in hong kong. i'm paul allen.rs maintained momentum in april. manufacturing pmi came in at 51.4%, slightly above estimates. 54.8,so be forecasts that the best since january. the results indicate the economy remains robust, despite official attempts to rein in undead. home secretary has resigned amid claims she misled parliament over moving illegal immigrants. critics have been calling for her to step down and prime minister theresa may has accepted her resignation. it was a counterpoint to foreign secretary boris johnson. we'll work together to preserve the nuclear deal even if the u.s. walks away. spoke withrump spo hassan rouhani and agree to protect the accord. the trump administration faces a deadline, and he may withdraw. tehran has said it has no interest in renegotiating the accord. has named new international board members as it moves towards what could be a record initial public offering. the outgoing dow chemical's chairman and ceo top the list of five new directors. the aramco ipo is the cornerstone of

i am rishaad salamat in hong kong.h president macron has proposed a first look at the iran deal during his state visit to the u.s. this comes before the deadline on whether to walk away. let's have a look at this with jodie snyder. what is macron's message on iran? >> he went to the u.s. and said they would be willing and he thinks it is a good idea, to renegotiate the agreement to not only require iran halt its development of its nuclear ofgram, but curb development ballistic missiles, and also that it would agreed not to engage in regional conflicts and wars. rishaad: they say they don't anyway. >> that is what they would say. this is a play on grounds part -- on president macron's part after discussing this with theresa may and angela merkel, who have said they want to stay in this program. it is a way to get the u.s. to say we will stay. we will be willing to renegotiate a make it tougher. that might address some of our points of concern. rishaad: there is a lot between the rapport between president macron and pres

i am rishaad salamat in hong kong.stralia's third-largest energy producer, santos, surging after harbor energy came in with an improved offer from the company. since up 17.3%, the most march, 1980 six, for that stock. that's get the details on this offer getting investors excited. our asia energy reported has been tracking the story. what are the details, and it is clearly a lot more appealing to investors this time. >> it is a much improved offer. thet 43% higher than original deal. this is actually -- this is the fourth offer made. in august ofoff last year. that was rejected by the santos board back at four dollars and $.55. -- $4.55. it is through billion dollars more than where they started. it's is clearly a company that they want to get their hands on it. haidi: i am wondering why, because it has hardly been a banner. what is the appeal? perry: it's been a really tough couple of years for santos. they got hammered when the oil price took such a dive, and probably the most correlated australian stock to the oil p

hong kong reserves remain ample.s interest rates continue to widen, showing hong kong rates lower and u.s. rates higher. rishaad: why is that happening? >> as we know externally, u.s. rates are moving higher, but for hong kong you have short growth and continued inflows, so you continue to have ample liquidity in the system. that has not changed over the past few years. what we have seen is rather than moving higher alongside u.s. rates, hong kong rates are moving lower. that is why we have widening interest rate differentials, more people looking at this as a nice carry trade, and therefore pushes up the dollar. rishaad: has the hong kong monetary authority done enough? >> this is a link exchange rate system. it depends on the global situation. if we see more equity outflows, they may have to do more, but they have done close to $51 billion. that is a lot. if you look at the monetary base in hong kong reserves, there are still a lot of reserves they can go through. to 100ank moves closer million dollars, rates becom

system currently only zero point one percent of hong kong's energy comes from renewables compare that to seventeen percent in china seventy eight percent of electricity comes from fossil fuels it's the city's biggest pollutant but environmentalist say hong kong has the potential to turn that around a recent university study found that a quarter of the city's three hundred nine thousand buildings are suitable for solar panel installation if used effectively the buildings could provide ten percent of hong kong's energy consumption cutting carbon emissions by three million tons a year companies that invest in green buildings get tax breaks at the moment though there are no clear incentives for small businesses or households the praties from tommy's aquaponics farm go to scaffold. nearby his next project is to fill rise the entire operation but he says he can't afford to go all green until there's a change in government policy if you go palin are jazeera hong kong. this is al jazeera these are the top stories international inspectors in syria have collected samples from the scene of an al

this is the hong kong dollar.onetary authority has been piling and buying local currency but it is implacable and up against the weakest part or the weakest part of its trading range against the dollar which is 7.85. whatever the hkma does it is not bearing fruit. this has to be the yuan. donald trump says beijing is a currency manipulator along with moscow. we're seeing a currency which has depreciated by 9% against the greenback in the last year. that is what we have. rba's april meeting minutes out in a few minutes. the latest in their deliberations. rations. welcome to the xfinity store. i can tell you about... streaming the most free tv shows and movies on the go. yeah, and... xfinity internet. it's so fast! and you can save by... by getting up to 5 mobile lines included. whoa, you're good. i'm just getting started. ♪ simple. easy. awesome. come see how you could save $400 or more a year with xfinity mobile. plus ask how to keep your current phone. visit your local xfinity store today. lovely camera. 929 a.m.

peace and quiet in hong kong. but we begin in germany where a series of attacks has been taking place in berlin and cars have been set on fire individuals threaten what those targeted have in common is their stance against racism so far the police have yet to make any arrests. no income is a buzz in the bar other it's become a magnet they have stood it has something to list cafes in the capital and pleasant old apartment buildings the neighborhood is multicultural and lively. but there's another side tonight because there have been fifty incidents there involving right wing extremists over the past two years hines austin man runs a bookshop an icon he's been one of the targets he came under attack when he spoke out against racism and rightwing populism. you would. get some but i told my shop window was smashed in december twenty sixth seen me on the following month and with my car was torched right in front of my home from my house and now this february the same thing happens with my new car i'm with them as it fi

that is why we are playing the game in hong kong. hong kong is the perfect place.e to bring you back to hong kong because we are here. has run so.s. market powerfully in many years, this to play's time for us catch-up game. so many good earnings reports, profitability. our markets don't really reflect what's going on here. rishaad: why do you think not? lia: this is the center of everything in asia. why not? there's so many reasons. number one, they always get panic. the behavior of human nature. calm, like youo and me, talking about this. of newcomerst coming. they don't know what's going on in hong kong, you know? newcomers from china. a lot of new investors coming. they have to get some experience through the up and down. at the end of the day, we want to buy good stocks at a reasonable price. me, what stocks are the normal price? program,been on this saying the h-shares are going to catch up. lia: it happened. it happened. sharesst 10 years, h- trading at the 9000 level. now, we are at the 12,000 level for a wild. the premium has been narrowed so much. that wil

hong kong and china is no longer. two places they are actually part of. the china says both multi-billion dollar transport projects will deliver hong kong more dividends with its integration one bridge to link three of the region's biggest to its. al-jazeera china hundreds of people in china's capital have been celebrating holy saturday catholics in beijing attended prayer services and lit candles on the day before easter for years catholics in china have been split between those who follow government authorized churches and those who go to underground churches that pledge allegiance to the pope and the vatican many christians in iraq can pray and gather at easter for the first time since the defeat of eisel the city of mosul where the armed groups destroyed many churches on the community there saying they're trying to rebuild their lives because a man called reports from baghdad it's not without challenges. for many easter is a time to mark the resurrection of jesus christ it's a time of rebirth and reflection and fo

hong kong. you can find them much more about the stories we are following head to our website that algis they were dot com. our mind of our top stories here on out is iraq sixty three people have died and more than one hundred have been injured in attacks on voter registration centers in afghanistan fifty seven people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside of registration sent in the capital kabul the area targeted has a population that's mostly made up of shia has r us it was another attack just north of the city in baghlan province where an explosion killed six people from the same. place in armenia have detained the opposition politician nicole. and two of his colleagues have been leading them to government protests passion nam was arrested shortly after an unsuccessful meeting with the newly appointed prime minister sergey c.m. he's demanding really to step down accusing him of a power grab. france's president has urged donald trump to stand by the iran nuclear deal

hong kong and china is no longer. two places the new part of the of the main in the children says both multi-billion dollar transport projects will deliver hong kong more dividends with its integration using one bridge to link three of the region's biggest economy it's soon clark al jazeera china. is of the top stories on al-jazeera israel's defense minister has rejected international calls for an investigation into the killing of sixteen palestinians during landay protests on the gaza border a day or lieberman says the troops acted appropriately firing only at palestinian protesters who pose a threat a twelve year old boy hit by israeli gunfire says he was about thirty meters away from the border and fourteen will be safe as long as he didn't touch the barrier or throw stones meanwhile hospitals engel's are struggling to cope with an influx of palestinians injured during fighting with israeli troops and a fifteen hundred people have reportedly been injured since friday doctors say they're running out of medicine and

kong. markets opening here in just under a minute. 9:29 in hong kong.he military strikes in syria. donald trump same mission accomplished. toshiba -- this is take my son manifest. that has been a long-running story. looking at japanese inflation this week, can get any nearer? there is risk straight on top of that. where is shinzo abe? focus on financials as well as the u.s.. looking at wells fargo, yelich wasn't as such. let's get a sense of what the risk appetite is out there. the dollar-yen was weaker. we are not pushing for the stronger side of the session. one of 741. this is where we are. we are watching the curve here. you're seeing 35 basis points. this is a little bit above 36. lots of fed speakers starting tomorrow. said, is the structure more built in, especially for the longer and public her that we are not convinced that there is inflation coming through. have a look at that. 36 basis points. chinese markets are opening up. we will get to that and just a moment that we are lower on the csi 300. a chair is started. we are not pushing lower as

china and hong kong maybe a half hour away.ut they're coming online. >> asian stocks are looking mixed. u.s. futures are pointing higher but it could be because of the uptick in treasury of the we are definite or risk appetite when it comes to stocks. in tokyo we have the dollar-yen toward that one that we handle. we want to highlight was going on in singapore, stocks losing intensive -- a 10th of a percent. creating tof overweight from neutral on a positive earnings outlook, particularly from financial firms. a little bit of focus on the earnings agenda. japanese stocks are plush wedding the yen falls for a fourth session. they are respected to be solid ahead of the boj policy committee. although the yen could find support given the political scandal surrounding abe and the finance ministry. --port for our base cabin continues to say. i want to check in on toshiba shares that were rising over 5%. we could miss a deadline to sell this chip to a f group. a spokeswoman on sunday said she intends to follow through with the transac

rishaad: hong kong observatory, 9:29 in hong kong.ina markets about to arrowlooking like an up story. out that has been taken positive by the trading community. donald trump suggesting there is a way for the united states to rejoin the tpp. also, he is ordering a special inquiry into the u.s. postal service, seen as another salvo at amazon. we had stronger-than-expected growth coming out of the city state, singapore, changing its stands for the first time in two years. solid economic growth prospects for singapore as well responsible for that this year at least. back to the open, premarket up .1%. financials and information-technology leading the gains. sophie: ahead of the chinese trade update, we are seeing the mood lift across greater china, the shanghai composite rising .4%, the hang seng up .7% after slipping thursday. more optimistic view on chinese growth prospects. the world bank raising its outlook to six point 5% when it comes to gdp growth compared to adding forecast of 6.4%, to the cheerful update from the pboc governor re

hong kong. reminder that you can always keep up with all the news on our website that's at al-jazeera dot com. hello again i'm one of the headlines on al-jazeera and a bomb attack on a voter registration santa has killed at least four people a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the capital kabul claim of responsibility but have been attacked in the past week and the two elections in october i mean his prime minister has talks with a man who's led days of mass protests demonstrations are calling for the prime minister's resignation accusing him of a power grab he took over the prime minister's office after serving a maximum of ten years as president international inspectors and soviet have collected samples from the scene of an alleged chemical attack in the town of two weeks ago that follows a week of delays that france is blaming on syria's ally russia a few held in gaza for a fourteen year old boy shot by an israeli sniper he's one of thirty nine palestinians killed in the past four we

here in hong kong. i am yvonne mann. welcome to "daybreak asia." will allowll -- some countries to be exempt from aluminum tariffs, but not all. bloomberg's global headquarters, i am betty little. liu. after -- betty just after 7 p.m. sunday evening in new york. the t-mobile ceo wants to shake up american wireless. ♪ >> good would not be the word i'd use to describe these industrial protections. south korea industrial production for the month of down is adjusted here, 2.5% month on month, much worse than what economists had estimated. year, down 4.3%. expectations among economists for the month of march forecast -- industrial production to decline by 1.6%. there are quite a few troubles in the auto sector, including some plants shut down. this is a time we have seen these numbers shrink for the first time since december. any indication as to what we are looking into for the second quarter -- the mantra is that these are going to moderate. seen, globalhave demand is still quite strong. once we getmore those trade numbers out of south korea. >> inves

hong kong. hello again all of those have a problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera at least thirty one people have been killed in an explosion at a voter registration center and ball police say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the doorway of the building there have been attacks at other centers during the past week elections are set to take place in october. but after i heard a bang i rushed to the side of the blast and when i arrived at the scene we helped many wounded people to carry them to hospital all the victims were women and children who were here to get their identity cards and registration and all the news several armenian opposition figures have been held by police after leading mind days of mass protest against the prime minister the most high profile protest leader. was among both detained but police are denying this earlier televised talks between russia and prime minister broke down after less than two minutes. the funeral was held on saturday for a fourteen year

russian facilities to operate in central home tome no on the some side that undermines hong kong told me under the one country two systems agreement it's a kind of infrastructure telling the people of hong kong or even the people in maine and that you know hong kong and china is no longer two places they are to do part of them off the main in the children says both multibillion dollar transport projects will deliver home combe more dividends with its integration using one bridge to link three of the region's biggest economies. al-jazeera china the family and friends of the renowned scientist stephen hawking have paid their final respects at his funeral in the u.k. more than five hundred people attended the service at a church near cambridge university where he was a fellow for half a century thousands of people lined the streets outside to say goodbye stephen hawking is known for pioneering work to help us understand the universe quite a legacy. visit our website when you get a moment to al-jazeera al-jazeera. keep it or. pick up the headlines on al-jazeera video has emerged with pale

kong takes us to the place where he lived with his family in an underground shelter a place where they all lay dying how long did you stay down in the shelter. from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon surrounded by his memories congress spent years wishing for a way to understand why the soldiers committed the crime that is devastated as life . what would it be like for you to meet a soldier who actually participated in the killing to come back and it meant that here. i would ask him a question. why would he kill ordinary people women and children and women with babies in their bellies we condos it know it now but he will soon get the opportunity to ask that question kinchela still cherishes that they did snapshots of the day he left home to join the army it was all he ever wanted to do he was a skinny very young looking nineteen year old that was october one thousand nine hundred sixty six six months later he was in hawaii eagerly learning how to be a soldier and six months after that he was in vietnam. part of charlie company first battalion twenty of the fintry charlie

we've seen the hong kong dollar strengthen. companies are one of the group of companies being avoided because of that potential unwind in that carry. joins us.aud ceo of the second largest bank in pakistan by asset. have the us and we infinity president. we spoke with him as well. we'll talk about china and the changing policies. rishaad: and abe and trump. more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> i'm mark crumpton in new york. you're watching "bloomberg technology." and islandwide blackout has struck puerto rico, which is struggling with an unstable power grid seven months after hurricane maria. officials say it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power. some 40,000 people have been without electricity since maria struck in september. investigators from the national transportation safety board are examining the damaged southwest airlines plane that made an emergency landing at philadelphia's airport tuesday. one passenger was killed, seven others injured when debris from an engine fan blade shattered a w

of the trading day in hong kong.terday china was closed. trying to digest this news from the white house. officials trying to tamp down expectations of a trade war, with the president doing the opposite. let's bring in sophie looking at the open. tone afterautious being caught by surprise. 1%, a strongoff negative signal, and the yen rebounding after a three-day loss, but set for a second weekly decline. elsewhere, stocks and kuala lumpur gaining ground, rising for a second straight day amid speculation around when parliament might be dissolved to make way for elections. we are seeing stocks on the retreat. another big data point is the u.s. jobs report, next data point to provide direction for markets. saying watch for the yen to move towards 108 should those numbers come in strong. oil under pressure. brent headed for a weekly decline of 2% amid renewed trade tariffs,, petrochemicals, and liquefied world's indicating the biggest oil buyer is not afraid to use energy. taking a look at the mood in .apan, stocks fluct

rishaad: i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. trade high on the agenda as washington and beijing dialback the rhetoric. investors like that idea. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." certainly this session on xiday, a lot of liking of jinping's speech at that form, not so much this time. zuckerberg,m mark but that rhetoric has been dialback. does donald trump actually say xi jinping blinked, or does he double up on what he has been doing? haidi: at the moment, it seems like a love in with those conciliatory remarks followed by the responsiveness from president trump, saying it is good they are seeing some movement when it comes to trade negotiations. we are waiting on some key inflation numbers out of china, 30 minutes away from the open. let's take a look at markets coming online. we saw that optimism overnight from wall street, not so much in asia? when lookingo much for direction, but the open and taiwan, stocks rising. heavyweights reporting margin sales numbers. there is inflation data to consider come march cpi less than fore

i am yvonne man in hong kong -- this is "daybreak asia." i am yvonne man in hong kong.etty: i am betty liu. reassure both domestic business is an international investors. that cross to hine and, -- hine hainan. steve. here. we are the keynoteill give address. a lot of people are speculating on what he might say. he could respond quite stridently against the second round of tariffs coming from the trump administration, or he could take a tack that he took at davos and be more statesmanlike in continuing to be a champion for freer trade and globalization against the headwinds of protectionism coming from abroad. not necessarily naming trump by name or the united states. we don't know. in the 9:00 hour local time. , let's turnspective to the cochair and former commerce secretary. what are you hearing from the chinese? you are in a unique position former u.s.are a official and now in the private sector, but you have high-level meetings, including this year. what are they asking you? obviously, there are a lot of questions around u.s. policy. what is the u.s. objective? beca

hong kong stepped in to defend the dollar.he monetary authority makes its first currency intervention since 2005. bitcoin is back at least for a day. the biggest cryptocurrency remains near $8,000 in its biggest surge since december. ♪ betty: you know, we have been concerned over the last several weeks on geopolitical risk on trade risk. if you look at this chart, it makes it seem we may not even have to worry about downside inflation risks. this line chart shows how the fomc officials are looking at core inflation and now see pretty much zero downside risk to inflation, which then begs the question whether it is now all upside business to inflation instead of three interest rate hikes. they could see four this year. yvonne: that could be a bit of a headway when it comes to the equity rally. the risks we have seen in the last 24 hours, because his invite from that, there are not a lot of does. they are more just talks. betty: absolutely, -- hawks. betty: we got a memo on that earlier this week. it was risk on today in the mark

tops which is discrete areas of thunderstorms that they've been moving through as well so near hong kong some somebody reached in twenty four hours days and i'm told that of course some local flooding that you expect in spring if there is in the showers or the rain is going to develop it further down the coast from hong kong possibly even in northern vietnam where as the winds converge that have a hint there are significant rain for a while in northern vietnam showers in india by contrast are more of a rarity we might see some pretty bushes ones in bangladesh or in the northeast of india even some cloud showing in afghanistan come into northern pakistan otherwise the regularities showers in the sax sri lanka southern india everywhere in between as you well know hot stifling an increasingly houses before the monsoon finally bursts forty two in the pool by tuesday an area of she's rather bereft of water at the moment there we see some decent sandstorms thunderstorms hail showers in the last two weeks throughout the region but instead whenever you see cloud in the forecast you've got to thi

in cities opera for a new generation children hong kong of an old art form a new lease of life. we begin this new this program in syria way represent a global chemical watchdog trying to find out if there's been a chemical attack in duma they arrived in damascus on saturday inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are expected to visit the site of that suspected gas attack in the syrian town of duma that killed more than forty people but u.s. u.k. and france say they are ready getting enough evidence to back up the bombing version of the bombing campaign of the syrian regime's chemical weapons facilities . it now appears the seven years' civil war in syria is moving into its final stages on saturday the syrian government recaptured duma near the capital damascus of the two month military offensive its part of eastern ghouta which has been a rebel stronghold the rebels surrender leaves bashar assad's government in control of almost all the terror treat near the capital except for a pocket of three neighborhoods in southern damascus around a palesti

cantonese opera for a new generation children in hong kong given old art form a new lease of life. here and security council has voted down a russian draft resolution condemning missile strikes on syria by the u.s. france and u.k. the draft criticize what it called aggression on friday the three countries fired more than one hundred rockets in response to a suspected chemical attack which they blame on the government of bashar al assad has been used up in a gruesome news learned that the organizers of the aggression didn't even white for the elementary establishment of facts by an international organization which is authorized to do that they supposedly determine everything for themselves and you determine who was guilty i spoke to the president this morning and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the united states is locked and loaded. when our president draws a red line our president enforces the red line. international inspectors have non arrived in damascus to investigate this is fated chemical attack in duma a week ago has the latest from beirut. chemica

hong kong time.s are for a mild pickup from february. yvonne: all right, thank you. we will look ahead to those numbers in a couple of hours. hasralian prime minister react -- has reacted to the ofloration -- the removal australia diplomats from moscow. he said there is no expiration for this move. this was expected, wasn't it? paul: very much according to the playbook, and those two russian diplomats expelled by australia left the country last night, heading back to russia. australia was following the lead of 26 other states around the world, expelling russian diplomat. this has been in retaliation. so of course russia has expelled australian diplomats in retaliation for the explanation ingetting rid of the ones moscow. there is no justification for it, the start of moscow carrying out their duties. while he is disappointed it is not unexpected. the government has updated his travel advice for australians in russia as well. paul: this is the department of travel affairs, and advisor say due to the h

cantonese opera for a new generation children in hong kong given all the art form a new lease of life. it rained a lot over the last week in spain particularly more recently in the northeast this is the result of the overtopping of the banks of the river in the north east of spain's more cloud come in the same direction still feeding much moisture into that area now elsewhere in europe with pressure has been nice and warm and despite the amount of cloud that has run through and the fact we've got fronts and system is still relatively warm we're talking about the low to middle twenty's in most places will be up in moscow seventeen and that mass a cloud over spain is disappeared by the time we get to sunday it's circulating a bit further eastward dissipate altogether in fact most of europe is now experiencing warmish weather but a nuisance cat and rain is no longer of tequila threat to anybody but it will bring some rain to western parts of austria and i think through italy as well at the moment though it is still circulating in the western med has to giving rain to algeria and it still

hong kong and china is no longer. two places. part of the main in the chart it says both multi-billion dollar projects will deliver hong kong more dividends with its integration one bridge to three of the region's biggest economy it's. you high china staying in china hundreds of people in beijing have been celebrating holy week chinese catholics gathered for prayer services and to light candles on the day before easter for years catholics in china have been split between those who follow government authorized churches and those who attend underground churches pledge allegiance to the pope and to the vatican. an easter parade in brazil that usually commemorates christ's crucifixion as this year focused on rising violence in the country. performers in rio de janeiro dropped to the ground at the son of a gun shop shouting dignity and equality the castle locals who used the event to perform what they called the social crucifixion of the slum residents brazil's military took over the city in february in a bid to cope mount

bypassing hong kong altogether.seen some losses in hong kong exchange shares over the past couple of weeks when this idea of cdr's and loosening the ipo rules were mooted at the national people's congress about a month ago. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. up, china's factors recovering from a seasonally dip for the lunar new year. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ rishaad: you are back with bloomberg markets. i am rishaad in hong kong. manufacturerial showing his first increase since november. we will show a similar resilience to the trade war headwinds. joining us now is the economist going us from singapore. it strikes me that there is a divergence in the story. it strikes me that there is a divergence in the story. if you look at the markets and their showing that reaction to a potential trade war, the trade data out of china is something quite different. is this just a number of the data playing catch-up? see, we will see what ,s happening on the trade war's it really has an effect. on the real economy, i think things

there is the festival, a holiday here in hong kong.eek, it seems quiet on the streets. we are 30 minutes away from asia's first major market open. ramy: it looks beautiful over there. it is 7:30 in the evening in new york. markets closed surprisingly higher after the tit-for-tat between china and the u.s. the s&p 500 up. the dow, a turn of more than 700 doors, after it seemed the was open for negotiations between washington and beijing. i am ramy inocencio in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. you are watching "daybreak asia ." administration has indicated it is willing to negotiate with china as trade tensions escalate. beijing announced reciprocal tariffs on u.s. products in line with the $50 billion of duties ordered by president trump. china is targeting soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aviation and says the measure will take effect when the u.s. institutes its own tariffs. >> china will not back up its 2025 program. hard,l work very irrespective of american tariffs, to make sure they develop the holiday -- develop

in hong kong, i am rishaad salamat.aidi: the boj confirms it is it fromg to discuss an ex stimulus, but remains a buyer whales.yo ♪ rishaad: tara tensions continue, waiting for china's response to this latest salvo. more nerves for technology, even though we saw gains for u.s. equities overnight, a mixed picture in asia. debut, evenunusual if they flew the wrong flag. find which again we side of the fence you are on, just the starting point, the 60 iod willultation per wind up with terrorists removed for renegotiated, or on the side of caution, china saying they will reciprocate with these reciprocal, same-scale tariffs. not as badd, markets as we might have expected given the negative news flow. let's head over to sophie with a look at the trading action. sophie: investors are navigating these trade and tech hurdles. with stocks ined sydney and seoul, korea sliding. 225, up, gains for the you racinge topix its advance. malaysia lower by .2%, investors watching for clues when the national election will be called. specul

and hong kong's battle to save its traditional opera. alice springs fairly obvious from the satellite if you look at the amount of clouds over iran over afghanistan to pakistan that she has done anything that ends in stone frankly you can expect rain at the moment less so in iran and less so still in iraq but there are still discreet showers around the euphrates and tigris for example about tails down towards cuba it tempted to run any twelve degrees and in fact is still to remind you it's only april cold different just now in the mountains just to the north southern caspian want us fine with the west for that bit of a breeze every day out again from the wrong direction to right make things really warm but it's pleasant enough twenty six in battery twenty nine in baghdad and by the time we get to choose a it's shot on the rainy and side of the border less a further south or further west but the resupplied around the arabian peninsula and the breeze in science would suggest dusty weather again possibly occasional suns to sandstorms kicked

children in hong kong gave an old form a new niece of life. how the rains are moving north and we will see if you will show us breaking out of a thailand and me i'm about the main regular daily rainfall of any significance is along here been to lose two hundred forty six minutes in the last two days seventy one in the north of sumatra again in the last two days that's the line of fairly regular daily showers but increasing the cloud is pretty up again through the gulf of thailand and i was green splotches suggest significant shows again in thailand myanmar and probably feet now and certainly southern philippines while the less so in an easier it's equally rather dry and i over most of australia the top ten is blue skies but what's happening in the southeast core is a quick change of season is certainly gone from somebody even to early winter you might argue snow has been spotted on the mountains temperature wise but eighteen in melbourne with an onshore breeze twenty in adelaide perth you know is warmer cloudy a tuber twenty eight is pretty su

hong kong and china is no longer. two places you part of. the children says both multi-billion dollar transport projects will deliver hong kong more dividends with its integration using one bridge to link three of the region's biggest economies syria clark al jazeera you high china. still to come. sydney tell you it's all for outside turning it into the hottest ticket in town even if it means watching in the rain and in sport which tennis player will bask in victory at the miami open. combining also and take knowledge. to challenge soviet era methodology. through making creating and performing. turning a generation of children. into the trailblazers of tomorrow. after school. part of the rebel education series this time on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america that most of the world was about covering khuda taz tragedies of quakes and that was it but not for how couple feel how they look how they think and that's what we do we go a long way five and a half months are demanding a good education system that

hong kong and china is no longer. two places they are actually new part of the off the main in the china says both multi-billion dollar transport projects will deliver hong kong more dividends with its integration using one bridge to link three of the region's biggest economies syria plock al jazeera you high china botswana has inaugurated more see bussy seen as his new president the former vice president takes over from ian comma who stepped down after his term limit was reached elections will be held next year catherine sawyer now reports from hebron the president will. inspect the troops of to being sworn in as bullets won his fifth head of state he takes over from former president comma in another peaceful transfer of power in one of africa's strongest democracies his inauguration a proud moment for many who braved the heavy morning rains to witness the ceremony and in his facet dress to the nation she said tackling joblessness would be the fast priority at the moment youth unemployment stands at around twenty eig

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struggling to engage the next generation cantonese opera is considered a unique part of hong kong's identity and industry diodes are determined to keep it alive sarah clarke reports. after sixty years designing and creating traditional head dresses chan caulk yarn is considered a grandmaster in cantonese opera these days he spends less time creating and more time teaching to educate the next generation to appreciate this traditional us. the audience is mostly in their fifty's or sixty's i hope that we have more younger audiences over time that's the crucial point it's a concern shared by some in the industry who say younger people are now more engaged with other types of digital and time and. so they have come up with a plan as well as subjects like math and science primary and secondary students can now study cantonese opera the hong kong government hopes that by making it part of the curriculum it to preserve this unique part of hong kong's cultural heritage the money through this kind of activity we hope to spark kids interest in this culture and they can experience the value of

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in hong kong..m. we are live a from bloomberg's asian headquarters areas welcome to "daybreak asia." asian-pacific stocks face an uncertain start with tech stocks under earnings pressure. u.s. earnings falling for the first time in four days. commodities remain strong despite terror of tensions. bloomberg's global headquarters i am julie hyman in new york, for betty liu. it is just after 7:00 p.m. thursday. echoing imf optimism. -- it says benefits must be shared equally. washington prepares new restrictions on china. powers tose emergency curb investment in certain areas. ♪ julie: we did see a pullback in u.s. stocks after several days of rally. it has once again to do with earnings. what is getting attention is what is going on in the treasury market. we have seen a couple days of yields rising. if you look at the bloomberg, it has meant momentarily a steepening of the yield curve. that is a reversal of the recent direction. flat as 41get as points before reversing course and widening out once again

kong, aacng technology given the sales exposure to huawei. china on the rise, showing expectations have been too conservative and will spur profit upgrade. and over in sydney, after receiving unsolicited cash takeover that represents a 60% from the last close. asian a group has dumped $13 million in assets and most in four months and apparently it isn't over yet. something group sponsored rise from mid-december lows. let's begin bloomberg finance editor, andrew, why the concern despite the bond rebound? gtv, wehis chart at have this spittle to debt. we could see the spike up 14 yields has come down, and was 8% 3%. the aaa bond was at that tells the story, doesn't it? >> there's a turn in the market in terms of guarded optimism coming back a little bit because of the asset sales that you mentioned. the problem is they have massive debt. the company total debt is 100 billion as of november and we might get a test as soon as this week when agent they can release results of how much it has been able to pay down that debt. fact there is overhang i

in hong kong, 11:00 a.m. in sydney. i am haidi lun.his is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ haidi: korea leading the asia-pacific higher, earnings underscoring resilience. chinese stocks expecting to pboc cut the the reserve requirement ratio to improve funding at ranks. also, president trump says the u.s. is already speaking at a high level to north korea. a second day of robust gains when it comes to u.s. stocks, the s&p pushing through that 100-day moving average. can it be sustained? it seems the skyhigh expectations for what is anticipated to be a blowout earnings season is creating quite a bit of support when it comes to sentiment. 30 minutes away from the open. singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. sophie. bounce across asian markets led higher by japan and south korea. 1.1%, the 225 adding kospi up 1.25%. japanese investors with the latest trade figures to digest. surplusnce swung to a and export and import growth less than forecast. this could be a negative for japanese stocks and shinzo abe has that dropped in import show

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salamat in hong kong. jong-un steps into south korean territory, and he writes in the guestbook, a new history begins now. could this pave the way for a more historic summit between donald j. trump and kim jong-un? we will explore that. this is "bloomberg markets: asia ." ♪ rishaad: foreign relations between the north and the south is what we are looking at, the start of the cold war on the peninsula. we have techrishaad: stocks hopo drive equities higher. we have a dollar maintaining its again. let's look at the taipei and kuala lumpur open. >> stocks in kuala lumpur, singapore, and taipei gaining ground. the focus is very much on korean assets. the sun is rising with the sunset policy. the best today advance since march 12 in the kospi. the 10-year note catching a bid as korean 10-year gilts dropping trading -- 10 year yields dropp ing trading. we saw an immediate junk in the currency. -- jump in the currency. yuanuptick in the korean anticipated at the korean summit to give it a short-term boost. yield

in hong kong, i am rishaad salamat.o discuss an ex stimulus, but remains a buyer for tokyo