, our malaysian diaspora and foreigners, both in malaysia and abroad. in undertaking an economic transformation, malaysia must build both world class companies and world class talent." >>reporter: as malaysia has begun placing greater emphasis on developing its services sector, the talent shortfall has been laid bare. and it's a clear impediment to private investment -- both foreign and domestic. >>bardan: of course it is very much a concern of the malaysian employers' federation because there are many complaints by our members that they don't get the right talent to man their human resource requirements. >>reporter: an estimated 700-thousand malaysians, almost all of them skilled, are currently working abroad. thebulk is just next door in singapore. and it's not only the proximity, the cultural similarities orthe higher wages that are responsible for the exodus. >>robert walters is an international human resources company. >>raj: our neighbour has actually gotten the cream of our crop. you get government sectors that go in at the pre-university level s

, our malaysian diaspora and foreigners, both in malaysia and abroad.ing an economic transformation, malaysia must build both world class companies and world class talent." >>reporter: as malaysia has begun placing greater emphasisrvices sector, the talent shortfall has been laid bare. and it's a clear impediment to private investment -- both foreign and domestic. >>bardan: of course it is very much a concern of the malaysian employers' federation because there are many complaints by our members that they don't get the right talent to man their human resource requirements. >>reporter: an estimated 700-thousand malaysians, almost all of them skilled, are currently working abroad. thebulk is just next door in singapore. and it's not only the proximity, the cultural similarities orthe higher wages that are responsible for the exodus. >>robert walters is an international human resources company. >>raj: our neighbour has actually gotten the cream of our crop. you get government sectors that go in at the pre-university level so they actually offer scholarship

we begin with this item sent by rtm malaysia. a bus accident in a northern malaysia killed at least 27 people, most of them thai tourists. the accident took place on a mountainous tourist spot when a double decker tourist bus failed to negotiate a downhill curve and crashed into a rock wall. the police official said the vehicle was headed to kuala lumpur. the tourists were believed to be on their way to board a flight from kuala lumpur to bangkok. >>> the curtain fell on the asian paragames in the southern chinese city of gaung joe on saturday. it featured various cultural programs. it was the first of its kind on the continent. more than 2500 physically challenged athletes from 41 countries and territories vied for medals in athletics, swimming and tennis. china led the medal tally followed by japan and south korea. the flag an torch were handed over to south korean delegates. south korea's incheon will host the next edition of the games in 2014. >>> malaysia plans to build two nuclear power plants by 2022 to reduce its dependen

first, this item sent by rtn malaysia. the militaries of malaysia and thailand will hold their first ever joint exercise in april of next year. the top generals of both countries reached the decision in kuala lumpur on thursday. the drill involving their armies, navies and air forces will be held in thailand's central province. a malaysian general says the objective of the exercise is to exchange ideas on the security of their mutual border. he added other law enforcement agencies will also take part. >>> sri lanka's slrc will begin using digital technology to improve and expand its tv broadcasts. a senior government official said in colombo on thursday that northern and western provinces will start digital broadcasting from next year. the new system will cover the entire nation by 2013. the minister added the viewers will have seen -- will have seven years to buy converters or new digital tv sets. >>> two giant pandas from southwest china sichuan province are set to take their first flight to macau on saturday. the govern

. >>> in southern malaysia, on sunday, a record number of people from various ethnic and religious groups attended special christmas celebrations. more than 10,000 people danced to various tunes at the national christmas open house at the country's oldest portuguese settlement in the state. the highlight of the show was the performance which is a combination of malaysian folk dance and a portuguese dance. the aim of the event was to strengthen unity in this multiracial and multiethnic country. >>> mechanical failure forced a helicopter to make an emergency landing at a reservoir in hong kong. the territory's civil aviation department says all three crew members are safe because the chopper's emergency floats activated. the helicopter was battling a forest fire and was on its way to refill its water tanks when one of its engines ran into problems. after landing on the reservoir, the crew swam ashore in their safety jackets and were sent to the hospital for examination. >>> hi there. it's time for the world weather. let's begin. across east asia, things are looking a little bit on the chill

almost 131,000 of those were killed in indonesia on december 26th, 2004. 68 in malaysia. almost 5400 in thailand. more than 23,000 in sri lanka. >>> a fire in an engine caused a full engine failure after a flight left san francisco for lax. our reporter, traci grant, happened to be on that flight. she said the plane suddenly landed in oakland. she was surprised to hear the pilot say, catastrophic engine failure. >> reporter: it was weird, jessica. we were on the flight. the plane was making a bunch of funny noises. i did notice we appeared to be flying low. suddenly, we just started descending. i thought, there is no way we could be in l.a. by now. it has only been 20 minutes. once we landed, the captain came on the loud speaker and said, oh, we have now landed in oakland. we have made an emergency landing. a fire, an engine fire, with caused catastrophic engine failure. we had to make an emergency landing and you all have to get off the plane. >> tracy and the other passengers were eventually taken to the terminal where they boarded another southwest plane at 11:00 last

no one knows why he did this. 27 people were killed in a bus crash in malaysia. happen with the bus crashed into a divider on the road. 10 people on the bus were injured, it take to the hospital. malaysian authorities are saying it's the worst bus accident in the country's history. a strong earthquake hit off the coast of southern japan today, a 7.4. as a number warning was briefly issued for nearby islands. other than someone foot waves no problems, no reports of damage or injury. >> we have rain moving back into the bay area over night, with the possibility of thunderstorms into the overnight hours. thus, while rain slated for christmas, we'll talk about a coming up after the break. a live look outside from our roof cam over downtown san francisco, plenty of cloud cover out there over the city and most of the bay area. so far really no rain. the storm tracker 4 radar picking up a few light showers here, just off shore of the north bay coastline. near santa rosa, also down in the santa cruz mountains will east of livermore. nothing to remarkable. that will chang

we begin with this item sent by rtn malaysia.ala to double their trade in five years from the current $16 billion annually. the agreement was reached during a meeting between malaysian prime minister and the south korean president lee myung-bak in kuala lumpur on friday. the leaders also agreed to explore the possibility of signing a free trade agreement and inked two memoranda of understanding to boost cooperation in research and development and renewable energy. >>> sri lanka's navy has organized various events over the past days to mark its 60th anniversary. on friday, a colorful parade took place in colombo. the president honored three navy officers for their service. earlier this week, senior naval officers from over 20 countries including china, great britain, india and russia, attended a seminar on security and safety at sea. an international regatta was also organized to mark the navy's anniversary. >>> a contest to choose miss indochina 2010 took place in northern thailand's province on thursday. the competition is part

the men's game highly anticipated men's singles final the world's number one in each our way of malaysia easily dispatched indonesia's. traffic you ask me to just to go and find victory taking the first twenty one nineteen cruising through the second twenty nine six super series title of the year. action of the n.b.a. and there was another solid performance from our as he scored seventeen points to help memphis squeeze past the l.a. clippers eighty four eighty three that's all in company came to the city of angels waiting to secure a second straight year and especially as the clippers colleagues have the worst record in the league but the hosts got off to the back to start their high flying rookie blake griffin in the twelfth meet the test done and the clippers finished the first half with a six point advantage for this three pointer however it was in the final quarter where the take this poor defensive play was eventually shown up the hosts committed twenty seven turnovers a risk game became the treatment for success the clippers one point down and had possession with five seconds remai

elsewhere in the men's club the highly anticipated men's singles final world number one leach our way of malaysia easily dispatched indonesia and then to cancun tough to do that they needed just two games to claim victory taking the first twenty one months in prison for the second twenty nine so the six super series title of the year and that's all from the sports desk this bulletin that will be back with another update in just under two hours time you don't need them. well. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've got the huge area covered. we use special knowledge that an accessory quick money. they are ready for. you can ask what. became their brother. the shouldn't those people were birds and the premisses. want to live in a free flight.

>> they're from malaysia. if you remember the czarzy. this is a delicacy in china.ne here in this country but they're also killed for their perfume in that part of the world. they have glands on the front legs there. >> and that's called the civet. >> exactly. different types civets. >> you say this one is about eight years old. how old will they live? >> about 15 years old. this animal will live to be up. but we were in malaysia filming we tried to find those animals. it's very difficult. they're a nocturnal animal. >> this is gorgeous. the eurasian owl. i've never seen an owl up close. >> it's the largest owl in the world. it's not even full grown. look at the talons there. a lot of pressure per square inch. it's the only animal in the world on every continent except antarctica. every continent except antarctica. >> this is the largest one? >> the eurasian -- also the orange eyes is that? >> that's typical. see how he almost turns his head all the way around. because the eyeballs are so big they cannot move. you can move your eyes like this up and down. the owl ca

. >> these ceos are not going to stop making things in malaysia. they are globalizing capital without globalizing workers rights. there is no benefit. we give the big deal to the banks, they got bailed out, which was a good thing. bank of america is -- >> here is what president obama and a lot of democratic lawmakers did not want, they did not want to have to go to unemployed people and saying you don't get your benefits. >> i don't believe the republicans have the nerve to cut off -- >> well, they did. >> $50 billion for 2 million workers which is a big deal. it is not balanced. >> here is what the president had to say about the compromise he made. >> i know there are different aspects of this plan to which members of congress on both sides of the aisle object. that is the nature of compromise. but we worked hard to negotiate an agreement that is a win for middle class families and a win for our economy. we can't afford to let it fall victim to either delay or defeat. >> i mean, they want to move forward. the folks who are voting yes, they want to

the nineteen seventies when you saw the asia hubs being created with cathay, with singapore, with malaysia next door to singapore. >>clark: there will never be a question of capacity outstripping demand for emirates. in truth with what we have ordered and will order we are still short of capacity even when all these airplanes are in place. >>reporter: when talking about the gulf there are no certainties but as the centre of economic gravity shifts further eastwards there are for example 2 billion people within 4 hours flying time of the uae it seems that the new breed of carrier is now cleared for takeoff. >> abirached: still to come on world business... the brave new world of automated trading, where speed is king. is shark diving in south africa a valuable tourist attraction or does it just put surfers and swimmers on the menu. coming face to face with jaws.... and the rest in just a moment on world business... >> abirached: since stocks and shares began to be traded, markets have fluctuated, sometimes wildly as confidence and panic swell, than crash prices. the reason for this of course

the things i wanted to do was to start the process of eliminating apartheid in south africa and malaysia we will successful in rhodesia. we laid the groundwork for progress toward the end of apartheid in south africa. that my daughter was arrested three times for demonstrating against apartheid in south africa. so we were able to of form a peaceful relationship with china for the first time. normal diplomatic relations. the result -- resolve of potential conflict. we brought peace. a bill down the list of things. as we try to do. >> host: would you ever at this point in your life -- you have broken the mold as an ex-president and are very much an individual and marched to the beat of your own drum. could you ever imagine being arrested like your daughter was? say somebody was going to drill the arctic refuge, would you be willing to go to a protest and actually be arrested? do you draw a kind of line from something like that? >> guest: i will say that if an issue came up that i felt was a matter of moral conflict if it happened i would certainly consider being arrested. i know that i wou

it includes not only traditional nato allies like france and turkey but nowhere pardners like malaysia and the united arab emirates. it brings the total strength of the international coalition in afghanistan to 140,000. afghan forces are taking the lead in morend more operations. these costs have led many to woer why we remain in afghanistan and how we can hop to achieve an outcome that is worth the sacrifice. as president obama said at west point, i am convinced that our security has a place in afghanistan and pakistan. but the president explained that this is no idle danger. as we have seen, been it is true that terrorist threats can come from any number of visitors around the world. there are a number of factors that make the border regions a dangous source of terrorism and instability. obama has made a commitment to defeating al qaeda and denying them sanctuary in the country. one of the factors is the region's history. leadership has prepared for terrorist attacks of the last. that includes a tax on london ttacks oni -- a ta mumbai.nd new b there is nowhere else in the world lesse

it includes not only traditional nato allies like france and turkey but nowhere pardners like malaysia and the united arab emirates. it brings the total strength of the international coalition in afghanistan to 140,000. afghan forces are taking the lead in more and more operations. these costs have led many to wonder why we remain in afghanistan and how we can hope to achieve an outcome that is worth the sacrifice. as president obama said at west point, i am convinced that our security has a place in afghanistan and pakistan. but the president explained that this is no idle danger. as we have seen, been it is true that terrorist threats can come from any number of visitors around the world. there are a number of factors that make the border regions a dangerous source of terrorism and instability. obama has made a commitment to defeating al qaeda and denying them sanctuary in the country. one of the factors is the region's history. leadership has prepared for terrorist attacks of the last. that includes a tax on london ttacks oni -- a ta mumbai.nd new b there is nowhere else in the worl

i just had a group of graduate students, had students from malaysia and pakistan and columbia, and spainalong with american students. everyone had a capability of asking, and iran, asking each other a lot of different questions, and exploring. and i think trying to get history straight, not in terms of that baggage that we'll bring whether own understanding. the other part i think is activism. i believe that it is very important for students to go out and really be involved, if you're international, in terms of going abroad and spending time on exchange programs, and working within various even non-governmental organizations or businesses abroad. so it is a time. i think the part that is really important to see herself as operate in a different world. this weekend bob kaplan, with whom i never agree, basically wrote an article that was nostalgic about the cold war. life was simpler. there was the good guys and the bad guys, and we were the good guys, and people didn't go to war because ethnic conflicts were frozen by the cold war. i think looking backwards is useless. and, therefore, wha

they have also working to forge deeper, stronger relationships with india, indonesia and malaysia and vietnam. reaching agreement on the u.s.-korea agreement signals the united states can return to the leadership position on trade and create much-needed jobs based on exports here at home. also we must play a leadership role in negotiating and pursuing new f.t.a.'s like transatlantic partnership. even the president of the chairman's export council warned failure to approve these agreements will leave the united states at a significant disadvantage to other nations working to lower barriers to trade. for example, in southeast asia where the united states exports as much as it does to china, china has already negotiated a free trade agreement with all ten asean countries. we have the opportunity to do it. one of them is to increase jobs through the asia pacific region with the transpacific partnership, or t.p.p. the t.p.p. would ensure the united states remains fully engaged in the asia pacific region where strong economic growth will occur in the 21st century. the current partners invol

i just had a group of graduate students with students from malaysia, pakistan, colombia, spain, alongdents, and we had had a capability -- and around, and asking each other different questions, exploring, trying to get history straight, not in terms of the baggage we all bring with our own understanding. the other part, i think, is activism. i believe that it is very important for students to go out and really be involved, if you are international in terms of going abroad and spending time on exchange programs, and working within the various either non-governmental organizations or businesses abroad. i think the part that is really important is to see yourself as operating in a different world. this weekend, there was an article written that was not stop logical -- that was the stocks it about the cold war. there were the bad guys, and the good guys. people did not go to war because ethnic conflicts were frozen. i think he's looking backwards is useless. what has to happen is you need to use capabilities to be able to go out there and really explore the possibilities. the other part t

it includes not only traditional nato allies like france and turkey but nowhere pardners like malaysia and the united arab emirates it brings the total strength of the international coalition in afghanistan to 140,000. afghan forces are taking the lead in more and more operations. these costs have led many to wonder why we remain in afghanistan and how we can hope to achieve an outcome that is worth the sacrifice. as president obama said at west point, i am convinced that our security has a place in afghanistan and pakistan. but the president explained that this is no idle danger. as we have seen, been it is true that terrorist threats can come from any number of visitors around the world. the are a number of factors that make the border regions a dangerous source of terrorism and instability. obama has made a commitment to defeating al qaeda and denying them sanctuary in the country. one of the factors is the region's history. leadership has prepared for terrorist attacks of the last. that includes a tax on london ttacks oni -- a ta mumbai.nd new b there is nowhere else in the world l