a twentieth-century tale of travel, the aerodynamic craze of the glamorous 1940s, when kettles, adding machines, and tape dispensers looked like streamlined locomotives. But thanks to a high-octane color scheme that includes neon red, bright purple, and acid green, there is nothing nostalgic about the curvaceous shape of the seats or the fluid profile of the fixtures. Vincent Créance, CEO of MBD Design, the industrial-design firm that hired Lacroix in 2002 to collaborate on the TGV competition, explains that his creative process, though based on imagery rooted in whimsy, was in fact technologically sound. "Lacroix started with words, poetic travel words," he says. "We quickly recognized the literary quality of his brief as a source of inspiration. Then—and that was the defining moment—he introduced his idea for the chairs by showing us the image of an egg on top of a vertebra."
Lacroix knew that he was taking a chance by presenting such an unusual visual metaphor. "I was surprised that the engineers at MBD did not send me home the day I showed up at their office with my vertebra and my egg," he says. But the industrial designers kept their composure. "First it looked like an obscure reference," Créance concedes, "but when you study it closely, you realize that everything is in it conceptually. The armchairs of the TGV are egg-shaped cocoons propped on spinelike columns where all the 'nerves' are housed: the wires, the individual light fixtures, the seat numbers, the cup holder, the trash bin, the electrical outlet, and the tilting mechanism." Along with the seating system, Lacroix contributed novel ideas for making the train more hotel-like, such as more restful diner cars, family nooks, mini office spaces, and chat bars. "I like to think of people looking at the high-speed train as it zooms across the landscape in a colorful blur. I design trains the same way I design couture garments—for the spectacle they create."
But not everyone appreciates this penchant for the spectacular, which often sacrifices practicality. Whereas a couture gown is trotted out only on special occasions, the interiors of these hotels and trains, which are subject to daily wear and tear, may prove difficult and costly to maintain. Though Lacroix's clients publicly embrace his convoluted creative process, in private they worry about mundane details such as stains and scratches. "In a million years we would never have suggested purple chairs for the TGV," Créance says. "For one thing, it's too fragile a color. But Lacroix said 'purple,' and no one challenged him. He is the genius—that's why we hired him." Bruguière Peyroux, who was the go-between for Lacroix and the Bellechasse hotel owners, argues that this is the Faustian bargain hospitality entrepreneurs make when hiring Lacroix. "It was understood from the beginning that there would be a price to pay for the originality of Mr. Lacroix's scheme—and I am not talking about the cost of building," she says. "Caring for all the different materials once the hotel is open will require dedication."
Lacroix, however, sees an upside to these demands wherein there is no escaping his elitist mentality: as in the fastidious world of couture, where one is expected to fuss over details, having to take greater care of a place makes for a more personalized atmosphere. "I am fascinated by limitations," he says. "It amuses me to overcome them and create something more gratifying as a result. As a child I used to put on a show in my head to change the world to my liking. Today I see my work as creating opportunities for people to escape from the ordinary."

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Azealia Banks Calls Cardi B A 'Poor Man's Nicki' And Alleges Colorism Helped 'Bodak Yellow' Go No. 1
by: Brandon Caldwell September 26, 2017
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Azealia Banks is perhaps the most opinionated woman in rap. In the past six years or so, there hasn't been a news story involving a female rapper without Banks' final word or input involved. And so, on the day after the world celebrated Cardi B becoming the second solo rapper to reach the summit of the Billboard Hot 100, Azealia took to Twitter under a non-verified account under the handle @Cheapyxo she's been using there and elsewhere since she was kicked off the social platform, not to offer praise for the Bronx born "Bodak Yellow" rapper, but rather to call her a "poor man's Nicki (Minaj)" and suggest that colorism played a role in Cardi's success.
In a series of now-deleted tweets, Banks went on to suggest that industry heavyweights such as Charlamagne Tha God and other black men in hip-hop should have pushed for records from her, Remy Ma and the aforementioned Minaj to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts before Cardi or Iggy Azalea.
Could it be argued that colorism played a role in Cardi's success as Banks' is alleging? Probably. Then again, the same argument was never presented when Missy Elliott's "Work It" reached No. 2 in 2004 or when Minaj's "Anaconda" reached No. 2 two years ago. But in this modern era where sales translate even further thanks to artist visibility, Cardi B flat out worked her way to a No. 1 record. No one in the industry "gave it" to her, especially not in a way to pit other female artists against one another and especially not when the pop music behemoth that is Taylor Swift held the top spot previously.
Cardi pushed "Bodak Yellow" through sheer will and it caught on as performed literally at any event that would have her and saw her single championed by everyone ranging from Drake to SZA to Janet Jackson.
The beauty of Cardi's success is that everyone bought into a song about coming from nothing, fixing your teeth, paying your mom's bills and ultimately finding happiness. I'm not one to consider it the second coming of "Juicy" but the premise of both songs is actually pretty similar. Is Cardi bothered by any of this? Well, of course not. On a day that felt like "graduation and prom rolled in one," she took to Twitter to once more tell every hater that nothing could bring her down. Not even "sour patches."
This is the happiest day of my life and no 1 will take this joy from me .I wish you sour patches a good day !Thats how happy I am .
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) September 26, 2017
Even if Azealia wants to push a colorism argument, Cardi's victory still breaks records, not just for black female rappers but Latina female rappers as well.
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Section 61.076 of the Florida state statutes says that all retirement benefits are indeed subject to equitable distribution. A closer analysis of the source of the assets that fund these accounts reveals why. Whatever income either you or your spouse earns during your marriage is determined to be marital property. The funds contributed to a retirement account during that same time (whether it be a 401k, an IRA or an employee pension plan) typically come from that income (or from employee benefits, which by definition is also a form of compensation). For that reason, those contributions (not necessarily the entire value of the accounts themselves) are classified as shared assets.
The fact that retirement account funds must be included in property division proceedings does not change the potential tax liabilities that they may be subject to for early withdrawals. That means that if either you or your ex-spouse decides to cash out your share, one or both of you could be subject to tax penalties. It is therefore recommended that your spouse's portion be rolled into another retirement account, or that you come to an agreement for them to not seek disbursements until you reach the age of retirement.
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M&G Asian (Class X) Income Inclusive
M&G Asian Inclusive - Class X - Income (GBP)
Sell:1,439.49p Buy:1,439.49p Change: 1.55p (0.11%)
Our view on this Fund
This fund does not feature on our Wealth 50 list of what we believe are the best funds in each sector. If a fund is not within our Wealth 50 this is not necessarily a recommendation to sell. However, if you are thinking of adding to your investments we believe Wealth 50 funds are superior alternatives. View funds on the Wealth 50 »
Our view on the sector
Asia is home to some of the most dynamic economies in the world and has the potential to grow strongly over the long term. Funds in this sector invest in more mature economies like Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore together with emerging economies such as the Philippines and Indonesia. Some also invest in other developed economies such as Australia. The region is home to some of the biggest economies in the world, like China and India, and a growing middle class means they're less reliant on exporting to the West. Domestic consumption and the growing use of technology could help drive the next phase of their growth. We think Asia is home to plenty of good investment opportunities but it's a higher-risk area to invest so a long-term approach is needed.
Performance analysis for this fund is not available.
Investment philosophy for this fund is not available.
Process and Portfolio Construction
Process and portfolio construction for this fund are not available.
Manager Track Record Based on HL Quantitative Research
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Fund Track Record
Annual return -18.64% 46.75% 11.21% -6.11% 10.15%
Please remember past performance is not a guide to future returns. Where no data is shown, figures are not available. This information is provided to help you choose your own investments, remember they can fall as well as rise in value so you may not get back the original amount invested.
Information about the fund
Fund manager biography
Manager Name:
Dave Perrett
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David Perrett was appointed deputy fund manager of M&G (Lux) Japan Fund and M&G (Lux) Japan Smaller Companies Fund after joining M&G as Co-Head of Asian Investment, with 28 years of investment experience. He was previously with Oxford-based Port Meadow Capital Management, a boutique investment firm he co-founded with Carl Vine in 2014. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager with UBS, specialising in investing capital across the Asia Pacific region and was based in Hong Kong. David also served as Chief Investment Officer, Life and Institutional for Prudential Asset Management (Hong Kong), having begun his career with Prudential (London) in 1991. David holds a Bachelor of Science, Economics from the London School of Economics and a Master of Science from the University of London.
Carl Vine
Carl Vine was appointed fund manager of M&G (Lux) Japan Fund and M&G (Lux) Japan Smaller Companies Fund in September 2019 after joining M&G as Co-Head of Asian Investment, with 22 years of investment experience. Carl co-founded Oxford-based Port Meadow Capital Management, a boutique investment firm, in 2014. Prior to that, he worked as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for SAC Capital Advisors in Hong Kong and was the Asian-based member of their global investment committee. Before that, Carl was a Managing Director at UBS in Hong Kong, where he invested proprietary capital across Asia and Japan, and a Principal for TPG-Axon Capital. He began his career with Prudential Portfolio Managers in London, before relocating to Tokyo to open Prudential's Japan office. Carl holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from Oxford University.
Data policy - All information should be used for indicative purposes only. You should independently check data before making any investment decision. HL cannot guarantee that the data is accurate or complete, and accepts no responsibility for how it may be used. Benchmark data provided subject to this disclaimer.
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Optimising water reuse in meat and poultry processing
The ultra-precise Micro-Drum Screen and Sanitary Zero-Maintenance Screen from Lyco Manufacturing has opened the door to more streamlined water reclamation processes that support sustainability developments in liquid/solids separation for the processing of poultry, pork and red meat.
The screen provides for easy access clean-in-place.
New technologies in the food processing industry not only significantly increase the amount of water that can be reused, but also remove considerable amounts of fats and proteins, reducing BOD, TSS and TKN levels from plant water streams, resulting in decreased downstream wastewater treatment costs.
For meat and poultry processors, water consumption, water reclamation and wastewater treatment are key functions of plant operations. Meat processing, and poultry processing in particular, are activities of high water usage. For every gallon purchased, the processing plant pays to eliminate fats and proteins from that water. An average size plant can easily require 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 gallons of water daily that is laden with proteins and fats from meat, fat, blood, skin and feathers, mixed with grit and other inorganic matter.
Processors are required to remove the majority of this soluble and particulate material in their wastewater prior to discharge from the plant to achieve compliance with local, state and federal environmental regulations. Treatment of such high-strength organic-content wastewater can present significant challenges to comply with these mandates.
Many meat and poultry facilities have recognized the need to recycle process water. Its use has grown substantially to offset the increased cost of water, minimize wastewater treatment costs, reduce costly municipal wastewater discharge fees, and support corporate sustainability initiatives. Water used for processing may be reused for the same purpose provided measures are taken to reduce physical, chemical and microbiological contamination. The technology, chemistry and processes exist today to feasibly and economically integrate water reuse into any meat and poultry processing operation.
Upstream separation
Traditionally, meat and poultry processors have approached wastewater treatment (WWT) first physically, then chemically and finally biologically. Processing plants use dissolved air flotation (DAF) as a physical-chemical separation method, with subsequent aerobic or anaerobic biological treatment prior to discharge.
But increasingly, upstream from DAF, meat and poultry processors are embracing the use of technologically-advanced liquid/solids separation screens to reduce biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) loads, total suspended solids (TSS) and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) levels. Municipalities have long used BOD loads to determine surcharges for meat and poultry processing wastewater discharges.
With the recently established lower limits set on TKN levels by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), many processors have had to make system changes to their WWT to meet these new allowable mandates, or face additional surcharges for excessive total nitrogen.
Protein, in particulate form, is a major driver of TKN levels. Significant reductions in BOD must be achieved to arrive at the desired level of TKN. To guarantee reaching discharge TKN concentration to comply with EPA requirements, virtually all BOD needs to be removed prior to nitrification. This has put a necessary emphasis on upstream screening to remove a higher volume of protein-laden effluent prior to reaching WWT.
Additionally, cost savings by screening upstream are considerable. The reduction of fat and protein content from these high-strength wastewaters upstream reduces the amount of chemical and biological processing needed to be done downstream in WWT. Energy consumption, treatment chemicals and manpower demand considerably higher costs in WWT compared to upstream screening.
Further, much of the secondary protein nutrients from DAF screenings and sludge from biological treatment, if obtained through upstream screening, would not only increase a plant's byproducts revenue stream significantly, but would also reduce the plant's sludge handling costs.
Separation inefficiencies
Most meat and poultry processors in the US are using some form of liquid/solids separation screening to reduce wastewater solubles and particulates. This would include internally-fed rotary screens, externally-fed rotary screens, and shaker-and-bar type screens. Traditionally, these are single-screen applications, using primary screens to remove large solids, as well as feathers and viscera in poultry processing. A secondary single-screen, typically 20,000 thousands of an inch (500 microns), is then used to further remove fine particulate.
Because liquid/solids separation equipment is subjected to long periods of operation under stringent and harsh conditions, many system designs do not satisfactorily maintain consistent effluent flow, particulate capture and uptime. In many processing facilities the efficient operation of these screens is diminished by blinding, when fats and other slick particulates clog the screen openings. Most mechanical screens let material pass through because they do not have the ability to manage the volume of particulate matter in the slurry. This is a common problem with traditional screening equipment – limiting the volume of wastewater and load that can be moved through a screen, which causes water and particulate to make their way through, unfiltered.
For a liquid/solids separation system to be effective while maintaining high-uptime operability, it must be engineered to be heavy duty and durable, user-friendly, tool- and mechanic-friendly, operate with minimal maintenance, and have an effective CIP system.
Zero-maintenance
Supporting the integration of these critical factors into machine design, a new liquid/solids separation screen was developed that not only effectively screens out solids to a very close tolerance while setting the highest standard for sanitary operation in a rotary-drum screen, but also requires virtually no maintenance. The Sanitary Zero-Maintenance Screen was developed by Lyco Manufacturing, a world-leading manufacturer of commercial cooking and cooling equipment, and liquid-solid separation screens for the food and beverage industry. The Zero-Maintenance Screen consists of three sequential automated processes, as well as a fully-automated, clean-in-place capability:
Rotary-Drum Screening to .020 ins. This screen utilizes rotary action to separate solids from the water. Protein and fat laden effluent enters the drum, and as it rotates the suspended particles larger than 20 thousandths of an inch (.020 inches) are screened out and discharged.
Automated Fat /Scum Skimming. The screened water then enters a skimming tank where it is automatically skimmed of fat and scum. A PLC monitors agitation, and controls a weir inside the tank to precisely skim off the accumulated fat layer.
Secondary Self-Purging Dual-Canister Filtration. From the skimming tank, the prescreened water is pumped through a fully-automated dual-canister water filtration system at a rate of between 50 – 400 GPM. The system removes the remaining fine suspended solids.
The PLC-controlled canister filtration system is designed with a self-purging mechanism that discharges particle build up on the filters, without interrupting the flow of water. The pressure of the water entering and leaving the canister is monitored by the PLC. When the screen begins to fill up and the pressure reaches a critical differential, the screen is flushed causing the protein and fat particles to be discharged from the canister, permitting the water to continue flowing through the filter.
In the event that the concentration of proteins and fats in the water is sufficient to cause filter blinding following several self-purging, the PLC will automatically divert the water to the second canister, without loss of throughput, to continue the filtration process. The filter(s) in the initial canister are then easily and quickly manually accessed and purged, and again ready to accept water for filtering. Meantime between manual purges ranges between four hours and several days, depending on the concentration of proteins and fats in the effluent. Exiting the canister filtration system, the screened and filtered water is now clean enough to be recycled for process use a second time.
The Sanitary Zero-Maintenance screen provides CIP capability. It is equipped with spray balls running the length of the tank cover, and at the standoffs for cleaning during CIP operation. The system was designed to have complete access, as well as side-opening doors to easily access the tank inside for cleaning. Supporting these unique functionalities of the Sanitary Zero-Maintenance screen is its mechanical simplicity. The screen was designed to eliminate trunnion wheels and bearings. It rotates on oil-impregnated bushings, removing the need for routine bearing lubrication.
Separation for water reuse
The recently-released Micro-Drum Screen has taken liquid/solids separation for meat and poultry operations into a new level of process capability. With its advanced liquid/solid separator system, it reduces soluble protein and fat particulate using screens with mesh sizes .005 in to .008 in, effectively 2.5 times finer than secondary screening systems. This enables process water to be reused.
In poultry processing, for example, plants that are using fresh water to keep offal and feather screens clean, can now take the .020 in screened water from its secondary screens, run it through the Micro-Drum Screen with its .006 in spacings, and reuse this water in place of fresh water. Assuming feather and meat screens each have 25+ nozzles, these plants will save 120 GPM (7,200 GPH) of fresh water operating at peak performance. This water can also be used for truck wash-down hoses, and non-sanitary wash-down areas, replacing the need for using fresh water. Developed by Lyco Manufacturing, the Micro-Drum Screen utilizes rotary action to separate protein and fat solids from the water. The screen's design combines the benefits of wedge-wire and wire mesh stainless steel construction to achieve improved performance.
In addition, this equips the operator to recover extra proteins and fats during initial processing stages prior to WWT. The Micro Drum Screen considerably reduces BOD, TSS and TKN. Production-run tests in a poultry processing facility show results of 24.4% reduction in BOD, 29.5% reduction in TSS, and 14.8% reduction in TKN.
Meat and poultry processors can realize up to 30% savings on sludge removal and handling. Depending on the processing speed and type of mesh used in the screen, recovered material amounts can range from 600 to 1500 lbs. per hour. Operators can preprogram a cleaning cycle that lasts 5 to 15 minutes as needed, recycling the drum's own water through the CIP system, so no fresh water is required for cleaning the drum. As a backup, the screen has a unique mechanical traveling spray CIP system. Using only two spray nozzles moving back and forth, the system effectively keeps the screen from clogging, but consumes only 10 GPM.
Mechanical integrity
A very key aspect relating to the mechanical integrity of these liquid/solids separation rotary drum screens is the centrifugal-casting of their drum support rings. It is common knowledge that rotating drum screens will eventually break apart. This is an inherent weakness in the way virtually all drum screens are designed and manufactured – which is to say, the stainless steel plate is rolled and welded. It is virtually impossible to get a drum screen of this size within close enough cylindrical tolerance, after having been rolled and welded, to keep it from eventually breaking apart. Consequently, virtually all rotary-drum screens that have been conventionally manufactured have a limited life.
That is not the case, however, with the Sanitary Zero-Maintenance Screen and the Micro-Drum Screen. These drum screens are manufactured without rolled plate and there is no welding. The drum supporting rings are centrifugally cast to within 15,000ths-of-an-inch roundness. Molten metal is poured into a cast that is spinning at high speed. Consequently, they maintain their roundness for the life of the drum without breakage.
Supporting sustainability
Water reuse is critical to supporting a sustainable future. Considering the high volumes of water needed to process meat and poultry, water recycling becomes a key issue for these facilities. But each meat and poultry processing application is unique, and requires careful analysis to arrive at a liquid/solids separation solution that will achieve the desired water recycling goals for that plant.
Treating wastewater with advanced screening technologies and using the reclaimed or recycled water for a renewed and beneficial purpose helps meat and poultry processors source alternative water supplies, improve plant efficiency, reduce process costs and contribute to improved profitability.
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YardFlex sends out our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the late Bass Odyssey selector, Kevin 'Squingy' Bennett.
He had been ailing for some time, passed away Tuesday morning, while a patient at a hospital in Tampa, Florida.
According to a Bass Odyssey release, "Squingy was a legend, a product of natural, raw talent. It is with much grief that we must inform the public that he is no longer among us.
"At 6:40 am on Tuesday November 24, we were informed of his death in a hospital in Tampa, Florida. It is reported that his lungs collapsed which led to the failure of his other organs."
Just last week, news surface that Squingy was critically ill and had been hospitalised. According to the statement from the sound system, "A little over five years ago, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Although there is no cure he had been receiving adequate treatment in both Jamaica and the United States. At this time we extend gratitude to those who have helped us to support and maintain Squingy's life until now as that in itself is a miracle from the Almighty."
"Squingy was a proud, loyal and dedicated member of the Bass Odyssey family "who bravely fought this obstacle to the final second and lived his life to the fullest in light of the surrounding circumstances".
"We appeal to the true Squingy friends and family, the loyal Bass Odyssey fans and supporters of the music that effort be made to preserve his important legacy and contribution. Let us bury the man as a legend.
Date and place will be announced soon.


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The Problem with Facebook News Feed Ads: This Guy
May 7, 2013 by Jon Loomer - 56 Comments
If they were used smartly — to reach more of your Fans with your content — you'd hardly know they were there.
If they were used judiciously — to reach non-Fans in a polite way to introduce value — you'd even occasionally embrace the existence of ads in your News Feed.
But today's Facebook marketers are giving News Feed ads a bad name. And they're making me irritable.
If I don't know you, do you really think it's a good idea to invade my News Feed with a sales push supported by some too-good-to-be-true grand proclamation?
You're making users hate News Feed ads. That makes it difficult for those who use them intelligently to actually use them.
Here's an example of an ad that I've spotted in my News Feed…
I have no idea who this guy is. It's entirely possible that he's legit. He may just be a very nice guy. He may have an incredible rags-to-riches story.
But because he's someone I don't know, I have very little patience for his presence in my News Feed. I assume he's a slimy scam artist. I don't trust his too-good-to-be-true story. I don't trust him.
You know what I would have trusted? If he had advertised to my News Feed looking like a normal guy. Not someone bragging about how much money he made. But sharing something valuable instead of trying to sell me something.
Instead, I see this ridiculous photo you see above. And I've seen it over and over and over again. It makes me hate this guy. And it makes me hate News Feed ads.
What he's doing is the equivalent of knocking on my door or calling my phone to sell his crap.
What I'm saying is the equivalent of Get off my lawn! or Take me off your calling list *CLICK*.
If You're Going to Sell Something, Target Fans Only
Look, I hate being the Facebook police, but this should be common sense.
You should understand the sales funnel by now. People who are your Facebook Fans are in that sales funnel. Don't start forcing non-Fans down it prematurely.
If someone has liked your Page, you undoubtedly already share an occasional post that sells something. Such people should have little issue with these posts.
Feel free to promote such posts to your Fans only. And yes, you can still do this.
If You're Going to Target Non-Fans, Offer Value
People are very protective and territorial when it comes to their News Feeds. If you're going to trespass, you'd better be sure you're there to provide value.
And "providing value" doesn't mean selling them some get-rich-quick scheme. It means looking like a friendly face who is there to help.
If you're going to promote in the News Feeds of non-Fans, do me a favor and avoid posting anything that includes a currency symbol or a call to action that leads to a conversion.
Think I'm going too far? Maybe you can get creative and do this without looking like scum. But it's my rule of thumb.
What do you think of News Feed ads? Do you target non-Fans? Let me know in the comments below!
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Amber Energy Storage (projectco Three) Crown Limited is a private limited company that can be found at 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ. This 11 months-old company, incorporated on 2018-05-04 is run by 5 directors and 1 secretary.
Director Hugh B., appointed on 04 May 2018. Director Thomas O., appointed on 04 May 2018. Director Matthew M., appointed on 04 May 2018.
Changing the topic to secretaries, we can name: Amanda W., appointed on 04 May 2018.
The company is officially categorised as "distribution of electricity" (Standard Industrial Classification: 35130).
The register of PSCs that own or have control over the company is made up of 1 name. As we found, there is Amber Energy Storage Three Crown Limited from London, United Kingdom. The abovementioned PSC is categorised as "a limited by shares", has 75,01-100% voting rights and has 75,01-100% shares. The abovementioned PSC has 75,01-100% voting rights and has 75,01-100% shares.


Panama Mission Foundation | Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Panama.
Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, discipling believers, training leaders, uniting Christians, and helping the poor.
PMF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and is non-denominational.
We are working primarily with the Wounaan, a tribe indigenous to Panama, to train Christian leaders who can evangelize rainforest villages throughout Panama and beyond. Leaders go through a two-year+ program at the PMF Bible Institute located in Unión Santeña, in the district of Chimán. Graduates receive a diploma in Pastoral Ministry. Our goal is to see trained preachers and pastors in each of the Wounaan villages, men who are fully prepared to make disciples for our Lord Jesus Christ.
This important work is underway. The first class of students graduated in 2016 with a second class scheduled to graduate in mid 2019. These men are already working in God's Kingdom, eager to go and make disciples.
PMF is in need of more financial partners in order to sustain and grow the Lord's work in Panamá. Your contributions help to build simple churches, fund student scholarships, purchase Bibles and training materials to be used both in the classroom and in remote rainforest villages, and to help the poor.
Become a Panama Mission partner and help us to advance the cause of Christ in Panama. Jesus said, "I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest" (John 4:35). May we reap a harvest of souls in Panama for the Lord Jesus, to the Glory of God our Father.
We'd love to hear from you. If you have any questions or would like more information, please write to us at one of the email addresses provided below.


UMPlayer is a universal media player, with which you'll be able to enjoy your favorite music and movies as you never did before.
One of the greatest benefits of this multi-format audio and video player is that it supports virtually any media file extension, without having to download any additional type of codec.
That means that with UMPlayer you'll be able to play back any file that you have on your computer at a high image and sound quality. Besides, regardless of the file's extension, the synchronization between image and sound will be flawless, unlike what happens with other players.
UMPlayer is an excellent alternative to VLC Media Player, since it uses a low amount of system resources, without sacrificing quality, and includes numerous functions worth trying out.
For a start, this application not only plays back files on your computer, it can also search and play back streaming radio from all over the world, using SHOUTcast. Besides, it includes a built-in search engine to find your favorite YouTube videos and to let you watch them in the program's interface, without having to open a Web browser.
But perhaps one of the most interesting features in UMPlayer is its automatic subtitle search. If you are watching a movie from another country or language, you'll no longer have to spend hours searching for adequate and working subtitles. You won't even have to leave the program. This application will do all the work for you and you'll be able to enjoy subtitles that are perfectly synchronized with the video and the audio within minutes.
The UMPlayer interface is simple and similar to that of other players, so you won't get lost within its functions. However, it includes some features that make it stand out from others. For example, a convenient search bar just below the menu, from which you'll be able to access some of the program's most useful functions. However, if you decide it uses too much space on screen, you can easily hide it.
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One of the Procrastinators was captured in this pic from the current "Just Bikes" magazine's report on the 2014 All British Rally.
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Like you, we've always been fascinated with nature. Even the weird stuff. Especially the weird stuff! Be it bugs or snakes or fungi, we've always felt a strong desire to explore and better understand the natural world around us.
One day, a friend told me about growing mushrooms in his backyard. It seemed bizarre. I'd never really thought about this before.
"Really? You can cultivate them outside on your property? Like plants?"
I had to try it. Soon I was documenting all my successes and failures, purchasing spawn, and making cheap flow hoods.
But my interest didn't stop there. I wanted to learn about wild fungi too, so I joined a local mycology club and started going out on forays. I attended workshops on the topics of growing, cooking, and identifying mushrooms. I read countless books and Internet articles on the subject.
Created by one woman and now run by other nature lovers, this website celebrates mushrooms. Our main focus here is ethnomycology, which is simply the study of human interaction with fungi. We want to explore how people use and interact with mushrooms, and how you can do the same.
Here you'll find information on growing mushrooms, cooking mushrooms, using fungi for medicine, hunting for mushrooms in the woods, and information on certain types of mushrooms. This site is for both the aficionado and the layperson. We want every article to be informative, easy to understand, and most of all: fun!
It is our fond hope that this site will grow into a repository of fungal information. Hopefully we can all gain a little mushroom appreciation.


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Pressley Statement on Passage of Respect for Marriage Act
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued a statement following the House's passage of the Respect for Marriage Act:
"Everyone should have the freedom to marry who they love—period. By passing the Respect for Marriage Act and sending it to President Biden's desk, the People's House took an important step forward in reaffirming that love is love," said Rep. Pressley. "I'm grateful to the advocates who have organized to make today possible, and I won't stop fighting to codify true equality for our LGBTQ+ siblings in our policies and budgets."
The Respect for Marriage Act will take several steps to protect the inviolability of same-sex and interracial marriages:
Repealing the "Defense of Marriage Act": While the Supreme Court has effectively voided DOMA, this unconstitutional and discriminatory federal law still remains on the books. The Respect for Marriage Act will repeal this statute once and for all.
Enshrining Marriage Equality Into Federal Law: This legislation will uphold married couples' right to equal protection in all areas covered under federal law, such as Social Security, tax filings and veterans' benefits.
Barring Discrimination By State Officials: This legislation prohibits state officials from denying recognition of an out-of-state marriage on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity or national origin.
Previously passed by the House earlier this year, the Respect for Marriage Act was amended and advanced by the Senate last week. With today's vote in the House, the final bill now heads to the President's desk for his signature.
The Respect for Marriage Act is strongly supported by leading advocacy organizations, including the ACLU, Center for American Progress, Equality Federation, Family Equality, Freedom for All Americans, GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, National Black Justice Coalition, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Women's Law Center and PFLAG.


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Relite Pet Gallery is one of the Best Pet Shop in Lucknow. This Gallery is optimized for Pet lovers. We are here to provide you with the best of Pets of all breeds. ! Pets are always our important family members and we want them also healthy and clean but sometimes with our busy schedule, we have no enough time to care our pets so Relite Pet Gallery gives the same attention and care of your pet as like you.
Relite Pet Gallery also introduces Relite Pet Salon which pampers your pet with the same attention and care as like you. Pet training , Pet Boarding and Pet mating facilities are also under one roof.
As being the best pet shop we know there are a number of good arguments to why grooming is important for the dog. We know that the little friends have to have a good shampoo from time to time because one of a common pastimes is rolling inside the dirt; we also realize that this doesn't happen look really good when their hairs are all filled with out,the`just go out of bed' look doesn't fit well to dogs! We suggest u read on to find out a few considerations that u might not know about grooming a dog.
Pet adoption is the process of taking responsibility for a pet that a previous owner has abandoned or released to a shelter or rescue organization. Thinking about bringing a new pet home to your family? Think adoption first! Not only will you be giving a pet a loving home, you'll be providing space at the shelter for another pet to be saved, too! In our pet shop we have many breeds of dogs and cats.
Relite Pet Gallery provide all the products which are required by normal pets like food, chains & collar, toys, beds, cages etc. We deals with various brands which are currently running in Indian market like Himalaya, Goodies, Royal Canin, jerhigh etc.
Do you want your pet to be taken care of even when you are not around!!! You have come to the right place for your pet. Pet boarding recently has been in high demand especially for those pet parents who wants their furry friend to be taken care off.Dog boarding have recently been very versatile and in demand as most of the pet parents want to give their pets the best comfort and love when they are away.


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