i'm melissa chan welcome to g.w. news asia thank you for joining us the climate crisis is not something that will happen it is something that is happening and experts estimate up to a 1000000000 people on the planet could become climate refugees this century what does that mean well as sea levels rise people living in coastal regions will see floods most of this will take place in asia nearly 700000000 people will be affected there more than all other continents combined in the philippines climate change is not an abstract concept for those living on low lying islands g.w. visited one of those places called benign one. is a risky boat captain in the norm go on an island district in the bay of manila. he helps people in distress but he's powerless against the. just danger facing his community the island is sinking every year up to 6 centimeters deep into the sea. residents are now rebuilding their houses on the rooftops of their old sunken homes. what scares me the most about the steady sea water rise is that someday

i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia thank you for joining us china says more than 130 people have died from the corona virus with about 6000 cases confirmed across the country in order to combat its spread the government has ordered the partial or full lockdown of many cities that means some 60000000 citizens are currently prisoners in their own home focus and fear have moved beyond china's borders this is a fast moving story but as we go to air in the rest of asia we are seeing coronavirus cases popping up in hong kong macau singapore taiwan thailand malaysia vietnam cambodia nepal sri lanka south korea and japan masks are selling out across the region and governments are working to evacuate their citizens from the city of will high on ground 0 where the virus 1st appeared from one of them we have journalist frank smith joining us out of seoul frank how are people feeling about this. well they are certainly worried as more reports from around the world trickle in about the number of people that have been affected infected i should say and certainly here in south korea there's a l

i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia thank you for joining us month or pesh teen is the face of a growing protest movement in pakistan one daring to challenge the country's powerful military and earlier this week officials arrested him on conspiracy and sedition charges has accused security forces of widespread abuse against the ethnic minority under the pretext of its war on terror his group has accused the military of extrajudicial killings and thousands of disappearances he says that as the army has battled is almost militants it has unfairly targeted passions in the country's north west in just the 2 years of his activism has seen his movement grow across the country the military has imposed a strict media blackout on the group but their peaceful protests still draw tens of thousands of people. i'm joined in the studio by an alley of social media service and also d w correspondent shots at jelani shots ed let's start with you who is minds are pashtun and why is this message gaining ground. most people in pakistan had never heard of seen until about 2 years ago it's a fascina

i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia thank you for joining us it's been 7 years since the violent gang rape and murder of a 23 year old woman in delhi the story made international headlines and sparked massive nationwide protests in india the college student and her male friend were brutally attacked on a bus it were beaten with an iron bar the woman raped repeatedly and then dumped by the side of the road she died from her injuries 2 weeks later it led to the tightening of the country's rape laws the 4 men convicted of the crime worse scheduled to hang this weekend those executions are now delayed. we have. as well in delhi for more of this process has taken so long there must be a sense of frustration from people and of course there has been so much outrage but i wonder has that outrage also meant division in the country most definitely release of the fact that this process has taken 7 long as has been frustrating not just for the victim's family but for people across the country brought us just bored out into the streets 7 long years ago and justice is only being delivered now

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chan, she's very helpful. and then the people at the front desk, wang, melissa wong, theo chen, they are the frontline people. they deserve credit. maybe next year we will talk about demo calculations and adjusting them and why. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. here are wards to the continuance calendar. just a cleanup item. i advised from our planner the continuance needed to be separately motioned and moved and because it was not, it was all lumped together, that it would have to go on the continuance calendar again for the 23rd. just to make this more efficient i was hoping this could be cleared up. i just got an e-mail from our planner saying that. so i wanted to clarify that. thank you. >> thank you. any other general public comment? with that, public comment is closed. >> very good. that will place us under your regular calendar for item 11. 2019-022159cwp, japantown special area design guidelines - adoption of the japantown special area design guidelines, this is for your adoption. >> we have handouts as well. >> good afternoon, commissioners. maya small, planning depart