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"James Stopford may refer to: *James Stopford, 1st Earl of Courtown (1700–1770), Irish politician *James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown (1731–1810), known as Viscount Stopford 1762–1770; Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician *James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown (1765–1835), Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician *James Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown (1794–1858) *James Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown *James Stopford (bishop) (died 1759), Bishop of Cloyne *James Stopford (Australian politician) (1878–1936), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly See also *Stopford (surname) *Earl of Courtown "
"The Orient Square (officially The Orient Square Building or Orient Square IT Center, acronym: OSB or use as a code: OS) is a first-class, high-rise and tallest building along Ortigas Center's main road, F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue (known as Emerald Avenue) in Pasig, Philippines. It rises 160 metres from ground level to roof, and is currently the 7th tallest complete building in Pasig, and the 76th tallest building in the Philippines. The building has 38 levels above ground, and 7 basement levels. It will be a mixed-use building, both office and residential. Orient Square Building is currently one of the modern landmarks in Ortigas Center because of its architectural design and its one-of-a-kind curtain wall that glitters at night from the lights inside the building because of its transparency. The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) declared it an Information Technology Building in January 2006. The building has a 6-level concrete podium as its base, while its main body is fully clad with aluminium unitized curtain wall. It has a distinctive design of having multiple corners, especially on the top floors, making it easily recognizable among the buildings in Ortigas Center. Location The building stands along F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue, formerly known as Emerald Avenue. At the back of the building is Ruby Street, and is within the Ortigas Center central business district. It is a near blocks from other major office and residential buildings, hotels (Discovery Suites and Oakwood Premier), bars (Metrowalk and El Pueblo de Manila) and restaurants (El Pueblo de Manila) in the area, as well as large shopping malls (The Podium, SM Megamall, St. Francis Square, Robinsons Galleria and Shangri-La Plaza) and other major landmarks. The front of the building facing to the east, which lies F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue and Taipan Place. It serves the main lobby of the building. At the back lies Ruby Street facing to the west, it also serves the basement car parking entrance and exit. Amenities and features * Building Features Its features include a fully unitized curtain wall, a computerized and comprehensive building and facility management, centralized cooling system with individual control, powerful communication facilities using fiber optics and digital technology and provision for LAN/DATA and efficient lift management. The building use as office, commercial and residential use. * Building Amenities Its amenities include 7-level basements for vehicle parking, 12 high-speed elevators, including two below-ground elevators and one full-speed service lift, also has 6-level concrete podium as its base, helipad on the rooftop, skylounge and observatory near at the top, function rooms, main lobby, security gates, convenient store, food and bake shop, and banks. The building has also its own food court and restaurant area located at 6th floor. Just outside the building crossing Ruby Street, located some of high-end, first-class restaurants, bars and fast-food chains. Daiichi Properties' the Taipan Place which located across F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue, just in front of the building, is the sister building of Orient Square. Major tenants * Amihan Global Strategies (formerly known as Workforce Systems Inc.) * Aventis Pharma * Axis Global Interactive * Banco de Oro * BlastAsia Inc. * China State Construction Engineering Corp * Citibank *Cognitif Incorporated * E-Pacific Contact Global Center * Emerson Electric (Asia) Limited *empleyado Incorporated * Exist Global Strategies Inc. * GAITCON (Global Advanced IT Connections) Inc. * Global Staff Connections Inc. * Exxon Mobil * InfoComm Communications Network, Inc. * Inform Group * InventAsia Limited * Leverage Systems Technologies, Inc. * Neville Clarke Phils. * NexTel Communications * Orchid CyberTech Services, Inc. (TPG Telecom) * Pan De Manila * PIMS Company * Prescribe Limited * ResWerkes Phils., Inc. * Sensomed Philippines, Inc. * Seven Eleven * Seven Seven Global Services Inc. * SMEC International Pty Ltd * Sodexho Pass Incorporated * Standard Chartered Bank * Sunlife of Canada * TÜV SÜD Phils, Inc. * VeriFone Global Development Phils. * VERTIV (Formerly Emerson Network Power) * Waveminds Global Solutions Limited Inc. See also * List of tallest buildings in Metro Manila References External links *Orient Square Building at Wikimapia Forums *Orient Square Building Daiichi Properties Inc. Category:Skyscrapers in Ortigas Center Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Metro Manila Category:Office buildings completed in 1999 Category:Residential skyscrapers in Metro Manila Category:Residential buildings completed in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in the Philippines "
"Tan Sri Andrew Sheng (born 1946) is Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese banker, academic and commentator. He started his career as an accountant and is now a Distinguished Fellow of Fung Global Institute, a global think tank based in Hong Kong. He served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) before his replacement by Martin Wheatley in 2005. Early life Sheng grew up in British North Borneo (today Sabah, Malaysia). He left Malaysia in 1965 to attend the University of Bristol in England, where he studied economics. Career Following his graduation, Sheng moved to London and joined Arthur Andersen to train as a chartered accountant. After seven years in England, he returned to Malaysia in 1972, and four years later took up a position at Bank Negara Malaysia, where he did work involving banking regulation. In 1989 he was seconded to the World Bank office in Washington, DC; he came back to Asia in 1993 to serve as deputy chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. After that, he was appointed to his position on Hong Kong's SFC in October 1998; Tung Chee Hwa re-appointed him in October 2003 for a further two years. In 2005, he stepped down in favour of Wheatley, who had joined the SFC the year prior after being removed from his position at the London Stock Exchange. Sheng became president of Fung Global Institute, an independent, global think tank based in Hong Kong, in 2011. , Sheng is also the Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission and a Board Member of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia. In addition, he serves as a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation, the China Development Bank, the Advisory Council on Shanghai as an International Financial Centre and the International Council of the Free University of Berlin. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Beijing and the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. In 2013, Sheng was awarded by the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) as Honorary Fellow. In 2013, TIME named Sheng as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Since 2011, Sheng has written columns for Project Syndicate, a non-profit international media organization. Works * Quotes *"Why should a financial engineer be paid four to a hundred times more than a real engineer? A real engineer builds bridges. A financial engineer builds dreams and, when those dreams turn out to be nightmares, other people pay for it." --Andrew Sheng, in an interview for the 2010 financial industry documentary Inside Job. References External links *Fung Global Institute *Biography Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Malaysian accountants Category:Malaysian bankers Category:Malaysian chief executives Category:Malaysian people of Chinese descent Category:Malaysian expatriates in Hong Kong Category:People from Sabah "