>>some malaysian agencies are now taking a similarly pro-active approach to luring malaysian talent home. >>wilson wong was doing his law degree in the uk when the malaysian securities commission approachedhim. >>wong: "i was still in my student house writing my paper when i got an e-mail. i was surprised. they asked me to come to london for an interview. i went and i got the offer then and there. >>reporter: and it's not just a case of losing or not grooming enough local talent to drive the economy forward. >>bardan: the figures as far as the foreign experts are in 2000 it is something like 80-thousand of them working in malaysia but the current figure is slightly less than 40-thousand. so it seems that thus far malaysia is not able to attract the talented workforce." >>reporter: one obvious reason is that malaysian wages are lower than more advanced economies. but that doesn'tmean it can't be very attractive to expatriates. >>andy davison is the publisher of the expat magazine. he also gave input to the government as it looked to set up the talent corporation. >>davison: the cost of li

>>some malaysian agencies are now taking a similarly pro-active approach to luring malaysian talent homeong was doing his law degree in the uk when the malaysian securities commission approachedhim. >>wong: "i was still in my student house writing my paper when i got an e-mail. i was surprised. they asked me to come to london for an interview. i went and i got the offer then and there. >>reporter: and it's not just a case of losing or not grooming enough local talent to drive the economy forward. >>bardan: the figures as far as the foreign experts are in 2000 it is something like 80-thousand of them working in malaysia but the current figure is slightly less than 40-thousand. so it seems that thus far malaysia is not able to attract the talented workforce." >>reporter: one obvious reason is that malaysian wages are lower than more advanced economies. but that doesn'tmean it can't be very attractive to expatriates. >>andy davison is the publisher of the expat magazine. he also gave input to the government as it looked to set up the talent corporation. >>davison: the cost of living is one

i had enough space around my feet. >> the malaysian carrier has set one-way discount fares at around $60 and regular economy seats at $165. the carrier says it has made efforts to cut expenses by omitting some cabin services and raising operation rates. more and more foreign airlines are expanding their flight schedules to japan with the addition of haneda airport's international services. >>> japan aims to boost ice exports to china as part of a new trade deal on farm produce between the two countries. japan is calling on china to ease its rigorous inspection processes. japan's agricultural ministry signed an agreement with china's largest state-run food company on thursday to cooperate in expanding japan rice and other exports to china. japan hopes to tap growing demand in china for safe and high-quality food products. it aims to raise rice shipments to the mainland from the current level of under 100 tons a year to 200,000 tons at first and eventually to a million tons each year. japan's agriculture ministry intends to speed up talks with china on relaxing inspection rules and hop

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 change as we head into the overnight hours. our satellite and radar picture, a storm sitting off the coast by washington and oregon. it's pulling up a lot of moisture up the west coast. were seeing heavy rain

they wanted to use the un secretary ban ki-moon and the former malaysian president to persuade mugabe to step aside. it did not come to anything. what the cable says is we're not going to comment on this plan or plot. when not going to comment but it is encouraging that people are thinking about doing this sort of thing. >> has there been any comment on president obama's standing? >> because or since obama came to power, america's standing in africa is higher than in any place in the world. the controversy in the middle east, in africa, the popularity is high and solid. >> 81 inmates have died in a fire in an overcrowded prison in chile. the blaze broke out after a fight between rival gangs. the country's president has admitted that conditions are inhumane. >> the tragedy at the san miguel prison starts to unfold. frantic shouts from inmates and relatives. for several tense hours, these people who waited at the prison gates foreign is. >> we do not mail -- know anything about my brother. >> their worst fears were confirmed. there were survivors but many of them were badly burned. doct

the agreement was reached during a meeting between malaysian prime minister and the south korean presidentee 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 of the indochina fair of 2010 organized by thailand's tourism authority and the province. the crown went to a woman who received a cash prize, a diamond tiara and a sash. miss indochina w

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 government is sending the couple to the macau special administrative region to mark its tenth anniversary. caretakers of the pandas have already been feeding them the local food including pastries and bamboo. the combined names of the couple mean happiness in chinese and were chosen through a naming contest in macau. >>> hello again. time for another world weather update let's go into eastern as

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 chilly side for many areas of northern china. no surprise there. also quite cold for you in mongolia. but we will remain dry for the better part of eastern and southeast asia. we're going to see pretty calm conditions all the way down to even thailand. but we run into some problems as we hit the phil

you know what, i was also seeing malaysian oil development in an oil feel called haglet, which we are going to be hearing more about. southern sudan, which has had a world with northern sudan, southern sudan on january 9, 2011, very soon, is going to be voting for it's right to it's own independence. now 80% of sudan's oil is in the south of the country. there's only one way that oil leaves the country, through the north. through a pipeline, the pipeline is heavily protected by chinese oil interest. it used to be a u.s. company which has divested because of so much political power. i had the very curious conversation with some of the former farmers, sudanese farmers solved off of their land by oil interest; right? they are now essentially fisherman, they fish in puddles. i had a group of men say to me, why can't you bring back chevron. we much perform chevron and western oil interest to chinese ones. at least they try to get to know us. that is to say in what looks like economic policies, we need to say out of particular areas is frequently on the ground much more complicated than it

for being on the line with us from central moscow tonight police are shut down as we just heard malaysian a square just outside the kremlin tonight fair and more violence as we've also heard so far frankly no sign of that but nonetheless is there a danger that moscow could be become a focus point for hooliganism now. if. it. were. i don't think you heard me say mr boesky is kevin oh and here i was just going to say is that are a danger do you think that moscow could become a focal point for hooliganism. most course in any way the main place for football hooliganism because there are more star football clubs here in moscow football fans and most course also. the main region for racist violence in the country. these two million years of football fans and. groups. somewhere connected there are people from both. so it's a very difficult place for my least to counteract this things and it was so visible this saturday. moscow hasn't seen a football fan riot on this scale in years before the weekend i want to explore with you how is it even possible to so many people to gather outside the kremli

malaysians are flying in and equipment and personnel, to trent of aid themtry and help aid them. 50 peoplebeen killed by a at deck of suicide bombers. the bomber struck a government compound in a tribal area during a meeting about forming an anti caliban militias. many included tribal elders. other world news, officials from the u.s., south korea, japan are meeting in washington to discuss north korea. president barack obama has been on the phones with his counterpart in trent discussing how to handle the crisis the way has says he asked that north korea know is aggressive rows are unprecedented and unexpected roll. it occurs just not the artillery fire but also the north koreans expansion of its own nuclear program. 5:28 a.m. we'll back with more numbing, here's a live look for maariv camera in full of good to forecasters had. and we at that, live chats the bay bridge and left, richmond san rafael toll plaza on the right. dampen out there, some showers still falling louisa is following where the cells are falling. in morning. >> in more and painting in across. all a lot our part we should