every permanent resident in hong kong bought 10,000 hong kong dollars or 1300 u.s.lars in cash payment to tide them over through the hard times. but the hard times have persisted for another year and they could be going further. if you look at the fiscal reserves, they have dwindled down, there was 41 billion u.s. dollars handed out to various industries and individuals last year and that has dropped down the reserves considerably. at the beginning of 2019, this government had 155 billion dollars worth of reserves. that is down to about 116 billion right now. with a record budget deficit, they are going to have a hard time handing out cash. they are going to have to find creative ways to get stimulative. haslinda: speaking of creative ways, what are measures we could see given that this is such a perfect storm for hong kong? stephen: i think you will probably hear the main buzzwords from paul chan, infrastructure investment, hong kong is very good at doing that. they've been talking for years about more low income housing to address any different issues. societal is

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counsel hong kong and dekalb. we will be assessing how fintech is faring in hong kong.ets. what are you seeing? sophie: mid week, we are seeing a down day for stocks. japan leading the regional decline. have health care, industrial materials and tech tracking at lower. we are seeing financials, energy and real estate marginally in the green. one highlight, shares falling as you are seeing bitcoin losing ground. my next is the second best performer on the topics year to date. japan airlines jumping along with korean air. this as we learned the u.k.'s four step plan to ease the lockdown for the country by june. boris johnson saying their review for international leisure travel will be announced by april 12. a company set to buy a u.s. supermarket chain with the purchaser be wrapped up by april. sk biofarma off by more than 12%. this after parent sk holdings -- flipping for a check of has has this morning. gold holding steady around 1800 and heading for a second month low as you are seeing u.s. yields, the outlook continuing to move up on optimism that has been fueled by d

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong.mise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: then the skies exploded with noise and colour. _ the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020, on the day the government postponed the hong kong p

walking away from hong kong?is no. >> hsbc is very strong in hong kong and has been a very important part. i would love to ca presence of the bank in hong kong. -- i would love to see a presence of the bank in hong kong. >> you heard from one of our guests, and bringing him back to hear more about his expectations with the company's full-year results. always great to have you with us. >> good morning. shery: on the bloomberg, we can see clearly how the hsbc markets have really been under pressure. of course, they operate in the u.k., hong kong, where you have a low rate environment compared to the other giants in the banking industry that operate in china/southeast asia, so let me get started with you and ask you about your expectations for some of the numbers that we can see today. >> well, actually, nobody really expects too much from the bank in terms of performance because of the covid pandemic. everybody expects hsbc to have earnings like 40% lower. a little bit more than $8 billion u.s., but a strong increa

some of them have got out of hong kong _ get out of hong kong? have got out of hong kong already. for example one is among the people who has been arrested on this case backin who has been arrested on this case back in january. who has been arrested on this case back injanuary. no charges on him today as yet as he is not in hong kong, he is in exile in britain at the moment. we had the democratic party of hong kong already condemning what the government has done as well as statements from the european union expressing great concern saying that the treatment of political opponents will no longer be tolerated in hong kong, so that is one likely to be one of the... summer moving out and concessions from britain, australia after the national security law was introduced lastjuly. national security law was introduced last jul . ., ~ national security law was introduced lastjul. ., ~ national security law was introduced lastjul . ., ~ ., national security law was introduced lastjul. ., ., ,, last july. thank you for speaking from hong _ last july. thank

now, hong kong people are to run hong kong.that is the unshakeable destiny. archive: it was then the skies | exploded with noise and colour. the last rites of imperialism finished with, the departing power staged a carnival of light. the generation who will grow to adulthood as chinese citizens looked on in wonder. a lot of people thinking about leaving hong kong and h was one of them, and i told him, "mate, i'm here. "if you come to the uk, i can help you settle down." i met h when we were in school — wow, it must�*ve been like ten years now. so, basically, like since like the first year we've met we have been like best friends. he is more like a sibling to me more than friend. i do feel a bit guilty for the fact that like i wasn't there for him last year, but i'm glad that he come to the uk. so, at least, like, he won't be in danger anymore. shouting. the national security law combined with the current affairs pandemic —— coronavirus pandemic brought the protest to a halt. but in september 2020 on the date the government post

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some of them have already left hong kong.are talking about people like -- a former legislator as well as another former legislator. they feel they can no longer be safe staying in hong kong. and that is how desperate the situation is becoming. >> steve from the university of london there, the specialist in china from the school of oriental and african studies. thank you very much for joining us on "france 24." we appreciate your time. of course, we will look for developments on that story. the trial starting this tuesday in hong kong of those pro-democracy advocates. next, aung san suu kyi in detention since february 1 while a military coup in myanmar, has been charged of reaching the country's national disasters law. the de facto president aung san suu kyi first charged of importing walkie-talkies used by her security team. the general seized power after losing the election in november to aung san suu kyi's party by a landslide. so, she is again under house arrest having been held for 15 years at her own home while trying to

we we are having before was dr frank there is no future in hong kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as that dependence you know if it's some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship for long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children well get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and i you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal offense while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't

some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue will flow to needy hong kong as in taiwan. the market attracts a few 101st it has mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan they are the whole the whole dalai. lama we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong peoples gatherings before we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you'll be arrested if you speak up in hong kong only. guess you are as well as that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong years hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high. tens of thousands of hong kong as have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown by those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive. this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in hong kong that we can still do else

we have hong kong activist nathan la with us he lives and works in exile in the u.k. nathan beijing is not happy about this and has threatened to retaliate what realistically can it do well for now beijing. not recognising the n.o.'s of the home government follows these practices so we can see if there are just a little bit inconvenienced attitude or wanting to use of you know trouble because of they have to use our whole point of say our passports to leave the border in hong kong but i think in general there are very limited retaliation measures that beijing people boy so on our. student observing how the situation or escalate the most possible retaliation will be. doing something on the notion of double nationality and i don't think it will come anytime soon. that's very interesting so beijing will have to be creative if it wants to do something now on the british front what else would you like to see the government do there. affidavit limitation of the national security law actually the british government has imposed a lot of measures counter measures through at le

safer than hong kong during the pandemic that's their decision day i would say she died. on friday china condemned the u.k. visa scheme. this sunday and severely violates china's sovereignty grossly interferes in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs severely violates international law on the basic principles of international relations china's indignant at this and strongly opposes us. beijing says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passports a largely symbolic move as hong kong as can also use the hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. owners like a football now and then the incredible trouble for the surprise team of the league this season involves further 3 goals against freiburg meant the 3 points and a move into 3rd place. the con of intimidation the woops unbeaten at home this season and they want everyone to know about it. when fi work struggled to neutralize a corner 20 minutes into the game the boasts pounds thanks to john anthony brooks. the body and it right it is feet. the u.s. internation

some so products made by hong kong to sina's some of the revenue will flow to needy hong kong listen time on. the market attracts a few 100 festus mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan. there are those in the whole the whole dalai. lama we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong peoples gatherings before we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we gather together and spread the word that you will be arrested if you speak up in hong kong only be a doctor because you are as all that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong nurse hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high home. tens of thousands of hong kong ers have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive but i thought this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in h

we have hong kong activist nathan la with us he lives and works in exile in the u.k. nathan beijing is not happy about this and has threatened to retaliate what realistically can it do well for now beijing. not recognising the n.o.'s of the hong kong government follows these practices so we can see if there are just a little bit inconvenienced attitude people or wanting to use of you know trouble because of they have to use our whole point of say our passports to leave the border in home but i think in general there are very limited retaliation measures that beijing people boy so when our. student observing how the situation escalates the most possible retaliation will be doing something on the notion of double nationality and i don't think it will come in any time soon. that's very interesting so beijing will have to be creative if it wants to do something now on the british front what else would you like to see the government do there. after they had them in the national security lol actually the british government has imposed a lot of measures counter measures thro

and tear gas failed to disperse the crowds also on the show dozens of pro-democracy activists in hong kong turned themselves into the police and are charged under beijing's national security law we'll go live to hong kong for the very latest and in fact all right 6 stake their claim to the bundesliga title edging lynch and blood in a 5 gold trillo we'll bring you the one highlight. i manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us media and me and him are reporting about police have shot dead protesters and wounded several others in a crackdown on police protesting against the military junta tear gas water cannons and stun grenades were fired into crowds in various locations while scores of demonstrators or hauled away and police trucks or thora she's are trying to crush weeks of demonstrations against the february 1st military takeover which deposed the civilian government. more on this i'm joined by journalist a man tant who's in young gun a thanks for joining us can you tell us more about what's happening right now where you are in young gone. so again what we're seeing today is mor

for hong kong's residents. well it really concerns many citizens and especially the opposition came under ground because the definition up of the teachers could be fake sweeping and changeable over time depending on the authorities political agenda and baiting beijing is now setting new rules new route lines to only allow to dos loyal to beijing to serve in public office as they are changing the game rules fundamentally now in hong kong and so we can expect. this qualification of opposition councillors as many of them were not being to meet their will they require ments of loyalty according to beijing standards that they have to pledge allegiance to the coast and in other words a little as to the china's communist party as well when will these new requirements come into force. what a new bill will be tabled to the hong kong is that just a chair in mid march and it is expected to be passed in this shop pier of time because there is no opposition now and that's just a check and this bill just comes a day after be

in hong kong to take an oath of allegiance to the hong kong government and essentially to beijing and any of those who were found to be violating that or the violation that loyalty to the central government will be banned from that position and it also applies to lawmakers in hong kong now they can appeal this banning but while this appeal is going in place there will be suspended from that position and it will also require district councilors to sing the chinese national anthem when they take this there or if of allegiance as well now this basically means that beijing can ban any politicians who are considered by china to be a threat to national security from holding office in hong kong and this will affect hong kong's 400 or so district councilors and they are the lowest level of government in hong kong but crucially many of them who won their seats in the 2019 elections pro-democracy figures or opposition activists so many of the them will now be questioning how how long they'll be able to stay in that position and also there was another election planned and originally from last ye

anchor: turning to hong kong, officials suggest there be changes to hong kong election rules. >> yeah yesterday we had a speech from beijing's top official saying that electoral reform was urgent and critical. this morning the city chief executive backed him up saying that it was crystal clear that beijing needed to get involved here. lam herself was backed by china, picked by a committee of business elites here said that the pro-democracy gain since the protests have increased their position on committee. it looks like beijing may take steps to curtail that influence, limiting it as it was. the whole system tilts in favor of beijing anyway. have a veto power over the city's leader and that is a source of protests in the plast -- past. we could see some major changes coming down the pipeline as early as a couple weeks when the nationals peoples congress banning committee meets next. rishaad: senior asian government reporter. coming up, after an engine blast. emergency inspections. we got details coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: more countries are granting a little muddled

specifically in hong kong.hat has to do with what's happening with the stamp duty, arise on stock trading. a report out of the city. i wanted to show the nasdaq futures. tech yesterday, a day. 3.5% on the composition. this morning, we trade in the red. you're a pound, nine straight days against the pound. the euro is lower. longest since 2015. this has everything to do with the vaccine trade. that is continuing. let's break down all the news with caroline simmons. she joins us now. we have to start out with powell. talking about rising bond yields. he says it's a sign of economic recovery, not a sign of inflation. whose camp are you in? jay powell or larry summers? caroline: we agree. it's a normalization of bond yields. they've been abnormally low. we think that bond yields will rise a little bit more over the year. another 20 basis points or so. it's not because inflation is running away. it's because we are finally able to realize the economic recovery post pandemic. for us, it's an encouraging sign. in term

hong kong issues sweeping guidelines on how schools teach children about china's controversial national security. and we speak to guatemalan family struggling to make sense for mass killing of migrants in the next . u.s. president joe biden says he's ending american support for saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons saudi arabia says it welcomes a political solution to the crisis and its former coalition partner u.a.e. says it's eager to see an end to the war in button's 1st foreign policy speech since taking office he promised to restore america's leadership in the. old a line says that what fraction jaring the trompe is a state department correspondent was in jordan reports. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st foreign policy speech at the state department and made news on the long running war in yemen where saudi and rocky forces have allegedly targeted civilians with u.s. made weapons this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales

we we are having before we stop to think there's no future in hong kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family of the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british mandate or of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as that dependence you know if it's some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship so long it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children well get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and now you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal offense while others in the u.k. say the scheme

the review of radio television hong kong or. h.k. was initiated last year following coverage of anti-government protests in 29 teen officials said the review was to ensure the broadcaster comply with its charter while agent brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian a major overhaul now of hong kong's national broadcaster what's really behind this and why now. well daryn what's happening. in a sense reflects the profound changes that are happening elsewhere here in hong kong particularly comes to media freedom things came to a head on friday because the results the findings of a government inquiry into r t h k were released this was an investigation into management and governance and the minister responsible edward said that from their findings r.c.h. k. had in his words failed to engender a sense of community and to promote an understanding of one country 2 systems and he said to few days ago r.t. h.k. took the decision to drop the b.b.c. world service relay you could hear the able to hear the world service here in hong kong

we start to think there is no future in hong kong. >> hundreds and -- hundreds of thousands of hong kongears are expected to follow him and his family over the next few years. a visa scheme is open to those born before the hand over of hong kong to china. it offers some 5 million hong kongers a pathway to citizenship. the true test is still to come. activists say there is not enough infrastructure to support the arrivals and questions remain over integration. officials admit this is a work in progress. >> clearly they are going to be some challenges. there is a lot of work going on to make sure allf the essential things around housing to settle and integrate and if children are iolved, get children into schools. everything you would expect in terms of enabling people to settle. >> china has slammed the visa offer, accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs. >> i welcome the government in providing a safe lifeboat to many hong kongers, but i feel those who are not eligible like me are left out of the scheme. >> douglas is active in the pro-democracy movement. he fled

we are going to be speaking to standard chartered cf those at 2:30 hong kong time -- cfo at 2:30 honginda: time for morning calls with market reporters sophie kamaruddin. hong kong exchange shares. what has been the reaction? sophie: after that drop for shares on wednesday, in the wake of the deputy hike, they say it's unlikely to have any major overall impact. the trading activity into products like ets. morgan stanley calculates an increase. it could lift total trading costs by about 15%. it could be changing the structural upside for the hong kong board for the liquidity, and shares for the local stock market. flipping the page, it would discourage some speculative trading, which is relatively small in the city. morgan stanley has trimmed their net profit forecast by about 5% through this year and next. in their price target now has been lowered by 580 from 600 hong kong dollars. you have the report out from citi in which they raise their price target for the hong kong exchange for five hong kong dollars, pointing to the investor mix. noted that even if trading happened, that will

safer than hong kong during the pandemic that's their decision i would seriously doubt. on friday china condemned the u.k. visa scheme. this sanctions severely violates china's sovereignty grossly interferes in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs severely violates international law on the basic principles of international relations china's indignant at this and strongly opposes a. beijing says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passports a largely symbolic move as hong kong as can also use the hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. with this league of football now and news of an incredible treble for the surprise team of the league this season the men here in green both book 3 goals against freiburg men 3 points to move into the place. the con of intimidation the sun beaten at home this season and they want everyone to know about it. when 5 works. sagal to neutralize a corner 20 minutes into the game the hosts pounced thanks to john anthony brooks. the body and it right it is feet. the u.s. interna

is there a danger of this happening in hong kong, showcase for china? hong kong is this phenomenally successful marketplace. a great earnerfor china. they don't want to kill the golden goose. what they will decide to do — they are trying a very uncomfortable fit in hong kong, which is to undermine democratic freedoms but maintain the capitalist success. i don't see how that is going to play out, and i don't actually think the chinese know how it is going to play out. they are obviously trying to terrorise the population into giving up their civil liberties, but the people are adamant they will maintain their liberties and democratic rights. it looks insoluble from this distance, but i can't see how this is ever going to find a solution that the world and china can find satisfactory. vincent, on the neighbourhood, as it were... what's curious is that it doesn't matter what the west thinks, butjapan, india, south korea, taiwan we have mentioned, all of these countries, south korea, it seems to have kind of got into arguments with, it seems to be throwing

in hong kong and shanghai.audi arabia and russia are again heading into an opec-plus strategy meeting on opposite sides of the output debate. riyadh wants members to be cautious about production despite recent price rises. they still want the group to increase supply. opec and its allies are still withholding about 7 million barrels a day from global markets. japan has ordered ana to ground several of their boeing 777 aircraft after the engine failure on the united airlines jet in the u.s. over the weekend. planes must be kept out of service. an issue was reported with this back in december. united is removing 24 777's equipped with the affected engines. taiwan expects its economy to grow this year at the fastest since 2014 as global chip demand boosts exports. gdp is seen expanding by 4.6%, significantly higher than the 3.8% forecast last year. taipei is also more than doubling their estimate for export growth to about 9.6%. recent bitcoin champion elon musk says prices seem high after the open surged to $1 tr

sophie: into the hong kong open, there is chatter about the china and hong kong well-connected programrecord year after a strong january. . you can already see by the chart here, bnp paribas with relative -- keeping the ipo going. morgan stanley noting the momentum might pull somewhat for the rest of the year with an additional $19 billion. pulling up the board for some of the stocks this friday, keeping an eye on the chinese chipmaker smic. 2020 did fall short of estimates and chip equipment might enter a down cycle. on the other hand, the broker its rates, and alibaba on watch altering the dollar bond sale as well as earnings this week aired a big weekend alibaba. haidi: and a big week for amazon as well. news of the week was -- with jeff bezos intending about the third quarter to step down. he is exceeding the head of the cloud business. this is a well trodden path for a lot of the legendary tech founders in silicon valley as well. it will be really interesting to see where he goes next, where the business goes next as well as what he does individually. he has all these other things

to a developing story this sunday $47.00 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged under the controversial security lauren posed by beijing dozens of people were ordered to report to police stations across the city on sunday officially charged with one count of conspiracy to commit subversion adrian brown in hong kong to take us through them with so many arrests and charges in the past 3 months adrian under this law what makes these one significant but what we've seen in the past few months in hong kong are the leaders of the pro-democracy movement being rounded up and charged now the authorities are moving in if you like on the foot soldiers on sunday we saw 47 of these mostly young pro-democracy activists told to report to police stations across the territory it's not clear why they had to appear before police today though because after they were arrested in early january they were told to report to police in april yet for some reason everything's being fast tracked or no one's exactly sure why now we know that these 47 activists are going to appear in court on monday m

me that douglas nor leung know when they'll go back to hong kong. looms hopeful that his children's futures and now secure. but for douglas even the next few weeks are unclear. and here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you and me and mars military has seized control of the country declaring a one year state of emergency soldiers have arrested leader on song suchi western leaders have condemned the coups the united states is threatening sanctions and the u.n. security council has called an emergency meeting for tuesday. you're watching e.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight they're calling it europe's vaccine war we'll take you to the front lines will be right back. you know that 77 percent. are younger than 6 o'clock. that's me and me and. you know what time of all forces. the 77 percent talk about the peace you got. from politics to fashion from housing to feed to top this is where they are. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend on t w. i cannot sleep because who. isn't. in those small

hong kong's top court to decide whether media tycoon g. lie can be granted bail in a high profile legal challenge to beijing's national security law. and tesla's bitcoin boost the long musk's electric vehicle giant buys into the crypto currency and promises to accept it for payments. so donald trump's lawyers are denying the charge that the then president incited his supporters to storm capitol hill a day before his 2nd impeachment trial at the senate they're also arguing it is unconstitutional to hold a trial for former president but there are kratz prosecuting trump says that he has no valid defense i do j. kustra begins our coverage from washington d.c. we fight. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like you're not going to have a country anymore those were some of donald trump last words on january 6th moments before a violent mob fired up by his false claims that the election had been stolen broke into the u.s. capitol and tried to stop congress from making joe biden's win official for rioters and a police officer died in the att

dozens of pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged on the beijing's national security will also. get my 2nd job in 84 days where some people are just going to get up to 28 days a world forced the u.k. begins a trial mixing and matching different covert 19 vaccines. we begin with a strong statement from the united nations about the rising death toll jury anti coup protests and the un is once again condemning the escalating violence the statement says in several locations throughout the country police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations using lethal force of less than lethal force that according to credible information received by the u.n. human rights office has left at least. 18 people dead and over 30 wounded reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds expect to have a serious attorney chang has been covering throughout the day events in myanmar from bangkok he's on the line from the thai capital now to you said when we spoke an hour ago that you suspected that the death toll would rise what do you make of this this un state

towards joining us now from hong kong so the day one of this what do we expect to happen. well if we are one of those vaccination centers there are 29 set up across hong kong and today on friday we have the state to work is that teaches the cross border transport workers the elderly and disabled getting access into this mass vaccination rollout and the government's hoping around $2500.00 vaccinations will be issued per day and they put a number on about 70 percent of hong kong is willing to take this vaccination now the government has my trade valuable as you mention it's $22.00 and a half 1000000 doses to be issued across hong kong sort of after the 1st to be my development of course is the chinese or the mainland manufactured vaccine it's in tried as well as the buy and take advice before fast tracked by the government as an emergency response of the other one astra zeneca is yet to arrive and the biotech i should say it's been july it's a rival into hong kong now i should say the hong kong's rollout of the specter nation or the vaccines it's lag behind some of the other

hong kong trading up more than 1%. it does seem the reflation trade is going nowhere anytime soon. >> everybody wants to believe in it. you can see what is happening in the united states, setting believer everybody. you see stocks grinding higher day after day. the treasury market relatively well behaved. yields have been rising slightly, at a slow pace, nothing too dramatic. even when the yields gets to the 1.2 level, there is resistance. there is no signal stocks are getting too hot. as long as that is the case, people are comfortable to focus on the stimulus, the fact that inflation is relatively low, though the derivatives market says inflation will go higher. there is no immediate sign the cpi report is showing any signals. we will get the reading today. it is not expected to be different from the last one. major indicators suggesting accommodation is the name of the game. conditions are good, interest rates are low. people are continuing to take risks. there is nothing much on the horizon that can knock people ou

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over here in hong kong and the china mainland, markets are just about at least in hong kong, about to seng has been surging this year. what we have seen is a huge amount of money coming in from the mainland through various links in process. it is about to lose the biggest source of funds during the lunar new year holiday. this $7 trillion market, can it holds its own -- hold its own? haslinda: take a look at the great wall of money from mainland traders. nearly 48 billion dollars worth of hong kong stocks in the first five weeks of this year, more than half of 2020's total already. some say people will take money off the table before the trading halt comes into play, but it has been such a hot market for tech startups, tech giants. why would you take money off the table? right? rishaad: absolutely, but this is something that happens every year. this time it could be different because it is annual. traders are taking a closer look at the unprecedented inflows. tencent has seen turnover, 42% of the stock's average daily turnover. perhaps this is down to mutual funds, a nascent industry

let's go to hong kong and speak to alvin lum who's a political reporter at hong kong citizen news.protesters and pro—democracy demonstrators in hong kong be by all of this? ., �* ., , of this? you're right to say it is the single _ of this? you're right to say it is the single largest _ of this? you're right to say it is the single largest prosecution l the single largest prosecution against anyone under the national security law. the opposition however is only calling, queueing up in support of these young activists. where does the pro—democracy movement go now? clearly, the authorities are using the security law more and more popular indeed, it was... there was a fundamental change from beijing towards the opposition camp. in the past, the opposition were allowed to run, they have quite wide support in previous elections. but now, when beijing signalled only those patriots could run in elections there were questions over whether these pro—democracy activists could still run in future elections. in the meantime, beijing is also trying to drastically reform the election system. so,

from hong kong and time of testers in terms of how to limit things how to keep themselves safe really see a lot of people carrying shields down everyone pretty much everyone's wearing helmets running shoes things like that and we're really seeing more and more police . crackdown start again as well so you know the purse protestors who were shot where shot in the late afternoon as police are trying to break up protests and now we're hearing. live and my mission ok i can see that we're being used as early as 8 in the morning ok now briefly on sun suit she hasn't been seen since the coup she's due to face a court hearing on monday on charges brought against her by the military junta will this galvanize the protests. yes and i think also the arrest hundreds of protesters as well as other people who've been influenced both prisoners and journalists who are really just out there doing their jobs well also galvanize people and that's more of a people get injured anything killed you know the result of the protesters has only got struck there journalist i am in tongues thank you so much. thank

since the national security law — hong kong? since the national security law was _ hong kong?the national security law was introduced we | hong kong? since the national- security law was introduced we know that around 2% of the population have already left the city. the city has transformed quite dramatically. there were a number of street protests almost back to back throughout 2019 since the law was introduced. we've seen an almost complete silencing of that street demonstration movement. the significance of what happened today means that not only the unofficial political pro—democracy camp have been targeted, those are the people protesting in 2019, the official pro—democracy camp have been targeted, in fact the entire opposition lawmakers have essentially resigned. even the potential, the future of the pro—democracy camp, that is what is represented today by the 47 people that have been charged. they attempted to take part in a primary election because they have plans to stand in the election and it seems that even those, the potential future of the pro—democracy camp have

the situation in hong kong is -- ♪ >> protesters in hong kong are breaking the united states and specificallynt trump to help them in their fight for democracy. some prominent american conservatives are meeting on semi autonomous territory. >> this hong kong movement for democracy is something every american needs to pray for, needs to try to support because the chinese regime in beijing is probably more vulnerable than we realize. >> you're looking at a face-off on one of the main roads in hong kong this sunday afternoon. on one end, protesters with umbrellas ready for the teargas and to be shot by police. >> the oppression we are seeing from the chinese communist towards these peaceful protesters, there was a genuine concern that matt, dan and several other of the staff would end up in jail. >> we would hear people say i will die for freedom and they meant it. >> we are here to support you. >> this morning, antigovernment protests in hong kong reaching a new level of violence. >> tens of thousands marched to the u.s. consulate pleading with president trump to liberate hong kong. the america

from london also coming up the biggest single attack on the pro-democracy movement yet thousands of hong kong campaigners are charged and could face jail in nigeria the search for more than $300.00 schoolgirls that centers on a forest close to where they were abducted and touched down for the 1st batch of covert vaccines for the philippines but millions will still be forced to wait. and maher has been back under military control for a whole month but sunday has been the deadliest yet as the military use that lethal force to crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 18 people have been killed by police in the past 24 hours that's according to the un's human rights office more than 30 people were wounded as authorities used to tear gas stun grenades and live ammunition in cities across the country and in the past day alone 92 people 85 of the medical professionals and 7 journalists were detained adding to the months long total of more than a 1000 arrests tony chang now reports on a day. battles across. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest and arm on the streets of dar way

, saying that the word “patriotism” needs to be included in the core values of hong kong society.s of the reforms are unclear. but holden chow, a lawyer, legislative councilor and vice president of hong kong's biggest pro beijing political party, agrees that changes are needed. he is calling for the judiciary to set up a sentencing council. >> ( translated ): over the past two years we've seen the violent protests in hong kong. and when the rioters are brought to court being handed down by the court, it seems that in many occasion the sentence is too lenient. i am concerned that you are simply encouraging people to commit that sort of crimes. >> reporter: the majority of the front-line protestors were university and high school students. pro-beijing politicians and china's state media blamed teachers and the curriculum for the social unrest. and so, in the latest effort to tighten the leash on the younger generation, authorities have pushed through one of the biggest overhauls of the education system. >> miss owl, what is national security? >> reporter: with teaching material that