although jakarta's population is dense, standing at around 10 million. it still lacks an adequate public transport network. when traffic is gridlocked, motorbikes are the quickest way of getting around. >> in fact a new motorbike business is rapidly expanding. motorbike taxis. 50 customers sit behind the driver. there are now hundreds of thousands of motorbike taxis nationwide. the brisk expansion of the app, customers can call a motorbike taxi with ease. it was made in january 2015, gaining widespread popularity. indonesia's first online motorbike taxi service was started by a young entrepreneur >> . >>> in this episode of asia insig insight. >> this market company is under contract from overseas corporations. eva melita is one of the company's leading researchers. she heard about a smart phone application for hailing taxis a year ago. since then, she regularly uses the service. a gps function identifies the nearest available motorbikes. there are about 10 at the moment. >> the fare is determined by distance. once the order is placed. eva receives a cal

rebecca, you and i have been speaking much about the protests taking place in jakarta, speaking much many people have raised about freedom of speech being thwarted by the government. what has been said about that in line with the fact that some of these organisations that are promoting other ideologies will also be banned? well, there is a lot of concern about that. new york—based human rights watch came out with a statement strongly saying this was a breach of international human rights and free speech. indonesia is perhaps one of the most vibrant democracies in this region. and hizbut tahrir it self is also using that as an argument. they say that under indonesia's laws that they should be able to exist, that they area should be able to exist, that they are a peaceful organisation that looks to achieve its aims of creating an islamic state here in indonesia through prayer services, demonstrations and nonviolence. but at the same time many people here would say indonesia does need to find a line between democracy and also keeping this quite fragile nation state of many different eth

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most recently in jakarta earlier in the year and will meet again at a venue to be announced in australian the second half of this year. now, agencies work with indonesian agencies in a close and collaborative way. but our cooperation doesn't merely extend to indonesia. this is a regional problem, and we work with regional neighbors. i recently spoke with the deputy prime minister of malaysia and discussed the matter with him as i did with the singaporean -- who visited australia recently. >> another issue dominating debate during the session has been political donations, particularly those from foreign sources. there's been great concern here >> there's been great concern here about some politicians drawing too close to chinese donors. >> thank you, mr. president. >> my question is to the leader of the government, senator brandis. our third recent reports that on the day china signed off on the agreement -- senator, was this conflict of interest raised to cabinet before or after the cabinet's deliberations over the china free-trade agreement? and if not, doesn't this just reinforce the c

most recently in jakarta earlier in the year and will meet again at a venue to be announced in australia in the second half of this year. now, agencies work with indnessen agencies in a close and collaborative way. but our cooperation doesn't merely extend to indonesia. this is a regional problem, and we work with regional neighbors. i recently spoke with the deputy prime minister of malaysia and discussed the matter with him as i did with the singsporian -- >> another issue dominating debate during the session has been political donations, particularly those from foreign sources. there's been great concern here about some politicians drawing too close to chinese donors. >> thank you, mr. president. my question is to the leader of the government, senator brand. our third recent reports that on the day china signed off on the agreement -- senator, was this conflict of interest raised to cabinet before or after the cabinet's deliberations over the china free-trade agreement? and if not, doesn't this just reinforce the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog? >> the attorney general re

who i play for so, you know, i have kind of decided early on that newher i play, you know, in york, jakartan't matter -- your you doesn't matter, in waco, texas, the most important thing i can do is be totally present and totally engaged. there is nothing more important. it is the focus. what that means is not ring in present and that i'm delivering a package and here is the package, but more like, ok, if i ,lay for a group of people whether kindergartners or inner-city school, white house, you think about what you are trying to say, who you are saying it to, but the only thing that is important is that they remember something that will make them make, perform an action afterwards, so it is living material. david: do ever have a problem that you're thinking about one thing and you are playing a piece? yo-yo: when i play, it is absolute concentration. david: you don't have any lapses? yo-yo: i can feel mental lapses. david: you don't use music. yo-yo: i do sometimes, and sometimes i don't hear it what i tell people is if you want to memorize pieces, do that before you are 21 years old, becau

for over 30 years, violent clashes occurred between rebels and the jakarta government, until 2004, when a peace treaty was signed. over 15,000 people died in that confli. two years after the peace treaty, aceh was hit by a series of deadly floods, killing dozens. experts believe extensive logging in the rrounding hills caused the floods. >> [speaking local language] >> after such adversity, many communities are just trying to rebuild. and for young farmers like sabaruddin, elephants and other wildlife pose a threat to their livelihood. >> [speaking local language] >> with money on e line, it's often hard to find solutions that are good for both peop and elephants. but with no solutions at all, the conflicts can turn ugly. baby elephants are often captured, domesticated, and used for entertainment. >> [speaking local language] [ephant grls] >> this is rajah the elephant. he's been named by the villagers who found him in a trap, on a plantation about a month ago. apparently he's just over a year old. as cute as he is, it's a really tragic story. he's on his own, chained up, padlocked, wel

in the capital jakarta, muslim hard-liners recently pushed the christian governor out of office. he was sentenced to two years sn prisonon for blasphehemy agait islam. momoney has beenen pouring intno indonesia from conservative saudi arabia, for new mosques, schools and universities. ratna sary tells us conservative forces are on the rise here in acaceh. 340 people were caned in aceh in ththe past year. therere could be m more than t th y year. the shariaia police are abusig their grgrowing power. >> it affefects women worst of all. they're deemed immoraral. aftetea public b beating, womn often can't get back on track agagain. they have to movove away, they lose their jobs. / the public caning continues. it's the young man kururnia's turn. he also gets 25 lashes from the algogojo - the "exexecutioner". and then the show is over, t te audience is sent home and and kurnia is a free man. he spent four months in prison for r his forbidden relationsh. we go with him to a cafe, where he tells his story. >> i've never committed a crime in my life. i never wawant to experiencece anythin

spoke to the journalist who broke the story, krithika varagur in jakarta, indonesia's capital. talked about what shee discovered in her invevestigati. >> i went to a factory in west java about three hours from jakarta that makes clothes for a global conglomerate that makes clothing for a bunch of high profile brands, including calvin trump.and ivanka what i found was fairly typical of other indonesian garment factories, which is to say there were quite a few labor violations according to the workers that i spoke with. consistent unpaid overtime for poorly compensated overtime, extremely low minimum but quiteill legal, low for indonesia and quite low for asia. and reports of verbal abuse from company management. amy: talk about the people you met there, particularly the young women and what they had to say about their work conditions. >> thihis is a p pretty large factctory, almost 3000 people. the vast majority of the people who work there are women. often, they are the breadwinners for their whole family. wageact about this minimum and the reason this town has become quite att

drier conditions down towards jakarta.mainly through the south of iberia. some getting close to rome and sicily is not looking good either and there area not looking good either and there are a few wildfires burning close to croatia and montenegro. not much sign ofany croatia and montenegro. not much sign of any rain in the next few days. i pressure in charge in the mediterranean. more sunshine to come. there is somewhat a whether to be had in france across the alpine region and further east towards warsaw. it is more like the middle 20s as we head towards paris and warsaw. back on our shores we will end the week with a spell of wind and rain. it will be wettest and windiest across the south—west of england. this story has been developing in the past our soul. is being granted merrily released by a parole board after serving nine of the 33 year jail sentence for armed robbery. they have shut them the largest marketplace on the dark web. here is the us attorney general. this is the largest dark market web takedown in world

from get the latest now jakarta.e about what is the theme it you will be watching as you wait for key releases this week? imfhen we talk about the and gdp, let's get those out-of-the-way. percent to 3% to that we have not been able to break out of since the global financial crisis. the lasta key wants, time the imf updated its economic forecast, the mood music was much more positive about all regions of the global economy finally starting to show signs of growing in the same direction. we don't know what the report will say, but let's look for some continuity in that language that waspril and now the most upbeat the imf forecast had been for some time. 3% we have, 2% to not been able to break out of, not great, not terrible. this expansion is getting long in the tooth in the u.s., still 2% to 3% after eight years is pretty good. yvonne: pretty good. we've been hearing of this global synchronized recovery, but japan and china better than expected, so maybe some upgrades from the imf, but that 2.5% for the u.s. scenes

now, microsoft is having just been a lot more money on r&d jakarta keep up with microsoft and googlend others. emily: last quarter, they have rolled out some new devices. how is the hardware line doing? cory: the hardware businesscory: is not big for them. it was a way for them to lead and show by example. the computing business, the pc business, they call it more personal computing, which is ridiculous. more personal.intelligent cloud . if they had a stupid cloud business, i would allow them the adjective. soapbox, i am to. -- am done. 1%.usiness down only that is a home in victory in this environment were only apple is seeing growth in pcs. emily: speaking of personal, pc shipments continued to fall. what does that mean for microsoft overall given the windows news? cory: this could have been a lot worse. we talked about over the course of doing -- it is growing. emily: seven years and counting. cory: again, down 1%. they would happily take that while they grow this business. i have always liked this comparison of looking at wall street estimates, but with this move in the cloud and

he has this to say in jakarta, indonesia about america.ve nationalism and developed and undeveloped countries and increased development against minority groups and the bad treatment of people who don't look like us or practice the same fate as that. i don't believe the future favors strong man. i believe the creatures those who are tolerant man. abby: is not actually mentioning the president by name, but underneath the strong wording said it all. why can't you be strong man and also accepting of people? is that not possible today? dream to also stand for your country and not intervene in wars and create nationbuilding and be able to protect the people that our country is employed to do. we have defense of this country and purpose. we pay taxes to defend our country. not just open our borders to allow anyone and we want. the translation is easy. nationalism can be sovereignty or america. resentment toward minorities now would president trump is talking about. how about strongmen. maybe it's better to have a lid on the country then unleashed

in new york give up to jakarta but what's happening now.resident trump his family spent their first independence day hosting a picnic for military families. the president vowed he would continue to support our servicemen and women. the fireworks that displaying arizona's starting a wildfire. authorities were a little put out the fire at the bluewater resort casino. later wrote on facebook no one was hurt. theme songs, the world just largest maker is increasing its output. they plan to support $18 billion into expanding its chip manufacturing facilities that according to reports, chips generate almost half of the operating revenue last year. checking your sake nick's features right now are mixed. dow futures holding up slightly with nasdaq futures pointing lower. technology tracks still the same for traders today. cheryl: so true, laurie. what is happening overseas of young traders mind in particular with north korea. they test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. let's bring in chris p. l-lima, l-lima -- police action in iraq war ve

is going through this huge transition with the jakarta -- the chip cards. businesses are trying to upgrade to that chip technology and payment processors see that as an opportunity to gain share. julia: and you take him everything is chip-based -- in the u.k. come everything is chip-based. scarlet: thank you so much. up, the united nations security council holding an emergency meeting today after north korea's rocket launch. we will discuss the geopolitical imprecations of that country's increased hostility. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 12:00 p.m. in london. scarlet: welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ -- "bloomberg markets." ♪ >> we're live from bloomberg next headquarters over the hour. in politics, growing concerns over north korea's aggression after they launched missiles. .et to begin any moment now also saying the missile was a type not previously seen before. meanwhile, the cloud of north korea looming over the start of the g-20 summit. senior fellow at yale university's jackson institute discussing geopolitical risk and the impact of tra

jakarta guys joining the party.. .9 percent.sliding a week that has a lot of macro as well as micro drivers. we had earnings out of wall street. hong kong up about half a percent and the cfi 300 on the mainland in china of one third of 1%. we are seeing some outliers when it comes into the stock market. we see bonds climbing but the japanese tenure is climbing -- is falling. the boj cutting its purchasing of five to 10 year notes. the currency space, the dollar trading near a 14 month low. that is setting most asian forex on the up. higher but it is trading near a two month high. extraent moon did get an budget passed on saturday. the biggest drag for the kospi. crude prices extending on fridays decline. the taiwanese dollar is on the losing end of the prester best end of these --losing end of the spectrum. i want to show you what is going on when it comes to the hang seng, one of the outliers, adding .4 percent. green for other sectors led by casino stocks and utilities sectors. hscei index staying afloat, said to