there are a number of such medical tourism agencies in singapore. he has 15 staff, who handle every aspect of a patient's trip. they recommend doctors, create treatment plans. apply for visas, arrange hotel and plane tickets. sort out airport pickups and dropoffs and even companions for hospital visits. they handle around 1,000 clients a year. a few days ago, they sent a private plane to bangladesh to pick up an emergency patient. once a patient arrives, chen's staff are on hand for every aspect of their care. many of the agencies' clients are wealthy patients from neighbors indonesia, an executive from an auto distribute tore has arrived with his family. >> he has got a heart failure disease. yeah, so it's quite, quite risky and that's why we have to use the best doctor and the best hospital for his treatment. >> the patient has an extremely weak heart, and suffered heart failure. he had a major operation here two months ago, and is back again today for a postoperative exam. he currently has a ventricular assist device and pacemaker installed. the

. >>> a singapore state cemetery. workmen are dismantling a grave so that the body buried beneath it can be removed. in the last few years, this has become a common sight in singapore graveyards. just before dawn, the family watches, as a grave digger removes human remains. the country has imposed a limit on the use of burial plots in cemeteries to just 15 years. after that the relatives of the deceased must exhume the body. the dug up remains are cremated. the ashes are then placed in an ash wauary or column they began as gave stone specialists. but have had to change their focus. >> this is of the burial, it's like a drop of maybe 80% compact. >> new businesses have begun selling niches in colu nba col mumby yeah barium. >> city of singapore in managing its dead. >>> singapore is one of the world's few city, states, and 5.5 million, that measures 42 claims and 23 kilometers north to south. it's gdp per capa is the highest in asia at 56,000 us dollars. the efficient use of its limited land has always been the biggest

you would say, this is from singapore or hong kong. haslinda amin: what makes an entrepreneur succeed? you get up at 5:30 every morning without fail. it is a very structured day. aton a rainy day i wake up 5:30, on a hard day i wake up at 5:30. when i -- when my company does not make profit, i still do it. to commit, it is not depend on ience or emotion. it is commitment. haslinda amin: what is your advice to aspiring onto the nearest -- aspiring entrepreneurs? >> you do not just want to be wealthy. that is not an entre nous are -- and onto the newer -- entr epreuner. i earn a portion from indonesia, i give back to indonesia. : does it have to do with your experience in poverty? >> of course. it is a big influence. until now, i hate rich people. haslinda amin: you are one of the richest in indonesia. arrogant,ople are most of them. they bully people. haslinda amin: because you are bullied as a kid, you're now a blank belt in judo. what motivated you? what encouraged you to become judo. was fair, righteous. that influenced me. >> coming

toit is not really due singapore's own failings. it is more to do with the ability of its neighbors to attract local listings, indonesia, thailand, now able to convince their own companies to stay at home instead of flocking to regional hubs like singapore. the small exchanges and southeast asia have upped their game, promoting themselves as a listing venue. take for example indonesia. it plans to start an exchange dedicated to young technology companies. it also wants to become the largest docket exchange and southeast asia within five years , so pretty ambitious. thailand has been playing up the importance of its own capital markets, so singapore suddenly finding itself competing with these markets. it is the largest exchange and southeast asia, but ipos so far this year have amounted to only $34 million, lagging behind thailand, even malaysia. last year, it amounted to less than $400 million, the worst performance in years. not looking pretty. rishaad: who is number one? who is leading the pack this year in terms of listings? >>

when we come back. ♪ >> it is none: 41 in singapore. -- 9:41 in singapore. here are the headlines around the world. vladimir putin says his objective has been achieved. russia's intervention well september slung the war in favor of troops loyal to bush are À la sad. -- bashar al-assad. the war is not entering its six the year. it has killed a quarter of a million people and displaced more. eight people killed by the fire extinguishing chemicals at the headquarters of one of thailand's guess banks -- biggest banks. a basementased in room of five commercial banks in bangkok. the banks of blamed contractors for negligence and say operations have returned to normal. aching dynasty used by china's longest reigning emperor. his 61 year reign ended in 1742. the price, 6.5 million u.s. dollars. this is a bloomberg news. the speculation leading opec members are meeting but iran may join them. let's see what that means for the market. great to see you. will him make any difference if you just freeze output at these levels? >> of the announcement sounds a very encoura

rishaad: what about singapore? different story. for singapore, it has seen a 20% increase in chinese tourists. what is not great for singapore is the drop in high rollers from china. because of that, terrorism -- tourism has fallen. that because of an overcapacity of luxury shopping. unfortunately for singapore, the pain will likely persist. the board first -- predicts 0%-2% growth in terms of spending. it will be a challenging year. economy,he weak global and many other factors. don't forget, the rising competition from the neighbor. it has to be tough for singapore. rishaad: thank you. now we look at some of the other stories making headlines. my deep the chinese economy -- why did the chinese economy continued to slow? billing delivering a record 200 aircraft to china, more than rival airbus. billing demand for overseas travel. they said they delivered 158 planes to china last year. up next, we are looking at this failure to deliver. a look at why japan's prime minister is having a tough time getting women into the corporate boa

joining us from singapore. wetinued skepticism, as always do, over china's official data, but it has led to a new way of tracking manufacturing from space. satellite imagery adding to the growing data. from thehe story bloomberg. no signs of a rebound? juliette: this is probably unwelcome news for the officials meeting this weekend. we know the official data on manufacturing, gdp, on inflation , come with the delay, and there has been so many question marks around it, so now we have this story on the bloomberg. three separate surveys, private that what we are seeing in the official data is not actually correct. you can find this story on the bloomberg. this white line is the chinese manufacturing index, edging up to 48.2 in march from a reading of 48.1 in february, so a little uptick there. i want to show you some images of the technology we have. essentially this is a new form of tracking manufacturing in china, so this is the san francisco-based company using satellite imagery to track signs of economic activ

how about singapore? we know the huge a lunar of casinos for chinese highrollers. , a 20% increase in singapore last year, but more chinese highrollers are giving singapore a miss. overall tourism receipts dropped. there is an overcapacity in terms of luxury shopping in the lion city. 2016, the tourism board predicts 0% to 2% growth. a is expected to be challenging year with the weak global economy, reforms in china , local currencies, all factors ,ade deter tourists spending not to mention rising competition from the rest of asia. it is a gloomy outlook for singapore tourism. retail therapy works, you know. rishaad: yes, thank you. let's have a look at some of the stories making headlines. the wider chinese economy slows, recording delivering a 200 aircraft to china last year, more than airbus. boeing predicting more orders this year as they gear up to service demand for overseas travel. that set a record for boeing in a single market. airbus did 150 a planes to china last year. airline aiming to double

jean: the latest that we have made will be show cast in singapore -- showcased in singapore. it has been flown in for the event. this is something we have been doing for the last seven or eight years. we are doing something special. this year, we will have some very exceptional pieces. bringing that in. to 15 carats.ng that is something we are very looking forward to showcasing in october. when it comes to exceptional pieces and places to show around , we are constantly trying to come up with new things and produced some special pieces. haslinda: is that why you're showcasing your best pieces? that's a lot of money. report theappy to emerald necklace we have showcased in singapore before doing the jewelry show is called the esmeralda. it sold. there are people who are looking for very special items. i don't know if i should have said this or not. we are very happy. there are constant requirements for very special pieces. it's not about money. haslinda: our diamonds in investment? fred: you may buy slightly higher. it depends where you buy it from. it might be a bit more chall

singapore, taipei and kuala lumpur in time. we have a stronger yen, which is earnings outlook for exporters. the cost be currently unchanged. -- the kospi currently unchanged. expecting the rbs rate decision tomorrow. they are expected to keep their cash rate steady at 2.5%. we are seeing the market housing boom and the bank in little bit cautious about overheating .emand and it's one hour to trading in japan. let's take a look at some of the movers and japan. all of these stocks are plunging today after the ratings were downgraded. fujifilm cut to hold. mitsubishi has stayed down 1.8%. 2.2%, air rising today despite reports that pilots are going to rally in hopes of getting more active wage talks going on. following two point &, even when i be case securities raised its price target to 30,000 yuan from 27,000 yuan. sk hynix isakes -- down 1.3%. d: have a selloffs earlier in london. let's get over to sydney. paul is over there for us. looks like reality is sitting in again for the commodity stocks. paul: it does. reality was no

the wish to learn has long been the basis of an industry worth billions in singapore. there are more than 850 private institutions offering supplementary courses in a country whose state education system is considered excellent. courses for little geniuses and elite brains are on offer, even for unborn children. the promise is bold: stronger brain power and increased intelligence -- or, even more bluntly, great scholars and future leaders. more and more providers are crowding into this market. the hawk eye enrichment house has invited people to its open day. new rooms, new teachers, new toys. all that's missing are customers. but the director is sure they'll soon flock here. what's the purpose of this toy? it's a musical instrument. music appreciation is a major focus here. arithmetic is another. there are arithmetic courses for children as young as three here. the teacher says at that age, they soak up learning like sponges, so they need input. samuel is 2, but esther at 4 is almost a late starter by singaporean standards. >> probably, but i think we made it a point t

the other is singapore. we can see there is more struggle and southeast asia as we speak, and i think it would take quite some time. we have a clear path in china or greater china. what you talking about in southeast asia? >> our priority is clear, singapore domestic, then all the surrounding countries. we do like japan a lot as well. japan has been a good market for us. market.the austrian tell me about japan. a lot of people have been criticizing abenomics. >> it is hard to get it going. they have tried for many years. nobody thought they would introduce negative rates. they did. they tried to put inflation back into their target range. a lot of the wealthy japanese want to diversify and use their currency, because they expect the currency to weaken. rishaad: globally, this bifurcated world where we saw some countries tightening, but negative interest rates. how does that impact what you do? >> quite dramatically. today, the markets are influenced by central bank intervention. even the u.s. is slowing down

. >> singapore 2002. 6 and a half tons of ivory seized. the largest in the country's history. roughly 650 elephants were killed for this haul of ivory. but where in africa did the ivory originate from? they assume this much ivory must come from multiple sources. authorities send the sample to wasser's lab for analysis. >> right now from anywhere in africa, we can assign a seizure of ivory closer than 300 kilometers to where it came. >> wasser and his team get to work. the first step is to prepare samples of seized ivory. >> we cut off a piece of the ivory, and then we stick that piece inside a plastic tube with a magnet and stainless steel plugs on the end, we drop that it in liquid nitrogen which cools it to minus 240 degrees celsius. so, extremely cold. within 3 minutes it comes out like baby powder. >> so it actually just pulverizes it? it pulverizes the ivory and it preserves the dna at the same time. that was one of the biggest breakthroughs of our lab. >> the elephant dna from the ivory powder seized in singapore is extracted and analyzed in wasser's lab. the dna from th

coming on line -- singapore, taiwan, malaysia just coming online, and david has more. we are up about 10 points. this came in higher than the numbers from economists. this is where rates are at the moment, and you see the currency, if you do understand why we are getting a bump up, the lower currency is helping industry, and then you have lower rates helping consumption. now, you break these down further, and this is the government bureau of statistics coming out with some numbers, and it is really consumption. that is really be key driver for both in australia. fourth quarter, the numbers, and capitalalso despite the formation on the way down. in other words, heavy industry. capex? no. it is opec. having a look at the two-year , and, that is where we are what traders are saying, we have been lulled to sleep. we have a downtrend, but we have been stuck in this range really for the most part for the last six months. some are saying we have to wait. this is the level for the aussie dollar. having a look at equity markets, , and we areg story looking at the market reactio

singapore stocks, strong buying as well. it is banks, both new and existing, in focus in the hong kong and shanghai sessions. it is the start of earnings week for china's big five lenders. a pretty positive note to kickoff. it looks like investors are brushing off the bad news part of the earnings report, bad loans surged 31%, bad loan coverage declined, 156%. we had the news reporting that regulations are allowing a certain number of chinese lenders to get their bad loans ratios down.race years dow lot of upsidea for the financials. rishaad: thanks. let's take you back to the hong kong exchange. those two banks heading in opposite direction. we are on the trading floor. as you said, it is a good day today view. a bit of aang bank switch out. both came online china zheshang bank at their offer price. it was sold at $3.96. a very important milestone for these two ipos to come online today. quite a slow appetite for ipos, the slow start to a year in five years. both china zheshang bank and bank of tianjin attempting to capital

in singapore. the stories making headlines around the world. says russia'sions partial withdraw from syria has given new momentum to struggling peace talks. the u.k. says president putin should not be praise for ending what was described as illegal activity. britain along with rights groups say some russian airstrikes deliberately targeted civilians. say oneprosecutors person killed and four police officers wounded in a counterterrorism raid link to last november's attack in paris. dead afteruspect exchange of gunfire. it's not known if the key suspect was the target. the machine has won a fourth victory against man. google's champ is not superior says lee. it shows how far the intelligence has come. the final game was too close to call with lee in top form and al phago making huge gains. powered by over 2400 journalists and 150 bureaus around the world, this is bloomberg news. guest runsxt surveymonkey, 200 million customers worldwide. inid goldberg passed away may, and it announced 100 job cuts, 13% of its workforce. let's discuss what is nex

also, singapore extending gains. exports coming through today, missing expectations. 1.5%i 225 resilient, up despite disappointment on imports and exports. weakening, so back where we started at the beginning of this week. i expected given what the dollar unexpectedht -- given what the dollar did overnight. rishaad: thank you very much. getting back to our top story. late 1990's, u.s. monetary policy focused on the risks to global growth as well as domestically. this is quite something. even when you do compared to the late 1990's, this internationalism is quite startling. >> absolutely right. it shows how economic power is shifting ease. policy is having to sit back and look beyond u.s. borders. that is because of the increasing significance of what is happening in china. rishaad: number two and number three economies in this part of the world. >> look at china. contributing as much global gdp as it was. japan, swinging in and out of contraction. korea, and export engine struggling as well. you can repeat that story

joining us from singapore. competition, a strange set of bedfellows. artalibaba and tencent teaming up with oil companies as they take their rivalry to the world of feel. "trending business" back after the short break. ♪ ♪ (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. stories, asia's shares headed for the first loss in a month after the ecb expanded its quantitative easing program. draghi throwing cold water in the markets, saying no more cuts to come. collapsing oil prices and china's economic slowdown hammering the bonds of emerging market companies, eroding revenues in turn. .p won't have to face lawsuits they had blamed bp for losses they suffered during the ban on u.s. offshore drilling imposed after the 2010 gulf of mexico oil spill, one of the largest remaining sources of claims. bp has already paid out more tha

singapore looking like this. we started trading 26 minutes ago. this is what we have right now. reaction coming through from the national people's congress in beijing. with twohe thumbs-up thirds of 1% gain so far. some ofve a look at those stories we will watch for you and asia through the next few days. china's latest trade did on tuesday, economists expecting a surplus of $50 billion for february, exports falling 14% from a year ago. cathay pacific posted for your expectingednesday, the airlines net income to rise to 712 million dollars, a significant increase from 405 million a year ago. a lot of that will be down to the price of crude oil falling as much as it has. the bank of korea announcing an interest rate decision on thursday. economists seeing the bank cutting the rates by 25 basis points, interest rates at 1.25% after that meeting on thursday. also when we expect myanmar to announce three potential presidential candidates, also seeing if aung san suu kyi is among them. on friday, central bank of china governor gives a news conference on the sidelines of that nbc meet

flyer canf this high join us on the singapore flyer. to tell us about his past, his present and his ambitious future. kogan, welcomen to high flies. you have this big idea, this lightbulb moment while shopping for an lcd tv at age 23. for the ideaeed came when i was studying in miami and i notice that all the local kids were buying everything online. for muchwere buying it cheaper prices than all of the international students. we would go to walmart to buy our stuff because that is what university told us was the best marketing, economies of scale. are by thingsy online for much cheaper. i realized that a small online retailer can operate with greater efficiency than a goliath like walmart. inew months or years later australia i was looking to buy saw i could not afford one. they were really expensive at the time. and i decided to contact some factories out of china to tell them that i want to buy 100,000 tv's, hoping they would give me forote and i will ask them a sample and that sample with the my tv. when they started providing my qu

singapore seeing pressure, down at 0.1%. a fair amount of the index, 20%, 30% maybe in overbought or maybe overbought. we are seeing that pullback at the moment. the first market in asia to enter a bull market this year. shanghai is another story. 1.6%, seven days of gains. it is really about the brokerages. on news, they are using these restrictions on margin trading. we will flesh the story out for you a bit later on. look at specific markets, financials are up very 9% gains for chinese brokers. really liking that news. we'll get to the details, that is also on the website and the bloomberg. this go to china, that will be there. you can see how it is when it comes to the margin finance or margin debt, whichever source, which is why we saw this rally last week. rishaad: thanks. looking at chinese policymakers as they warn of risky levels of debt. this comes days after the national people's congress a priority to achieving 6.5% annual growth. this comes from the pboc government. they say it will be difficult balancing. heidi

singapore's economy grew 2% last year. that is at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. expects growth of 1% to 3% next year. the myanmar stock exchange will finally open for business. ysx officially opened in december, but until now, there has been nothing to trade. five more companies are lining up to join smi on the board. one of the other big events this week is apple's new iphone launch, and the company will be hoping it's a big one. analysts are predicting a first sales drop since the smartphone was released. here's more on what could be a looming crisis for the company. apple has a bit of a crisis, and it's hoping a new kind of iphone will help fix it. apple sold more than $155 billion worth of iphones in the past year. when steve jobs first showed the iphone to the world five years ago -- nine years ago, apple's stock was just $12. $133, grew to a high of mostly because of the iphone's wild success since then, but the iphone empire is in trouble. sales have flipped from exploding to an expected declin

for stpi.ncy at the singapore >> we like to create the opportunities for the artist to grow. we have materials that they have not worked with. looking at harry's work, he is showing us the same. it is for him to be here, exploring the possibilities together. isrator: here at stpi, heri experiencing with different mediums from papier-mache to using traditional javanese canvases. he is also learning how to etch in ways he is never done before. heri dono: drop on the upper late on the first page. you have these drawn by hand. now this stage is for heri to do a grain on the top of it in order to create a form. which is basically here. it is like an experiment to do happened, andhat the type of mistakes. [laughter] you will learn from mistake. you are absolutely right. [laughter] ♪ >> lay it down. this is here. very good. good job. [laughter] ♪ narrator: back in yogyakarta, heri continues to work overtime on his never ending title of projects. heri dono: this is my studio. i say everyone is welcome to come here as a guest or also if they came here. narrator: even though heri h

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this is new time lapse video from singapore ... where people could see the moon covering ninety percent of the sun. the partial eclipse of the sun was visible to millions of people in australia, southeast asia and the pacific. nasa says the world's next total solar eclipse will happen in august 2017 and will be visible in the united states. time to take a look at the stories making headlines around florida. in saint- petersburg-- hulk hogan takes the stand... to testify about a leaked sex-tape for a second straight day. the wrestler is suing the website "gawker"-- after they posted a sex- tape with hogan and a radio d-j's wife. during yesterday's cross-examination... attorneys for gawker argued-- hogan bragged about his exploits to the media... which means--the tape is news-worthy. but hogan says-- that was not the "real him" talking... but just "hulk hogan" the hogan added-- he would never lie under oath. attorneys still have to figure out... who sent that tape to gawker. in pinellas county-- a woman was sent to the hospital... af

he joins us now from singapore. thank you for joining us. c., where expecting shinzo be to come out with abe to comeshinzo out with stimulus measures, and you think that package will work? i would not be surprised to see bits and pieces rather than something -- some huge a sweeping measures that would make everyone set up and notice. the problem is that so minutes -- so much has been thrown at this economy, and even though we know part of abenomics was to push to structural reform, i that we will see anything really makes the market that excited. is safe to say that the markets will be underwhelmed by what we see tomorrow. that still keeps that inevitable pressure of monetary policy to do the heavy lifting, and that means the boj is forced down this path and do what ever it possibly can, including experiencing with negative interest rate to help growth. yearad: it is an election for the upper house, so he has to keep his powder dry to some extent and do more controversial structural reforms afterwards. what is your view? david: that is the p

thursday, singapore releases its 2016 budget. the government will be particularly prudent with this year's finances. , thepore's economy grew 2% slowest pace since the financial crisis. it expects 1% to 3% this year. another moment of history in myanmar, the stock exchange firstfor business, the and only stock to be traded. it officially opens in december, but until now there has been nothing to trade, five more companies are lining up to join the board. let's take a look at the key data coming out this week. a, when you andv i on this week? , the have a decision central meeting of the bank and philippines. we expect them to keep rates on hold. they are currently at 4%, but unlikely the central bank will do anything to exacerbate volatility ahead of the elections in may. we expect to see no changes there. also -- angie: we've seen more robustness ahead of the elections, right? >> they went to be one of the brightest spots in the region. 6% thisemains robust, year, however the philippines has been expensing headwinds. angie: corru

yvonne: 120, a call from the bank of singapore. coming up, one of the world's biggest private wealth funds says it is always a good time to invest in china. back in two. is ♪ ♪ yvonne: welcome back. you are watching "first up". china's slowdown is being overblown. stephen engle caught up with the ceoeffrey and asked of rockefeller and company about china's growth targets. growth, that is very robust economic growth. thes down from the high chinese experienced for many years, but still quite substantial. ,rom an investor's standpoint we watch the sustainability of that level of growth going forward. the leadership in china has articulated a new five-year plan , a variety of economic and other reforms. we and other investors will be watching the implementation of those. the overall thrust from a conceptual and policy standpoint is in the right direction. >> you see an opportunity for increasing investment in china? >> sure. there are always opportunities to invest in china. companies around the world are looking for investment op

singapore, up slightly. on, with japan out of the way, china's stock was fairly disappointed yesterday. we look at the tuesday. -- ahead to tuesday. all-importantting u.s. labor days out of the end of the week. that'll that will give an idea of when we can see the net rate -- next rate high. we re also looking ahead to china's pmi. a lot of wait-and-see sentiment. months of work on a multimillion dollar buyout could come to nothing for marriott. they have now received a higher offer. natalie latest on this increasing bidding war. >> battling it out with marriott. they have received a takeover $14 billion from that chinese insurer. counter a second time -- maybe it has been planning this acquisition since november and observers say it will be top for marriott just to walk away from the time and energy invested so far, but they will be able -- they will need to justify bank more than they already have. marriott has reaffirmed its starwood, to buying which has brands including --raton, westin cannot and w westi

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we are retreating a little bit from singapore futures coming down. but not retreating all the way back to where we started. are things going on in metals markets? china the sale of narrative as part of their hedge fund trade. short covering there. with commodities, don't forget the subset of hedge funds. trend changes, the load judgments. as you have seen a slight improvement, there has been a huge it short covering from these players. that combination -- that graph is quite extraordinary. anna: we have seen a quite strong rally in oil prices since the start of the year. up above $40 a barrel. that is quite a jump from where we were. mid-20's in the middle of january. component is a huge of a cta portfolio. as the trend changes, there will be a huge jump in that. area wherena, one demand is high is the chinese demand for oil. unlike other commodities. i can see reasons why it is bouncing. seeingtress that we were in commodities coming even though that should be bullish for the world economy, although the focus were on the companies and countries that

you can buy the singapore stock market with a 4% dividend yield. singapore is a relatively sound economy, it is diversified and well run, unlike the u.s., and less the u.s. is run by mr. trump. mark: are you really a fan of mr. trump? marc: it is all relative. given the alternative, i would because mr. trump hillary clinton will destroy the whole world. mark: why will hillary clinton destroy the whole world? what is the evidence? nationook at her building in the middle east, how successful that was. caroline: mr. farber, we are seeing from donald trump's potential policies he wants to slow international trade between the united states and other countries. surely that will be a block upon free-market. marc: i agree that it is negative if you have restrictions on a free market, that i agree entirely. but you have to equally see that the u.s. has essentially given that a lot of things benefit other countries. growth, 2002t the today, which countries have done relatively well, the emerging markets have done fantastically well. there gdp has gone up sub

,rishaad: always a pleasure, from singapore. we have to take a break. facebook's safety feature causing worries. details, coming your way. ♪ rishaad: let's have a look at stories making headlines around the world. malaysia's former prime minister up its campaign against the current leader. the financial scandal surrounding -- surrounding them means the country cannot wait for the next election. the prime minister says cash came from political supporters and the gulf and most of it is payback here it hopes of easing tensions over disputed waters near hanoi. this is amid growing arguments amid the oil and gas rich south china sea. china and vietnam says they are determined to solve their differences in a peaceful way. a breakaway faction of the taliban in pakistan said they carried out the bombing of an easter sunday party. 65 people were killed. the group says it was aimed specifically other christian community. schools and businesses will remain closed.more than 300 were injured. police say the number of debt is likely to rise. ad is likely to rise. t

let's go over to haslinda amin in singapore. where is the money going? on a day like today, we are seeing another sinking set of chinese stocks. where do the investors actually find respite? -- you canou can't call it a revolving door. indonesia and thailand, back in favor after falling out of favor last year. two reasons. rove is better than the rest of the region, and the currency is pretty stable for now. that enough reasons for investors when china and japan are faltering. take a look. dollars20 million u.s. going into indonesian stocks. almost $170 million into thai equities. there are only three asian companies posting net inflows. governments in both countries are doing pretty well. there are boosting spending, pushing for infrastructure, helping everyone from small farmers to businesses. let's take a look at the benchmarks. svt up more than 8%. in, up 17% from the low september, on the brink of climbing out of a failed market. they are decoupling, breaking the trend elsewhere. extent is thatt part of the world insulated from the terminal we had b

markets opening up, taiwan, singapore, and malaysia, but it is really japan driving gains today. asia on its shoulders at the moment. we are looking at gains in the regional benchmark, because what we are seeing on the nikkei 225, a little bit off the high, two and a fraction. that is really enough to take the regional benchmark to the highest level in years. four the about 2930 msciasia index -- for the asia index. 9539. , mid last week, we are up about 1% on the dollar index. the news flow overnight, very much dollar positive. we had to w fed presidents coming out saying april is fine presidentswo fed coming out and saying april is fine. and oil prices. again, it is one of those incidents where west texas is trading at just about the same price as brent. $41.59, look at brent, so a little bit of a premium for u.s. crude. rish? rishaad: three minutes past 6:00 in the evening in los angeles, and the apple showdown -- we have a correspondent in the city of angels. it has been changed now. it is all changed. what is the latest? yes, it is all changed. i was supposed to be in a car

more to come on "first up" ♪ ♪ is a: 30od morning, it in singapore. we are just an half an hour away from trading their. we sort of the morning session, we will continue to see how things go with asian stocks today. you are watching "first up." top stories, china has rejected fears of a hard landing as leaders outline their targets in the latest five-year plan. they targeted at least 6.5% growth this year, the slowest pace in a quarter of a century. the top economic planners say concerns are unfounded because beijing still has the tools to maintain regional growth. china's bank governor has voiced support for the plan to overhaul state owned enterprises. he says the reforms will help fiscal policy be more effective. beating at the national people's congress, the monetary policy will tackle issues such as overcapacity. in tokyove jumped after reports that the ceo will resign over the takeover deal. a spokesperson denied the report. they said no final day had been set for signing off on the deal. both sides were working hard to reach an agreement. journ

. >> singapore is at the top of the list. it compares the cost of living calculatedes making relocation packages. the survey looks at 160 -- costs.ng leisure geneva and paris come in fourth and fifth. london and new york are in six in seventh place. it is all caps related in dollars. thank you for the look at the business news. it is time for a look at the press review. have catherine on set look at the papers. let's start in france were the papers are talking about the massive protests against proposed changes to the labor law. >> a big story here. expressever shy to their displeasure. reporting between 224,000 to 500,000 demonstrators did turn out. showinge a graphic where the protests were held across the country. if you look, you can see the biggest area in paris between 27,000 to 100,000 per day slight difference in the figures here. it depends on who you ask. saying closer to 500,000. very big demonstrations yesterday. the battle against the reforms here in france is a reflection of the denial of reality. crisis ofnts a

singapore, sill feens, thailand, malaysia as well as parts of australia. the entire eclipse which began with a first patch of darkness appearing on the edge of the son lasted for about three hours. 7♪ ♪ >> in 2015. evidence of slavery on a massive scale surfaced in the remote islands much eastern indonesia. this is ambon, an indonesian island 600 miles east of australia. all of these ships have indonesian flags, but these were thai ships. there were something happening board those ships that were far worse than that. 2,000 men came forward who were enslaved on thai fishing boats, on these waters, working for as long as a decade without pay. the boats here were central to one of the world's most important food suppliers, thai fishing industry, thailand is the second largest exporter of seafood. and the united states consumes much of it. the global demand for cheap seafood and years of unpaid labor will they receive any justice at all? we've come to southeast asia to speak with the men who have been catching our fish for years. we're over 2,000 miles eas

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this is time lapse video from singapore, where people could see the moon covering 90% of the sun, the partial eclipse of the sun was visible to millions in australia, southeast asia and the pacificment astronomical vento curse when the moon's seconds shadow passes across the sky, nearly 09% of the sun was obscured by the sun in singapore, leaving quite a site. >> doesn't happen very often. to actually experience that, is very, very interesting. so have the background here, once in a lifetime. >> so i know you're wondering, when is the world's next total solar eclipse? evidently that will happen in august of next year, 2017, will be visible here in the u.s. >> and we will be right back. want a different way to cleanse? try new all-in-1 micellar water from garnier. the micelles attract dirt like a magnet. to 1. remove makeup 2. cleanse and 3. soothe. no harsh rubbing, no rinsing. new micellar water from garnier skinactive. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. >> violent night in philly. >> car mangle

and partially visible to people in northern australia, singapore and hawaii.the next total solar eclipse is set for august 20-17... and will be seen across a narrow band across the u-s. now let's check in with with first warning weather. weather. tomorrow, we'll see mostly cloudy skies and a higher risk for rain. the best rain chance will be after 10 a.m. and last into the night. highs as a result of the clouds and showers will be cooler in the mid to upper 60s. rain exits early friday morning, leaving us with partly cloudy skies friday afternoon and highs in the low to mid-60s. rain traffic big trouble for the big mac. the protests in one country mcdonald's... that has nothing to do with food. kosher marijuana...one country is leading the way when it comes to medical research and pot.how it could eventually expect a mix of clouds and sun today with more clouds than yesterday. isolated showers are possible. highs will still be warm thanks to gusty south winds. we'll reach the upper 60s to low 70s. tonight, a few showers are possible with lows 50s. more pedestrians are being hit and kille