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risked their lives. and. takes the fight. it's good to have you with us today we focus on hong kong as we continue with our coverage of the spread of the by. the chinese territory has so far more than 40 cases but for the population of 8000000 packed together in dense residential housing fears are growing that the number of infections will rise. 100 residents.

of repeats of the sars epidemic of 2003. the same as on the chinese mainland. the territory. has allston novus public to come together to fight the virus but let me just make this. in order to fight. hong kong. and active participation every member. this is a time for. this is a time for everyone to display civic responsibility. that calls for responsibility going out not just to a novice but also a divided one for months the city have been tearing itself apart over with the pro-democracy protests but the government's alleged inept handling of the don't know why this crisis has added another layer of distrust to an already free

admission should with the public. as. the face mask and emblem of hong kong lurch from one crisis to another was an icon of the pro-democracy demonstrations now it offers protection against a new coronavirus with the street protests now largely at an end hong kong's focus has shifted. where images of violent street battles once covered these walls now it's the battle against the virus that dominates with one common thread underpinning both distrust of the government and its chief executive carrie lamb the priest is on the way of change taking a look around it is clear that the anger which fueled not the protests can't be papered over quite as easily. as the death toll in china mounts many of slammed hong kong for keeping its borders open. for the sebastian teachers face masks and turn sanitizer have sparked panic buying and fear. one prominent voice then amongst

the anger is hong kong's vast community of pro-democracy activists. during the protests campaign is simon loud common kwang use the space to make props for the demonstrations. when the virus hits they swapped helmets for hand sanitizer using the network to source the donations and ingredients filling in they say where authorities have failed. proof that while they may have pushed pools on the protests the new plant is just as focused as ever. because if government were upset or hong kong people. not just our political beliefs but also the old people in the community normally bear their support to the best opposition but now you can see they are quiet but they are very angry the sign of an uncommon altruism hand with political pragmatism they believe that

as the virus spreads so evil and so government sentiments and it that they hope to harness to push for democratic change off the divides the comeback is a strong movement why i've every confidence it's because the fable of the system peoples who understand from all walks of life the widest become wise soul the fierce. and feel. because of the system. to activists like simon has always been clear that battle would not be fought and won with street protests alone the pro-democracy campaigns proven it can adapt and its actions like this that could become the new face of the movement is angry of the government's handling of the virus which discontent across the political spectrum. meanwhile china has sacked top officials in a province for their failure to check the spread of the coronavirus much earlier on

in what way province is the epicenter of the global outbreak that has so far recorded more than 43000 cases worldwide health authorities there have been plastering the city with disinfectant you can see the convoys of trucks moving through the city streets at night spraying it into the air. and there's an avi of what goes spraying by hand as well. the wall of health organization has meanwhile dispatched a team of experts to china to help combat the crisis we spoke to just folks from one dr margaret had is about the organizations global response to the infections everybody is working very very hard to deal with this new virus and doing a very good job what we all need to do is to continue to do a good job and what we also need to do is to panic less so at the moment we're dealing with 2 things we're dealing with a new virus and a new virus we need to learn more about and to work together to stop but we also

dealing with the info to make where people are attending to overreact a bit it's good that people listen to the advice and pay a lot of attention but really listen to the right advice have excellent hand hygiene make sure that they look after their health make sure that they do all the things that will protect themselves appropriately but not panic. simple advice straightforward and you can keep track of all of coronavirus coverage at dot com and on twitter page. at least 14 during the refugees are dead after a boat carrying them sank in the bay of bengal they were part of a group of around 130 feet in the refugee camps of cox's towards malaysia journeys from bangladesh across the bay of bengal to countries like malaysia thailand indonesia fairly common in the period between the vent but in march when the sea is

safest for the small fishing trawlers in which these journeys are made going to refugees attempt to make the journey to access jobs and education opportunities something denied to them in the sprawling refugee camps in bangladesh some $1000000.00 refugees are housed in camps such as these all of these around 700000 fled from neighboring. brutal military crackdown against them in 2017 for more i'm joined by awful islam from asia out of little thanks for joining us now you've reported from these refugee camps in bangladesh in the past what prompts the rohingya refugees to undertake these dangerous crossings in the bay of bengal. many doing it if you just believe that life is much better in malaysia than the densely populated camps in bangladesh they see that militia is a developed country with better employment and other financial opportunities i made

some young growing a girl the last year in cox's brother camps they had their islamic marriage is withdrawing a man living in malaysia what the phone and waiting to find a way to go to meet their husbands and there is no legal way to travel from one of this to any other countries for rowing it refuses what we have seen in the past few months is that the ban of this government has been imposing more restrictions on the refuses authorities don't allow the food is to walk in the country and had to deduce the mobile internet access in the camps but it's antic course have also been built around their camps this could also be a reason behind that illegal and this keyboard journeyed to malaysia but how common are these journeys out of the did from capsis towards getting under commented refuses are common in as many you're doing your living in bangladesh camps as well as local strike across the bay of bengal for our other destinations such a journey is mostly take place during the winter season when the seas are

deliberately calm and these 225000 going to live to bangladesh and myanmar on boards in 2015 hated thailand malaysia and indonesia what is the government of bahrain others trying to do to try and reduce the journeys the bang others government has increased cost to spit rolling through a stop such as this kid john is there have been crackdowns on human traffickers the security is in says don't alow growing it refuses to gather near the sea to prevent them from deporting for militia but as we see despite all these efforts some growing it refuses that it is still desperate to flee bangladesh. on a slum thank you very much for that. indonesia has a trash problem the country generates more than 3000000 tons a year and half of it ends up in rivers and the sea many cities have been in the way of public services for dealing with the mess piling up on the coast sounds like

a job for the superhero. if you said that with great power comes great responsibility and one man is using it to rid his hometown of an evil that could destroy the planet. his nemesis is garbage. now whatever medical my name is rudy her tone oh i'm 36 years old and i am the spider man of pirate parent my mission is to encourage and to provide an example to the society through the famous character of spider-man to protect the environment because environmental cleanliness creates healthy communities he had. a hard tone or keats waste especially plastic most days before he heads to his job he puts on his suit and gets to work cleaning the sewers streets and beaches and he says the comic character has captured the imagination the. first i picked up later

with ed wearing this gas chamber and it didn't get people interested in joining in to help pick up trash or to clean the beach. after wearing this costume it turns out that the public's response was extraordinary. when we have it's little wonder that the sight of a lycra clad superhero on the beach has caused a stir but in the end though rudy is relying on others to come to their spider senses. demands clear the trash when he can and that's it the no head over to our website. asia to view the show online and for other stories from the region. efforts. in the chinese city of. the center.

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numbers drop. for for the 2nd straight year more than $10000.00 jobs are on the chopping block it's germany's premier automaker falling behind in an industry on the pressure. this is business as are your updates on global business affairs. as welcome to the corona virus outbreak in china has rattled the global economy disrupting virtually every major industry the 1st sector to reel from the outbreak was the travel industry the world's biggest gambling has also shut down many airlines have scaled back services shipping companies are canceling calls to chinese ports entire supply chains automotive tronic industrial are starting to creak. shut down operations in south korea due to a lack of parts from china warned that it production numbers could drop by 10 percent on those supply issues companies like starbucks have closed thousands of

their stores across china so what could be the overall impact the globally call.