this is where singapore can bring a constructive role to engage in this part of the world and you singaporerm to launch their operation across the region and beyond. >> countries like singapore often see the u.s. playing a leadership role. we are talking about an increasingly g2 world, the u.s. and china wanting to provide global leadership. what is the best way for the u.s. to engage with this part of the world? >> this part of the world is big enough for both of them to be constructively engaged. there will be many ways in which the u.s. will compete with china but there are even more ways in which the west can work with china to uphold standards of behavior, global security and trading order and at the same time to update global rules for trade so that we can position ourselves for the next level of growth. >> is singapore in touch with someone from the biden administration? >> we are keeping in close contact with the new administration. >> what would you like to see and first 100 days of the biden administration that could impact singapore? >> the biden administration has said the initi

singapore, very strong relations between the u.s. and singapore. in all dimensions. particularly military. there's no country in southeast asia who has stronger military strategic ties with the u.s. than does singapore, and we don't have an alliance with them. i open the book, by the way, with a visit onboard the uss carl vinson at the chinese naval base, just one kind of ill -- illustrative dimension of that relationship. but there's a general, i would say, orientation in singapore towards the u.s. but on the other hand, singapore, you know, has deep commercial ties and, obviously, epic ties as well to china. what it doesn't have is a diaspora problem. now, if you go to all of these southeast asian countries, you will find ethnic chinese diaspora, and that has been a very sore point, a very sensitive element to china's relations with every one of these countries going back decades. and it hasn't been pretty, particularly in indonesia. not just in 1965 following the coup when nearly 2 million ethnic chinese were slaughtered within six weeks. but more recently, even f

singapore very strong relations between the us and singapore and in all dimensions particularly military there is no country in southeast asia with those military strategic ties. and i opened the book by the way with the visit at the chinese naval base that is just want illustrative the dimension of that defense relationship. that is a general orientation in singapore toward the us but at the same time singapore has deep commercial ties to china but it doesn't have the diaspora problem if you go through all the southeast asia and countries you will find the chinese diaspora and that has been very sore and sensitive relevant to china's relations going back decades and it hasn't been pretty particularly with indonesia, not just 1965 following the coup when 2 million chinese were slaughtered within six weeks but more recently even four years ago, and jakarta taken to a neighborhood that was firebombed and burned out a couple years ago with the chinese riots and they still have not demolished those buildings. getting away from steve's question. that's a good question there is no natural stro

and we hear from the singapore trade minister. what is going on over in singapore, trading in the moment down by .7%. the biggest gain, six stocks up, 24 on the way down. this is bloomberg. haslinda: president biden's nomination of anthony lincoln for secretary of state suggests a return to foreign policy strategy that prioritizes global alliance. he helped steer barack obama's asia pivot. he spoke with singapore's trade and energy minister. he is optimistic of the u.s. under president biden wanting to say engaged in the world, especially with asia. >> we are optimistic the u.s. will continue to engage with the world. especially this part of the world. to that extent, i think singapore would like to do the u.s. constructively to see how they stay engaged with this part of the world, strengthen investment in this part of the world, and create more economic opportunities for everyone. haslinda: even during the obama administration, which committed to the asia pivot, that was when biden was vice president. his administration fell sor

singapore's index flat.r-than-expected, the contraction of five point 8% versus a construction of 6% atimates -- 5.8% versus contraction of 6%, since 19 625 the year of independence. 1965, the year of independence. rishaad: other crypto currencies like ethereum playing catch-up up 34% intraday. bitcoin recovering from losses after we had about the early 4000 level. --$34,000 level. in marchclash -- crash -- since a severe crash in march. the dollar index currently seeing essentially weakness for the greenback notching its worst annual performance in three years. the on tort you want reaching 6.5, strengthening to that -- the onshore yuan reaching 6.5. the singapore dollar at levels not seen since 2018. ggit bloat smirking counterpart in the u.s. dollar under pressure. ringgit below its counterpart the u.s. dollar under pressure. haslinda: president trump pressures the state to give votes to him. in an hour-long call he flattered and threatened officials including the secretary of state, to act in his favor.

he conducted his research in china, singapore, western europe and most recently and important for today's program in southeast asia the newly published book where great powers meet america and china and southeast asia the subject is timely conducting his research and is more timely now during covid to become china's number one and trading partner not only after covid but for now it has the status and the regional comprehensive economic partnership which launched a free trading agreement has been completed but not the united states so this grows in importance we will ask for initial comments about his research and then we will have a discussion with her own ambassador not only to china but singapore and indonesia and knows the area and these issues well welcome back to wilson center is always we are grateful for your scholarship and your friendship it's nice to have you. >> think it was very kind of you to say. indeed i have a special play in my on - - place in my heart for the wilson center from when i was on staff in the 1980s the prolific era and a fellow in the two thousands but i have

you heard nice greetings from malaysia, from singapore, from indonesia.re are other countries that are kind of feeling like they will be caught in the middle of the two superpowers again like thailand. of course, every country in this region is a strong trading partner with china as well as the united states, so they have to try to balance their own economic and diplomatic interests in the region between the duelling interests of the two superpowers. in terms of the overall welcoming in the region, of possible return to stability in the united states, the overwhelming consensus even from countries that were close with trump is that they're happy to see biden come in. now they want to see what is going to happen, robyn. >> okay. thanks for that. lovely to see you in hong kong. will ripley there. >>> one country that has managed covid well is singapore. will has reported on that as well. a lot part of the success is due to mobile contact tracing. now an admission by singapore's government is raising privacy concerns as kristie lieu stout explains. >> report

coming up, singapore takes the covid battle to export.ill have the latest there. this is bloomberg. ♪ karina: this is daybreak asia. i'm karina mitchell. the u.s. is ramping up pressure on china after the potential removal of telco. companies may be banned over alleged links to the military. china mobile, china telecom, and china unicom are expected to be delisted soon. china mobile says it has not received notification from the new york stock exchange while the other to regret the decision. in other news, the u.s. congress has met with first time with nancy pelosi winning another term as house speaker. calls for a new generation of leadership. there was no other candidate and she achieve the required 50% of the vote to secure the gavel. it could be a momentous week with members preparing to debate and ratify joe biden's election win. to the u.k., financial firms have won a life line from italy where they can continue to do business even as non-eu companies. rome says it applies to any firms that applied before the end of last year. the u

one country that has managed covid well is singapore.e part of that success is due to mobile contact tracing. but privacy concerns are now being raised after singapore's government admitted that data collection can be used by police for criminal investigations. here's kristie lu stout. >> reporter: no lockdown in the lion city. in singapore, local infection rates have been close to zero for months, a factor behind its success. >> trace together, safer together. >> reporter: contact tracing technology. the government's "trace together" program includes a smartphone app and a token using bluetooth to gauge proximity to users to alert them if they've been in contact with someone who tested positive for covid-19. over 4.2 million people or 78% of singapore's population voluntarily use the technology. in june, authorities insisted it is not a tracking device and the data is encrypted and would not be used for other purposes. >> the only time the data leaves the phone or the device is in the unlikely event that you are diagnosed with covid-19.

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thank you, and sharanjit leyl in singapore for- sharanjit leyl in singapore for us.tic in tray, it would be easy to think the new us president might not have the capacity to tackle international matters such as trade. not so, according to a member ofjoe biden�*s economic transition team. jay shambaugh said if president biden is to improve the lot of american workers, domestic considerations had to go hand in hand with trade deals. i think they are important. i think we live in a global economy and you can't focus only on the domestic. i think, for that matter, you can't focus only on a global without taking care of things on the domestic front. they intertwine so much. i think it is clear that a unilateralist based tariff —based trade policy, that we have seen for the last four years, that we have seen for the last fouryears, has that we have seen for the last four years, has not worked, it hasn't accomplished even the goals they set out like reducing the trade deficit or anything like that. and it certainly done anything to change china's behaviour in certain areas

rishaad: mark cranfield in singapore. we have got still to come on bloomberg markets, china dominating e-commerce. possibly slowing its growth down. we are going to be looking at that with jason david's. a big focus on china's big players. haslinda: that is later this hour but next, a look at the implications of the u.s. blacklisting of cnooc and xiaomi as the trump administration raises the pressure on beijing before joe biden takes office. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: the united states is blacklisting chinese smart foot -- smartphone maker xiaomi. stephen engle has the details. let's kick things off with cnooc . what does this mean for the company and moreover, does it have any chance of succeeding in its stated goal of trying to alleviate tensions any the south china sea? -- tensions in the child -- tensions in the south china sea? >> become s department is the latest come out on cnooc, adding it to its entities list. congress has two lists. the military and users list as well as the entities list, which essentially w

history in silk and embroidery at singapore's asian civilisations museum.on lens, including the iconic qipao. the one thing to note about the qipao is that it is kind of a style of everyday dress. it was originally a loose garment worn in the chin dynasty from the 1600s onwards. it was only in the 1920s with the influences of western styles that it became the body hugging dress that we think of today. as a sort of basic part of the development of cultural, of human history and culture, there has always been cultural borrowing. fashion houses carry on the tradition of cultural mixing by celebrating asian heritage but adding western twists. what is important for a woman now, contemporary woman, that can wear something that is traditional but at the same time more forward for the future, and cut it and it follows the body. lin has chosen the qipao as her wedding dress for its connection to her heritage. even though it is traditional, doesn't mean that it is old—fashioned. and my mom's family are very traditional so i think they will like it and like to see me

i was meant to go to singapore a couple of weeks go.a week before they cancelled — we had a green lane in singapore where i could go without quarantining — and overnight, that was rescinded. so, the trip was off. and what about you, christa? you're a seasoned traveller. what's it been like? have you managed to find any highs or pluses in this crazy year? well, i was lucky enough, i think it was august, i got to go to germany and not only got to track down some wild boar in berlin, but we went down and got a little taste of the oktoberfest that wasn't! which was great because it was — it gave us an opportunity to see really what a beer festival is like just for locals because the millions of international visitors didn't show up because the event wasn't on in 2020. but i think that for me this year, has meant for me, that really more than anything is that for the first time in my life, i haven't been able to go home to australia. and for people who — carmen, you live injapan. i know you grew up in australia and you no doubt still have fa

history in silk and embroidery at singapore's asian civilisations museum.luding the iconic qipao. the one thing to note about the qipao is that it is kind of a style of everyday dress. it was originally a loose garment worn in the chin dynasty from the 1600s onwards. it was only in the 1920s with the influences of western styles that it became the body hugging dress that we think of today. as a sort of basic part of the development of cultural, of human history and culture, there has always been cultural borrowing. fashion houses carry on the tradition of cultural mixing by celebrating asian heritage but adding western twists. what is important for a woman 110w, contemporary woman, that can wear something that is traditional but at the same time more forward for the future, and cut it and it follows the body. lin has chosen the qipao as her wedding dress for its connection to her heritage. even though it is traditional, doesn't mean that it is old—fashioned. and my mom's family are very traditional so i think they will like it and like to see me and i feel

we had a green lane in singapore where i could go without quarantining.rnight that got rescinded. trip is off. and what about you chris or? you are a seasoned traveler. what's it been like with mike have you managed to find any highs or classes and there's a crazy year? well, i was lucky enough i think august, i got to go to germany. and not only got to go to germany. and not only got to track down some wild boar in berlin but we went down and got a little taste of the oktoberfest that wasn't. which was great because it gave us wasn't. which was great because it gave us an wasn't. which was great because it gave us an opportunity to see what really what a beer festival is like just for locals. because the millions of international visitors didn't show up because the event wasn't on in 2020. but i think the thing for me more than anything is that the first time in my life i haven't been able to go home to australia. and for people who live overin australia. and for people who live over injapan i know you have family still there, the distance has never seem

in may, there is supposed to be a meeting in singapore and in my preliminary remarks, i said i hope weot there to swap the beautiful mountains of davos with the skyscrapers of singapore, although that is a vibrant place in this world. today a year ago, i think no one would have thought that we would have a pandemic this year, but some actually work farsighted enough -- actually were farsighted enough and the head of biontech was one of them. he said he decided the year before that to actually change the format of the whole research program and develop an rn day vaccine -- rna vaccine against this virus and he and others have enabled us to now have a vaccine only tournament after -- only 12 months after. it shows humankind is capable of great scientific feats, is capable of groundbreaking research, and this shows a way out of this pandemic. although this is going to be a very arduous road, much of an uphill battle, much more difficult than many think. biontech, pfizer, companies all over the world have developed vaccines and biontech went from a startup, 60 different nick nations -- peo

that was mariko oi in singapore for— pandemic.lators in europe and the uk this week to resume passenger flights. the plane was grounded worldwide in march 2019 after the second of two tragic accidents. it has already been cleared to fly again in north america. but a whistleblower has raised new concerns over the safety of the aircraft, which he believes could lead to further tragedies. 0ur correspondent theo leggett reports. the 737-max is the 737—max is back in the air, but is it safe? 0nce owing's faster selling aircraft, it suffered two major accidents in less than five months. —— boeing's. first, a lie in our plan went into the sea of indonesia. then an ethiopian airlines aircraft, near identical to those seen here, crashed minutes after taking off from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. in each case, flight investigators blamed flight investigators blamed flight control software which became active at the wrong time and prompted the aircraft to go into a catastrophic dive. now the 737-max into a catastrophic dive. now the 73

this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: breaking news out of singapore.il domestic export numbers. a gain of 6.8% year on year. the estimate was for a contraction of .7% so this is really beating estimates. when it comes to export numbers month on month, it is also a gain, rise of 6.6% also beating expectations. it is a big surge from the previous month. we have seen for the year on year numbers, two consecutive months of declines. finally gains 6.8% year on year. month on month numbers rebounding and accelerating into expansion territory. electronic exports year on year is a huge beat, gain of 13.7% after contraction. the previous month, interesting because when it comes to export numbers to china, it was a decline of more than 24% year on year. perhaps we are seeing a little more strength in the rest of the region as we saw the electronic exports year on year rising 13.7% in the month of december. to see how things are shaping up across the markets, here is sophie in hong kong. sophie: a quick look at the dollar, looking to test the 133 level. this is a

in singapore and shanghai. welcome to "bloomberg markets: asia."have a look at the top stories. china underlining its status as the only major economy to avoid a huge contraction as a growth beats estimates. however, retail sales missed forecasts. haslinda: the dollar strengthens ahead of joe biden's inauguration with its treasury pick set to confirm that the market will decide value. asian stocks slide along with u.s. futures. rishaad: and india launching the world's biggest vaccine drive amid concerns of the efficacy. prime minister modi warns against anti-vaccination propaganda. haslinda: and cautious is the word this monday. asia in negative territory despite beating expectations in terms of gdp for the fourth quarter, as well as for 2020. the msci asia index down. perhaps markets taking a breather. global stocks went up after optimism over the u.s. aid package and the trade. cap the kospi down by 0.7%. rishaad: let's check in with the open. having a look at thai stocks. we have thailand's foreign dust industrial stocks. it is weaker than it ha

he's not going to swap the beautiful mountains of davos for the duration with the skyscrapers of singapore, although that is obviously a vibrant place in this world. today a year ago i think no one would have thought that we live a pandemic this year, but some actually were sort of far sighted enough. the mr. shaheen, the head of biontech was one of them, said that he decide the year before that to actually change the format of the whole research program and develop an rna vaccine against this virus, and what we -- what he contributed and many others contributed to enabling us to now have a vaccine only 12 months after, well, it shows that humankind is capable of such great scientific feats, is capable of doing ground breaking research, and i think this shows the way out of this pandemic, although this is going to be a very or dues road, much of an uphill battle and much more difficult than many think. biontech, pfizer has developed vaccines. biontech was a startup. people from 60 different nations work in this startup, and it's a clear illustration also of the shared value of internationa

and most places around the world including singapore?his is a political matter and they' making lots of noise and saying they're gonna drag this out. guy: have a great weekend. thank you. politico has another brexit consequent, delays at the border crossing the u.k. and the e.u.. we have -- nearly 100% of its customers are based in the u.k., how bad is it, we are starting to hear the delays having a meaningful impact in terms of what's happening in the u.k.. the manufacturing data is pointing us in that direction but it feels to me like we are only beginning to discover the full impact of exit because of the border crossing. what are you seeing now? tony: as far as imports to the u.k. are concerned, there is some confusion with the european transport companies not knowing the customs and procedures to enter goods into the u.k.. exports from the u.k. and the e.u., government infrastructure problems and i.t. problems. they are still being constructed, there are several people not qualified to make customs declaration so you cannot move the

. >> reporter: singapore airlines has been severely affected.pends entirely on international travel and announced a 15% cut in the size of its work force. cabin crew without passengers to care for are instead offering their assistance in hospitals. the airline dispatched them to support nurses and other health care workers. they help in areas such as transporting patients, taking temperatures and distribution meals. around 500 cabin attendants are working at 11 hospitals in singapore. >> i think i'll be more knowledgeable and also confident in handling situations where maybe the passengers might need some medical assistance. >> reporter: in desperate times, asian airlines will continue to look for anyway to survive until their passengers can once again take to the skies. tamron desupa, "nhk world," bangkok. >> flight attendants are not engaged in medical work. they are helping nurses care for patients. but their efforts have helped to reduce the burden on essential workers, and that is attracting attention as one way for corporations to contribu

nikkei futures in singapore opening to the upside and the yen is trading amid one of three levels.utures getting ground after fluctuations monday given the holiday session. the dollar holding steady ahead ofjanet yellen's testimony. a lot of focus on that. switching the board to look at what is going on with trading in sydney. thanks get real boost with remaining from goldman boosting price targets. we are also seeing re-ratings for an infrastructure player as well as domino's pizza, or kari--we carry sayingit was macquarrie--saying it will see a change to ordering pizza online. and bingo jumping, with a bid for the waste management company valuing it at $1.8 billion. rio tinto coming under pressure, this morning following its production update. rp capital with a note in the wake of that saying they see less relative upside in real compared to elsewhere in the sector. also noting well real' -- rio's guidance does release tension the market does her main tight. haidi: we will start with iron ore and take a close look at rio tinto with paul allen in sydney. there has been demand from

bottom and on this food was a participant at a panel on building net 0 cities she joins me now from singapore pleasure to have you on the program now we're living in the middle of a pandemic that's challenge to us all but i wonder if there is an opportunity here to rethink how we live in cities to make them green. absolutely right this last year has been a challenging mile but i think there are many good things to add to have come out of it for example we appreciate our our surrounding my spec we enjoyed the blue sky . and the grass around us because this is our place of living in a place that well up for the last minute because of not down it's on so we're beginning to look after ourselves and reflect the public kind of living and ran and do we want it also questioning what the future of place of work will be so we've made major decisions and the debate by worthy just like china japan and korea they helped me pledge this on. climate action targets and now with the new and i did and this station coming back to the paris agreement we're very hopeful that this really positive momentum to what's

let's get more details with juliette saly joining us from singapore. juliette: a bit of a flat session today with asian stocks drifting, but perhaps not a bad thing considering we have the biggest slide in two months yesterday. we heard comments from the pboc governor trying to calm sentiment after we saw that withdrawal of funds yesterday, reiterating the pboc will not be exiting prematurely from supporting monetary policies. you have the hong kong market going into the lunch break. the nikkei extending a few gains from the morning session. asx 200 is underperforming. australia it was closed yesterday for australia day, so they are playing catch-up to the selling we saw across the region. even know we had cpi rising faster than forecast in the december quarter. in singapore, they are falling for a fourth day, set to be the longest losing run in more than three months, after china vowed to reign in its steel output. yousef: we will get back to you later in the program, juliette saly. let's get you the first word headlines now with simone foxman in doha

of davos for the skyscrapers of singapore although that is a vibrant place in this world.oday one year ago no one would have thought we would have a pandemic this year but someme were farsighted enough once said that he decided the year before to change the format of the whole research program to develop our and a vaccine against the virus and what he contributed and many others contributed to know have the vaccine only 12 months after it shows that humankind is capable of such scientific feeds, is capable of groundbreaking research and it shows a way out of the pandemic although it will be a very arduous road and an uphill battle much more difficult than many think. pfizer and other companies all over the world have developed vaccinesnt people from the 60 different nations work, it is a clear illustration of the shared value of international cooperation and what you can do. the pandemic is left deep influence on society and economy. it is safe to say it will be the way we live over the next two years. hundreds of millions of people have become infected, millions have died

embassy in singapore. they were literally doing cleaning out of closets and came across this. i am so glad they did not toss this in the garbage. back in the mid-20th century, public diplomacy officers in singapore would use this slide projector lantern, and the embassy had a stash of slides the depicted u.s. politicians, events in u.s. history, scenery of the united states. the public diplomacy officer would go out and engage communities, most often rural communities that did not have electricity, and give presentations and have discussions about what is america, what are american ideals, american history, and really try to promote america abroad. >> and it looks so antiquated because it was an adaptation of a magic lantern. magic lanterns are used widely before film projectors, and that is exactly what they were. they were powered by kerosene and used by people in their homes to look at visual images. so not only do foreign service officers communicate in their own language, they use visuals to talk to the populace about america, its values. that really helps with the missio

to indonesian national transportation safety board commission, they will also receive help from singaporeake sure that this operation can be intensified. according to the commission, the ping locator owned by the team has technical problems, so they hope that this help from singapore, the ping locator, will be helpful in the search. as you say, the black boxes have been located but not recovered, but those conversations are obviously being studied. no hint of technical problems? yes, we are still awaiting the final conclusion of the indonesian national transportation safety board commission, so we are still waiting for what really went wrong with the plane, and they are now trying to retrieve that black box to get the full story of what is wrong during the accident. this was an old plane, but this model does not have any history of major problems? yes, the airline is a low—cost carrier, but have never had a fatal accident before, and is considered to be one of the safest carriers in indonesia, so this accident is leaving people shocked that it happened, so people are waiting for the inves

in singapore and shanghai.loomberg markets: asia." >> our top story today, let's have a look at markets down as investors weigh the time you u.s. relief. tencent leads rick declines in hong kong falling sharply after monday's dramatic run. -- tencent leads declines in hong kong falling sharply after monday's dramatic run. haslinda: xi jinping says confrontation is a dead end street. that will balance the road to china with potential risk. david: and gamestop's stunning climb. read it to heart day traders ---- reddit charged day traders. we headed to the midday parts of the session in parts of asia. a look across your nifty futures. the cash market is closed and still trading in singapore, pretty much declines in all but two sectors. the bottom of your screen as you see. we are talking about normalization in terms of policy in china what that might mean, especially across your risk assets. haslinda: can broader markets, sentiment and indented under pressure, a couple things being watched, the timing of earnings

paul, country such as singapore, australia have commissioned hotels to safely quarantine new arrivalsis policy? there has been some pressure for the government to adopt such a policy to prevent infection coming in. over the weekend it emerged that the government has discussed this. both stage and independent groups have been talking about managed isolation, essentially for travellers coming in for how —— from high—risk countries to be put in a hotel at their own expense and then to quarantine in that hotel. it is donein to quarantine in that hotel. it is done in some countries abroad, it has been very successful in australia, new zealand, and other countries. so far, the government have said it is not appropriate to do that, although they have left it open for them to implement it in due course. the government will want to see what the measure starting this morning, what impact they have before deciding to go down this further step of taking over hotels and putting travellers in them. rory, richard asks how likely is it that countries will demand faxing passport to allow you to go on

is that time the years we've had flooding in peninsular malaysia kuala lumpur southwards i think singapore is possibly going to be a victim on sunday or monday the really big thunderstorms with excessive rain the stranger in the rain that shouldn't exist is still there just about on sunday evening monday so you go and when but things are improving there they're also improving in new delhi where the breeze should improve the air quality. sponsored poll qatar airways. finland has committed to cutting its carbon emissions with the world's most ambitious production goal carbon neutrality in just 15 years now it's retired to actually get it and we can do it if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of a profitable fossil fuel industry it's and being an active emanations source people in power finland's climate warriors on a just. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour twitter has permanently suspended u.s. president donald trump's account citing a risk of him further fueling violence it's the latest consequence of an attack on capitol hill by trump'

and the united states it's a far cry from the fake commitments to denuclearize ation made in the singapore summit with the us president donald trump just 2 and a half years ago and as he prepares for his successor joe biden to take over came once again identified the united states as his country's biggest main enemy rob mcbride al-jazeera sold. 10 newborn babies of dies in a hospital fire in west india stuff rescued 7 other infants at the government hospital in the state of maharashtra so the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit this is the 3rd fatal hospital fire in india in the last 6 months there is a front of has more from india's punjab state. the fog broke out at around 2 o'clock in the morning and what's called a special newborn care unit of the band out of district hospital the district's administrator says that there were 2 nurses and a helper at the time in the ward that they immediately raise the alarm that the fire brigade was called and that the staff managed to rescue 7 babies but couldn't get to the 10 others because there were explosions in the ward the police say

in singapore and shanghai. looking to bloomberg markets: asia, i'm haslinda almond -- amin.ad: president trump impeached a second time. the article will go to the senate immediately although a trial date remains unclear. >> heavyweights are jumping in hong kong. >> and the blistering stock rally in mumbai is ringing alarm bells as the indian economy bases its biggest annual contraction on record. >> is looking mixed in the markets here in asia. investors are waiting for some form of direction from the fed in terms of its policy outlook. that is coming out this week. chinese stocks are down right now but within 6% of the record. goldman predicting annual returns from global stocks between 12 and 13%. rishaad: let's have a look at the prospects of the trading day in india. we're looking at what is happening as we open in bangkok. much of the consternation of the bank of thailand. we are seeing at the moment support coming from the government stimulus package. perhaps diffusing near -- key near-term risks. they managed to be negative but we are looking positive right now as we

with earlier coronaviruses, like singapore | around the world?gapore and korea, they knew they had to move quickly. they had testing already. they have a fraction of the death plume acpo population we have seen in and north america. —— deaths per population. germany has half the death rate of france. decisive leadership. canada has half the death rate of the us per population. the leadership here was chaotic. it's like fighting a war, except it is not troops, it is thousands of viruses. you need a battle leader. and there was a lot of variation in the response. and there was a lot of variation in the re5ponse-_ the response. some leaders 'ust aren't the response. some leaders 'ust am prepared i the response. some leaders 'ust aren't prepared for it i the response. some leadersjust aren't prepared for it because i the response. some leadersjust l aren't prepared for it because they haven't had to deal with this kind of thing before? you mentioned asian countries have had something similar in the past. iii countries have had something similar in th

the bbc�*s sharanjit leyl is in singapore for us. how is it looking from there?ers around the world. here in asia we have heard the usual congratulatory messages from leaders, the likes ofjapan, south korea, pakistan, singapore and many others. but china has marked the transition of power by imposing sanctions on more than 20 members of the outgoing administration for what they say was violating china sovereignty including on the now former secretary of state mike pompeo. the chinese foreign ministry are sanctioning some form 28 ministers in all. there is also the trump trade advisor and the national security advisor and the former senior adviser steve bannon. they and their family members will not be allowed to enter hong kong, mainland china or macau according to the foreign ministry. in fact, one wrote on twitter that he was proud to have prompted beijing's wrath and it was a great way to celebrate and inauguration day. we know president biden's new administration is expected to remain tough on china but recommit to international cooperation —— cooperation aft

let's stay with that top story now and speak to the bbc�*s suranjana tewari, in singapore.re tojoe biden's speech? the reaction there to joe biden's speech?- the reaction there to joe biden's speech? the markets have reacted _ biden's speech? the markets have reacted quite _ biden's speech? the markets have reacted quite positively| have reacted quite positively to this stimulus, only slightly, so in the is —— investors factored in that president—electjoe biden would implement some sort of economic plan as soon as he comes in and obviously, we know that in advance that is likely to come through, and investments have been looking forward to it and are encouraged by it but here in asia, they are really looking at what happens further down the line in the future and that came through in the second part of president—elect�*s hyden plan, which we will announce the coming weeks —— biden. talking about making products in america, jobs in america and making american manufacturing a leading sector in the world in the future and that is really something that we have heard a lot from

hejoins us now from singapore. know south africa has made great investigations into the variant detected in that country. what's the prevalence of these variants in asia? well, a lot of the understanding of that really depends on how much testing you do of the variance. and the capacity of various countries to do gene sequencing. so in this sense, although it was found in the uk first, that's not really surprising because their capacity to do gene sequencing hive and i in fact, i think you do about 5—10% of your isolates sequenced. but across the rest of asia, it really depends on the epidemiology within that country. there are several countries with no community transmission at all, or very little. these include singapore, taiwan, vietnam, cambodia, even china. most cases that come into —— that are diagnosed in those countries in hotel quarantine on arrival. so you wouldn't expect to see that inside the country's borders. other countries like south korea and japan are certainly seeing cases, possibly malaysia. the

the philippines and here they are in the forecast and the trouble across towards kuala lumpur or singapore this area and northern sumatra seen some big showers recently and flooding there's more potential for that to happen on saturday maybe more especially sunday maybe singapore's more risk when called on by this time and raise an unusual feature for this time of the year on the western side of india and it curls of land as well you expect to see it for the south and telnor do already but you don't expect to see it ingo go or should have a dry months was already missed that target and it's still going to rain. sponsored qatar airways. for. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president trump is facing the possibility of an unprecedented 2nd impeachment a group of democrats have drafted formal charges of misconduct to be presented next week accusing him of inciting insurrection and in the last president trump's personal twitter account has been hemant be suspended the social media platform cited the risk of further incitement of findings in deciding to suspend the president. and

good byes very firm his via skype from singapore thank you very much for being with us steve so let's talk about what happens next in this whole process and the impeachment on ical not going to the senate for a trial which as we know is in the process of changing hands from republican to democrat what do you think are the likely scenarios here of how this could play out and what's the likelihood of conviction in the senate. well the 1st question you have to ask are when are the articles going to be delivered from the house to the senate for that trial to start the house can bring them when they want the last time donald trump was impeached it was about a month from the impeachment vote in the house to them being delivered to the senate for the trial to start the complicating factor here of course are 2 things one is that donald trump is not going to be president once the trial starts so do you want to get impeachment started before he leaves or after he leaves 2nd impeachment takes up almost all of the time of the senate and joe biden in his administration they need to get the ground

this time, and -- in singapore. it is a vibrant place in this world.oday a year ago, i think no one would have thought that we would live a pandemic this year, but some actually were farsighted enough. the head of biontech the year before that to actually change the format of the whole research program and develop an rna vaccine against this virus. what he contributed and many others contributed now have a vaccine only 12 months after. it shows humankind is capable of such great scientific feats, is capable of doing groundbreaking research. and i think this shows the way out of this pandemic, although this is going to be a very arduous road, much of an uphill battle. much more difficult than many think. biontech, pfizer, other companies all over the world have developed vaccines. biontech was a start up. people from 60 different nations worked on this start up. it's a clear lustration also of the shared value of international cooperation and what you can actually do with this kind of cooperation. the pandemic has left deep in -- deep imprints on our so

for the philippines and here they are in the forecast and trouble across towards kuala lumpur or singapore this area and northern sumatra seen some big showers recently and flooding there's more potential for that to happen on saturday maybe more especially sunday maybe singapore's more risk when called on for this time and raise an unusual feature for this time of the year on the western side of india and curls of land as well you expect to see it for the sas in telnor do or is for lanka but you don't expect to see it ingo go or should have a dry months was already missed the target and it's still going to rain. sponsored paul qatar airways a policy imposed decades ago no pregnant woman thought that she could selectively goods and had only boys changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level would be get being given money money to agree distro zation or money to get other people to agree to services how does their examines the politics of population control. the air.

this time in singapore.n my preliminary remarks to professor schwab i said i hope he's not going to swap the beautiful mountains of thank you, mr. chairman for the duration with the skyscrapers of singapore although that is a vibrant place in this world. today a year ago i think no one would have thought that we live a pandemic this year, but some actually were sort of farsighted enough. the head of buyer contact with one of the visit he decided the year before that to actually change the format of the whole research programam and develop a vaccines against this virus. what he contributed and many others contributed to enabling us to have vaccine only 12 months after. well, chose that humankind is capable of such great scientific feats, is capable of doing groundbreaking research and i think this shows them out of his pandemic, although this is going to be a very arduous road, much of an uphill battle, much more difficult than many think. compad have developed vaccines. biontech was a start up. people from 6

embassy in singapore and they were quite literally doing some cleaning out of closets and i am so glad they didn't toss it in the garbage. and so back in the mid-20th century, public diplomacy officers in singapore would use this slide projector lantern and the embassy had a stash of slides that depicted u.s. politicians, events in u.s. history. the scenery of the united states and so the public diplomacy officer would go out and engage communities, most often rural communities that did not have electricity and had discussions about what is america? what are american ideals and american history and really trying to promote american values abroad. >> and it looks soance kuwaited because it is an adaptation of a magic lantern. magic lanterns were used in the mid-1800s before they were, and they were powered by kerosene and they would put slides in and they were used by people in their homes to look at visual images. so one of the things when you come to the diplomacy center and see in tools of the trade is not only do service officers communicate in their own language they also use visua

where i ama japan, south korea singapore where i am a couple of weeks ago.ng to do more, they're in discussions with australia. the big ones to look out will be india and china because they had not yet on the docket. it's not so straightforward, is it? for example if the uk wanted to do a trade deal with the us in a trade deal with china, one site or the other may object to some of the compromises that have perhaps been made to do the deal with the other. it's going to be a really hard thing for the uk to novick late not navigate. it's also good to be a challenge of bandwidth. there are so many agreements they are going to have to negotiate so many different compromises. different sides could be upset about certain things wasn't one area we are looking at in asia is potentially with the uk join the cpt pp which is the big newly agreed upon trade agreement that involves a lot of countries in asia. that may be an option as well. it can be very, very difficult. there's a lot of very technical issues as well including the latest want to come to the fore is the d