http://www.sponsorscape.com/asindex.htm News about sponsorship developments in Asia 60 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmay11.htm#24 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmay11.htm#18 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asapr11.htm#28 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmar11.htm#18 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmar11.htm#15 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmar11.htm#02 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asfeb11.htm#28 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asfeb11.htm#10 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjan11.htm#11 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjan11.htm#03 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asdec10.htm#24 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asnov10.htm#11 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asnov10.htm#04 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asoct10.htm#26 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asoct10.htm#07 http://www.sponsorscape.com/assep10.htm#24 http://www.sponsorscape.com/assep10.htm#21 http://www.uksponsorship.com/assep10.htm#16 http://www.sponsorscape.com/assep10.htm#03 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asaug10.htm#13 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asaug10.htm#06 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjul10.htm#24 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjul10.htm#17 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjul10.htm#13 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjul10.htm#12 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjun10.htm#23 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asjun10.htm#12 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmay10.htm#10 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asapr10.htm#21 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asapr10.htm#03 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmar10.htm#18 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asmar10.htm#12 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asfeb10.htm#19 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asnov09.htm#02 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asoct09.htm#28 http://www.sponsorscape.com/asoct09.htm#27 The Organizing Committee of the China Game Developers Conference - CGDC - has announced on that Epic Games China has officially confirmed its platinum sponsorship of the second CGDC. According to the sponsorship agreement, Epic Games China will showcase Unreal Engine 3 in the game tools zone of this year's event, as well as its Atlas Technology massively multiplayer online game development suite, which extends Unreal Engine 3's functionality to support persistent online games. Epic Games China will also host a special session to give conference attendees deeper insight into Unreal Engine 3 and Atlas Technology. The twenty-second running of the Seremban Half Marathon, to be run on July 12th, continues to attract a high degree of sponsorship support. Among the many companies acting as sponsors are Nestle, who will provide tee shirts for the schoolchildren taking part, as well as gifts for the lucky draw and their Milo drink for refreshment during the event. Bata will also provide tee shirts, along with running shoes. Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. Toyota Motor Corp's withdrawal of sponsorship support for the Lexus Cup has meant the LPGA event has had to be cancelled. The women's annual tournament, backed by Toyota since 2005, featured an international team playing against a team from Asia. The company said the pull-out was caused by the worldwide recession. Elsewhere the Asian Tour has had to cancel its Masters of Asia event after sponsor Volvo withdrew. Banking group HSBC is helping The Special Olympics Brunei Darussalam - SOBD - to send six of their special athletes to the Seventh Special Olympics Singapore National Games 2009, which get under way in Singapore tomorrow. The Games are for the intellectually disabled and are held every four years. Nine sports are being featured in the 2009 Games. Sri Lanka's national cricket team have signed a record US dollars 4.85 million, four year sponsorship deal with Sri Lankan mobile phone company Mobitel, a division of Sri Lanka Telecom. The sponsorship will commence with the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England next month. The deal will include the 2011 World Cup, two Twenty20 World Cups, two Asia Cups and several other international tours.