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SHENZHEN-BASED electric-car maker BYD announced that it will build a monorail transit system, named SkyRail, in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, according to BYD.
The company inked an agree-ment with the local government of Phnom Penh on Jan. 8. The 14-kilometer monorail line will go from the Phnom Penh Inter-national Airport to the city’s downtown area, BYD said.
Traffi c congestion is a head-ache in Phnom Penh. BYD said the local government of Phnom Penh chose the monorail solu-tion proposed by the company because of the transit system’s unique advantages.
Liu Xueliang, a general man-ager of BYD’s Asia-Pacifi c sales department, said the SkyRail is more cost-saving compared to a subway, requiring only one-fi fth of the cost and one-third of the construction time of a Metro line of the same length.
“The SkyRail shows its natural advantages to fi t into different geographical environments, with its strong climbing ability and small turning radius,” Liu said. “It utilizes limited road space in cities while minimizing disruption to local communities and eco-environments.”
According to BYD, the com-pany has spent 5 billion yuan on research and development for its monorail program over the past fi ve years. Its fi rst monorail line debuted in Shenzhen in October 2016, and the city is planning to build a 60-kilometer monorail link with the high-speed railway station in Pingshan and Nan’ao in Dapeng New Area, which will then be connected to Metro Line 8.
IN a city abuzz with entrepreneur-ial endeavors, intrapersonal mat-ters are scarcely mentioned. Tracy Pinshow Navon, a practicing psy-chologist at Distinct Healthcare and a resident of Shenzhen for 10 years, is one of the few native English-speaking mental health professionals in Shenzhen. This week, she gives us insight into her profession and the mental health status of the mushroom-ing migrant megacity.
Starting headlong into the con-versation, Navon gave an overview of prominent issues faced by for-eigners living in the city, and the challenges to resolving them.
“I think that if I were to name the most common issues I work on with clients, it would be anxi-ety and depression,” Navon began. She went on to explain that expats often deal with unmet needs: keep-ing pace with breakneck work envi-
ronments that put working adults “under huge pressure to function and achieve,” loneliness due to the “tran-sient” nature of the expat population with “people coming and going,” and “disconnection from things that nourish us and give us a sense of internal peace,” namely being far from family and friends from home.
Navon urges expats to fi nd “space to engage in the things that are truly important to you,” whether it be family time, soli-tude or time outdoors.
Next, Navon gave a look into her fi eld and explained how practicing in Shenzhen differs from other cities. Navon explains that because therapy is “very lan-guage-based,” her contact with native Chinese clients is limited,
though she hopes to get in touch with more through work.
The language barrier also poses a challenge to expats needing therapeutic care. “The lack of infrastructure and other professionals” in Shenzhen limits the mental health-care resources available for expats in the inter-nationalizing city, causing a shortage of treatment options.
As health-care for expats has developed over the years, so have the therapy referral options and offerings in Shenzhen, she said.
Originally, Navon aspired to be a medical doctor. “I was accepted to medical school and one week before starting, I recognized that my heart was focused on the interpersonal rather than the physical, so I opted for psychol-ogy, and the rest is history.”
Navon is also working on her doctorate in Psychology at the University of Hong Kong.
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A WINNER of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Roald Hoffmann, will establish a laboratory under his name at Shenzhen Polytechnic. A research team led by Hoffmann inked deals with the university to set up the research center focusing on new energy and new materials Friday.
Li Jing, a student of the Nobel laureate, signed cooperative deals with Jia Xingdong, presi-dent of Shenzhen Polytechnic, on behalf of Hoffmann. It is the fi rst time that a laboratory named after a Nobel laureate has been set up at a vocational education institution in China.
According to the deals, the two parties will collaborate to build a world-class research center for the study of advanced materials with an aim of boost-ing Shenzhen and the country’s research basis as well as indus-trial development in new materi-als and new energy.
Hoffmann, born in 1937 in Zloczow, Poland, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981. Having survived the war, Hoffmann went to the United States in 1949 and studied chemistry at Columbia and Harvard universities. Since 1965 he has been teaching at Cornell University and is now a lifelong chair professor there.
Hoffmann, who is recognized as one of the world’s best scien-tists, has received the top honor in both organic and inorganic chemistry. His research achieve-ments have been boosting the development of applied chem-istry for decades.
As for the future laboratory at Shenzhen Polytechnic, Hoff-man will take on the roles of an honorary director and the chief scientist, while two of his Chinese students, Li and Zheng Chong, will plan and run the research center as executive director and deputy director, respectively.
Three doctoral-degree hold-ers, who are also Li’s students, will comprise the core members of the research team. Mean-while, the lab has also set a goal of attracting more than 30 top scientists and researchers from the fi elds of new materials and new energy once the lab is established.
“We believe that the Hoffmann research center of advanced materials will become a top center in China with national infl uence in the coming three to fi ve years, and it will provide solid research support for the development of Shenzhen’s relevant industries,” said Chen Qiuming, Party chief of Shenzhen Polytechnic, during the contract-signing ceremony Friday morning.
Therapy in SZ not for the faint of heart
Nobel prize winner to set up advanced materials lab
SHENZHEN-BASED aviation technology company, AEE, announced the launch of AEE Mokacam, the smallest 4K action camera in the world, during the International Con-sumer Electronics Show (CES) that kicked off in Las Vegas, the United States, on Tuesday, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported Saturday.
AEE Mokacam is an ultra-lightweight 4K action camera perfect for photographic docu-mentation of events in motion, such as hiking, biking, climbing, skydiving, athletics and travel.
Simple and easy to operate, AEE Mokacam has just two buttons — power and function buttons, and it packs tons of quality for excellence in visual documentation. AEE Mokacam includes an ingenious magnetic battery. This not only supplies additional power for extra-
long continuous shooting, but doubles as a way to attach the camera to metallic objects such as street signs, a refrigerator, or bike handle bars, for a convenient camera tripod while on the go.
In partnership with SELFLY Camera LLC, AEE also announced the introduction of AEE SELFLY, a smartphone case with an embedded drone, the fi rst device of its kind and fi rst in its class.
AEE SELFLY provides smart-phone users the ability to capture amazing selfi es at a whole new level of quality and precision, for nearly any event, from any location, and from heights and distances never before possible.
“With a touch of a button, AEE SELFLY fl ies a mission to capture your selfi es from high above, from tight spaces or from a distance, as never pos-sible before. It gives the user options and angles beyond the
arm’s length of a selfi e stick and is much more convenient than a drone,” he said.
Utilizing high-end stabilization technology, the drone wings of AEE SELFLY enable the device to fl y itself at the user’s com-mand, delivering distant, tight angle or higher altitude photo selfi es or videos.
As it hovers in the air, AEE SELFLY waits for commands from an intuitive, easy-to-use and free smartphone app to capture that perfect shot from above. AEE SELFLY has a fl ight time of four minutes with an approximate recharge time of 30 minutes.
Additionally, AEE announced that it will integrate the Qual-comm Flight drone platform to bring advanced functionality to AEE’s consumer drone family of products. Qualcomm Flight will unify AEE’s key drone design platforms, allowing seamless
connectivity with cameras, fl ight control, wireless connectivity and positioning safety protocols.
“We are pleased AEE has chosen Qualcomm Flight to enhance their exciting portfolio of consumer drones,” said Dev Singh, product management director of Qual-comm. (Zhang Yang)
World’s smallest action camera launched
BYD to build monorail in Cambodia
Tracy P. Navon
An AEE SELFLY.
An AEE Mokacam.
Residents take a walk in Peach Blossoms Park near Xiangmi Flyover in Futian District yesterday. Peach blossoms bloom over the weekend, attracting many residents to take photos and appreciate them. Sun Yuchen
Peach blossoms bloom
