in singapore. what is also worrying, it is attacking the young people, prompting singapore to shut schools and is looking to vaccinate those under 16. it is waiting for approval for that to happen. shery: not surprising that travel bubble with hong kong has also been delayed again. >> adding insult to the wound. it is something that was supposed to happen in december. not for -- not surprising. what is also difficult as singapore is now reclassified by hong kong as a high risk destination. it means those traveling from singapore to hong kong will have to be quarantined for 21 days. this delay reflects how difficult it is to open up the borders. just about last year, months ago, we were talking of the bus ability of a bubble with other countries like agiven how to give you some perspective on how the high risk designation impacts singapore, it is classified in the same category as argentina, leisure, italy. it is a difficult position for singapore. shery: our chief international correspondent for so

it is leaving singapore to tweak -- leading singapore to tweak its strategy.ld back on the second shot, hoping to get more people in the lion city the first vaccination. it is tweaking as the trend seems to have changed. paul: we also heard from the taiwan stock exchange urging people not to overreact on the covid situation. what is the latest from taiwan? reporter: the panic we saw last week when the stock is change dropped by 8%. there is a record 206 cases over the weekend. that is prompting the government to encourage companies to allow their workers to work from home. one of the success stories, the poster child for how covid-19 can be cap -- can be contained, but not the case right now. it is trying to avert a lockdown . if it sees cases averaging 100 per day, it might go into lockdown. local infections currently are about 206. that is causing some of the restrictions they are imposing right now. as far as social gatherings are concerned. they are limited to five people. 10 indoors -- 10 outside, five indoors. the authorities are trying to put a lid on i

singapore -- leveraged players, the global economy recovers, the singapore a comedy will benefit singaporeconomy will benefit. unless singapore sees a resurgence in covid. and you have a lot of value cyclical stocks on the singapore stock markets. plus singapore offers one of the highest dividend yields in asia. that makes a strong case for singapore. aside from singapore, china, indonesia, some markets we are overweight on, but generally we feel you know asia, having pulled back, should do quite well, medium-term. shery: we are going to get final first-quarter gdp numbers out of singapore. does this factor into your calculations that potentially the monetary authority is returning to gradual appreciation -- ? >> it may still be early days. we are seeing a resurgence of covid-19 here, and singapore, the government is trying to rein in inflation numbers. still to early for central banks to do anything too aggressive. wait, watch, see what happens. although numbers may turn out to be relatively good, it does not mean that the authorities are going to step in and tighten policy. i think still

india, south africa, singapore. for as long as those hubs come under pressure from covid, the flow into the rest of the world is stymied. stocks this morning, they seem immune to this covid variant story at the moment. annmarie: the positive news, vaccination programs in some parts of the world like the united states, the u.k. in europe picking up speed. we have asian equities, european equity futures, u.s. futures in the green. also, we have an uptick in brent pushing to $70 per barrel. this goes to what is happening in the united states, they are flying. that fuel demand is pushing into the fuel price. the weaker dollar is helping brent. fmoc minutes tomorrow, richard clarida the saying not yet time to talk about tapering. but any hint on what the fed thinks about inflation given the data we saw last week, we will see that in those minutes potentially. joining us to discuss this now is paul markham, portfolio manager of global equity, newton investment management. let's start with the virus's potential concerns th

then the line actually go back to the state, singapore style. social housing was only made possible by a law that allowed to purchase land at low cost for public use. today, most of the land is owned by the state. it's a top down model, but it enjoys wide popular acceptance city and it's male, one or no exception. there 67 square meter apartment costs the equivalent of around $160000.00 euros, but they plan to upsize soon and are confident they'll get a decent sale price. to see my house is beautiful, differing from the flat. the ones have already paid off their mortgage. they know they'd never be able to afford to buy in the private sector. singapore has one of the world's pricey as real estate market. singapore, social housing helps maintain social cohesion. but it costs the state about $1.00 bill in year of the year. there's a mixture of the so you don't fall on fi from houses within a single structure. so that those people from different social background to mix and each other with stringent regulations and generous subsidies, singapore has

in my way, it's a creative realization of singapore social housing. he had less but it is a good space to work out to pay the kids while they are growing up. but then you need more space for them as they grow up. but he's a good start for any family, for small family they acquired the apartment as part of a program in which the state sales properties are well below market value. the ones will have to live in it for at least 5 years. they could have rented instead, but, but the government offers incentives to buyers. so for somebody, you get to have additional guns that we have you, we've purchased the house. so we to help a lot in the house who who around 80 percent of singapore and live in the state subsidized departments. they're referred to as h d. b, which stands for housing development board for decades. k kelly, you was an urban planner for the h d. b, his designs had to be inexpensive, practical and quick to build. the units were rentals at 1st, but converting them to owner occupied units brought many advantages. people will look after the insi

is core the singapore existence.is part of the singaporean dream of homeownership in singapore. not just for the wealthy. the wealthy segment in high-end real estate is attractive not only to domestic investors but for investors. . what keeps the property market going is strong domestic demand for everything from government housing, all the way to affordable housing, all the way to that expensive real estate. we see very strong demand still in place. supply obviously is constrained by the fact that, for example, construction sites are moving slower because of covid. but if you look at it in the longer term, we see a strong sense for a rebound in the real estate sector. rishaad: thank you for joining us, hari krishnan, propertyguru ceo. some news coming through at the moment. it is down to these findings from an independent report of an illegal data breach and the handling of sensitive information at the royal bank of new zealand. they are saying that there were -- they are taking action to respond to data breaches. s

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cooking up a michelin star takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef extraordinaire.nal. cooking up a michelin star takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef extraordinaire. and i am on the hunt for london's fast—disappearing red phone boxes. if you say london, it is the telephone, the red telephone box. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa marwood, still here at home in london, but as you can see some things are starting to return to normal and fingers crossed we will be back up on the road sometime soon — until then, this week let's take a look at some of our favourite trips to the world's most vibrant cities here on the show. well, new york is always one of our favourite attractions. maybe it's the sheer noise, bustle and knowledge that under normal circumstances, it really does feel like the city that never sleeps. and back in 2019, lucy was lucky enough to be given a behind the scenes look at one of the city's newest and perhaps most iconic attractions. lucy: i was up at 5am to catch the star ferry, the very first boat of the day to leave for li

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nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. been returning home after the lava flow from a volcanic eruption stopped just short of the city. 15 people died as thousands fled in panic late on saturday when mount nyiragongo erupted. here's our africa correspondent reha kansara. this is one of the world's deadliest volcanoes. mount nyiragongo erupted late saturday night, setting homes and roads on fire. the first warning came when a thick orange cloud illuminated the night sky. locals fled in desperation. some of them to neighbouring rwanda, others to a nearby town. translation: it's something we've never seen before. - we're all together, shaken. translation: we watched the whole neighbourhood i go up in smoke. the fire came right down to here. even now, we can still see lava. the last time nyiragongo erupted, its consequences were devastating. 250 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. aid agencies say early warning systems failed. when the volcano team monitoring people are not even aware of the behaviour of

cooking up a michelin star takeaway in singapore. so this is the chef extraordinaire. hunt for london's fast disappearing red phone boxes. if you say london, it is the telephone, the red telephone box. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa marwood, still here at home in london, but as you can see some things are starting to return to normal and fingers crossed we will be back up on the road sometime soon — until then, this week let's take a look at some of our favourite trips to the world's most vibrant cities here on the show. well, new york is always one of our favourite attractions. maybe it's the sheer noise, bustle and knowledge that under normal circumstances, it really does feel like the city that never sleeps. and back in 2019, lucy was lucky enough to be given a behind the scenes look at one of the city's newest and perhaps most iconic attractions. lucy: i was up at 5am to catch the star ferry, the very first boat of the day to leave for liberty island hours before the arrival of the public. wow! i've never seen the statue this close before. de

singapore now is pushing on that.e continue to do contact tracing, testing, wearing masks, social distancing. the approaches will converge at the same point and we will all get the pandemic under control. haslinda: but is the approach correct? is zero-tolerance for new virus cases the right way to go about? hsien-hsien: the truth is i don't think any government is really thinking zero-tolerance. what they are thinking is risk mitigation. how low do we need to go to ensure our health care system can continue to take care of patients? with vaccination rates going up, we know folks will be less likely to get infected, less likely to get very sick and die. therefore, the risk budget should be loosened up a bit. but we are not there with vaccinations. so, folks, get your vaccines. rishaad: with your members, what are their major fears right now, and what are they talking about the state of their corporations, how has all this been impacting? hsien-hsien: when it comes to the business status, when you're talking about stabi

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.age of the band in the green room prompted speculation that he may have been using drugs. the singer, damiano david, strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine. he says that one of the band members had broken a glass and he was clearing it away. the band have now returned to italy. the maneskin frontman told the journalists at the rome airport that he�*s happy to take a drugs test. we told to the ebu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. the eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @ph

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nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.try illegally, many of them having travelled alone from central america. their families hoped they�*d be able to begin a new life, but a bbc team has heard accounts from children of being neglected and held in cold and filthy conditions. hilary andersson�*s report begins on america�*s southern border. midnight on the rio grande. smugglers very migrants across to the land that they�*ve dreamt of. but this is a night of fear. many of the adults will be deported in the morning. there are children here too, travelling alone. most of them will stay. jordi has fled violent gangs in guatemala. tonight, he has a new dread — america�*s camps for migrant children. this is donna, texas. these tents held almost 4000 children earlier this spring. these, the notorious cubicles the migrants call ice boxes. journalists haven�*t been allowed to speak to children inside to tell their stories. but we�*ve tracked down children who have been released. ariani, ten years old, was about to see her mother for

they're based i think as a corporation in the cayman islands they have an office in singapore but they say that's only one of their diversified number of offices but they're not based in the united states of also the idea that the i.r.s. and the department of justice will look into a foreign company to decide whether or not that foreign company is abiding by laws in the united states because americans in the united states might be trying to use that company seems like it's a bit of a overreach in terms of the whether or not the united states even has a right to complain about this look of that company is not an american company why should by nantz have to follow american laws now if you are the i.r.s. or you are the department of justice you might try to look into american citizens who are doing this but by nets is not obligated to make sure that you are able to crackdown on your own citizens what's the overarching impact on of the crypto community at this point. well i think there the overarching impact really comes down to as i said before it's k y c right it's know your customer and

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singapore laying out plans for reopening.me minister said even if the pandemic would stay for longer it will be endemic but singapore will learn to live with it. the path to normalcy is perhaps near everything the european he laid out this tragedy that involved testing and tracking vaccinations and he talked about how all eligible singaporeans will be getting their shot by august 9th, that is the national day. as of today, 400,000 students will be able to register for their shots. priority will be given to those sitting for major exams. this is the way forward. we have to live with the virus just like we live with the flu. i guess the challenge really is how the neighboring countries will be preparing for this reopening as well. it is a challenging situation but singapore will be shifting its strategy from one of zero tolerance for five receive options to one that allows the people to live with it. >> speaking of neighboring countries, malaysia beginning a two-week nationwide lockdown this tuesday ahead of a third aid relief

this is one year after the circuit breakers and singapore. these headlines are not encouraging about where we are in this recovery, and the so-called zero haven economies that are focusing on going to zero number of cases. it shows how difficult it is in maintaining that strategy. certainly we have the former vice president of taiwan later on. let's keep it back to markets and see what is going on. haslinda: let's get the impact on market sentiment with our asian editor. asian stocks pretty murky today. what is driving the gains? reporter: i think it is pretty clear there is a very strong buy the did move going on at the moment. i think we had a very strong selloff in taiwan shares in particular, but others last week. part of that was undoubtedly driven by fears going into that cpi printout that was so strong. now, we have had a new week, and people are thinking maybe it is time to read apply some of that money -- reapply some of that money, and even taiwan stocks fell yesterday, that was driven by the concern about the virus there. we did se

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.n motorcycles through rio de janeiro, in defiance of coronavirus restrictions. crowds lined rio's streets to wave to their president and salute the motorcade. the country has been one of the worst hit countries in the world with coronavirus. gail maclellan reports. roaring engines and a sea of green and yellow, the colours of brazil's national flag, and leading it all, jair bolsonaro. thousands turned out in rio to support the president and his latest show of defiance against coronavirus restrictions — restrictions he has consistently flouted and criticised. translation: bolsonaro, for me, is the return of freedom, it is the l return of my country. i am a patriot and with him i feel that we are proud to be patriots once again. proud of the green and yellow colours. bolsonaro for 2022. but not everyone agrees. the motorcade took to the streets just as the senate committee started investigating the president's handling of the pandemic and the slow roll—out of the country's vaccine progra

singapore and taiwan and focus after the resurgence of covid cases. singapore down 3/10 of 1%.ing at the other asset classes, yuan is in focus right now. recent gain is at risk. onshore yuan rose as much as 12% dollar for dollar over the past year. we have bitcoin at 30 46, down almost 10%. it is below that 45,000 mark after falling below that level for the first time in three months. looking at where we are in terms of commodities, iron ore's tumbling, looking to control the surge in prices even more. let's change direction, up by 1.8% in oil, coming in at 65 point 68 rising by three tents of 1%. and that's the site of covid-19 flareups and parts of asia. rishaad: we have the industry and focus as it faces increasing scrutiny after allegations of forced labor. beijing denies the claims, but as potential sanctions loom, one of the reasons the biggest factories has broken ranks is because of anxious investors. our chinese court -- china correspondent tom mackenzie was there. tom: in most other parts of the world, factory visits like this are routine, not here. we are in chin jan

singapore is trying -- singapore's airport will reportedly impose stricter measures at terminals.irport will separate staff handling ingoing and outgoing travelers in separate zones. a airport virus cluster had grown to 108 cases as of sunday. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. yvonne: taiwan has been reporting a steady increase in covid-19 cases over the last few days. the territory is being squeezed by a resurgent coronavirus on one side and grappling with a year-long drought. let's discuss all of this and more with andrew tseng, ceo and chairman of great king. april -- grape king. a pleasure to have you on the show. taiwan is dealing with covid, power outages and drought conditions. how is the business adjusting to this? andrew t.: it has been a challenging time for us especially with covid because taiwan did quite well before. to be honest, we as a company have been -- have been preparing for a possible outbreak here in taiwan. we set

activism in singapore isn't something you can afford to do casually.t know. the police say both men should have taken their signs here, to the speakers' corner — a heavily monitored patch of grass where, in theory, you can get a permit to assemble. but this place has actually been closed for almost a year now because of covid restrictions. we did ask the police how singaporeans could legally assemble now, but we didn't get an answer. this isn't a country where critics are killed or kidnapped, but they can be sued and bankrupted, sometimes by the prime minister personally. for activists like kokila annamalai, simply hoping for change isn't enough. it creates, i think, an extremely particular set of challenges for activists here and a climate that's so lonely. if i want to live in a society where people can speak freely, then i can'tjust keep asking, "can we allow people to speak freely?" i just have to start speaking freely, even when it is not allowed. and she did. shortly after our interview, kokila took part in a protest against transphobia in the ed

as singapore social housing he a headless man. but it is a good space to work out to do the kids while they are growing up and then you need more space for them as they grow up. but he's a good start there for any family, for small family they acquired the apartment as part of a program in which the state sales properties are well below market value. the ones will have to live in it for at least 5 years. they could have rented instead, but, but the government offers incentives to buyers. and so for some via you get to have additional guns that we have you we've but she's at the house. so get ready to help a lot in the house who who around 80 percent of a port and live in the state subsidized department. they're referred to as h d. d 's, which stands for housing development board for decades. take, you was an urban planner for the h d. b. his designs had to be inexpensive, practical and quick to build. the units were rentals at 1st, but converting them to owner occupied units brought many advantages. people will look up to the insi

sophie: thank you, sixteenth street capital's rashmi kwatra joining us from singapore. great conversation. marshall oasis capitalizing on the blockchain, they are bullish on molyneux and thanks the value is at 1700. we are at 1755 right now. another is topon, bullish on japan's topon printing company. parliament this week announced legislation to create a new agency to speed digitalization in japan. so betting on that scene overall. haidi: coming up, celebrations in gaza. the latest next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haslinda: welcome back. is this flash headlines, the chinese billionaire who founded k holdings has died of an unspecified illness. he built another company into china's biggest online platform for housing transactions and services with backing from tencent and soft. it made its u.s. debut last year and he was worth just short of $15 billion. u.s. -- ubs said to take a hit of as much as 100 billion dollars in the second quarter after a big fine for colluding with other banks and eurobond trading during the europe sovereign debt crisis. other banks are nomura hold

the world economic forum canceled its singapore meeting as virus cases spike.ith hong kong is grounded once more. asian stocks poised for a muted open.

mark cudmore joins me in singapore to take us through the market action. the cash trade is less than an hour away. here are your top headlines. the u.s. says that fully vaccinated americans can ditch masks in most settings. in the u.k., prime minister boris johnson says he is concerned about the spread of a very, while singapore times restrictions. signs of a strengthening u.s. labor market suits concerns about inflation, halting a three-day slide on wall street. elon musk doubles down on his criticism of bitcoin, digital currencies. welcome to "bloomberg markets: european open." 7:00 in london. mark is with us from singapore. what are the markets saying to you? mark: the markets are generally finishing the week in a positive tone. most equity markets doing well across the asia region, despite the factor has been a tough week for markets. it's finishing pretty positive. traders were incredibly distracted as we discuss the new virus restrictions coming in many countries, not least my home country of singapore. anna: absolutely. let's quickly check out what'

shares in taiwan and singapore are trading lower after they've imposed strict restrictions once againia. that and inflation concerns are affecting the market sentiment in the region. let's go to mariko oi, who is following developments from our asia business hub. nice to see you, mariko. i'm sure it is hugely deflating to hear this about taiwan and singapore stop that's right, because of course both taiwan and singapore were really praised for how they have managed to keep the number of deaths low until now. i managed to keep the number of deaths low until now.— deaths low until now. i guess the vaccine _ deaths low until now. i guess the vaccine rollout _ deaths low until now. i guess the vaccine rollout has - deaths low until now. i guess the vaccine rollout has not i the vaccine rollout has not been as aggressive as in the us or the uk and now, there are concerns about those new variants surfacing here in singapore as of yesterday, we are in a kind of semilog bouncer all dining restaurants are closed and gatherings of only two people are now allowed and last night, we also found ou

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.pirit, ridden byjohn velazquez, won on the 1st of may — giving his trainer, bob baffert, a record seventh victory in the race. baffert revealed today that the horse tested positive for a banned substance after the race. he strongly denied wrongdoing. yesterday, i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i didn't do. and this is really... it's disturbing, it's an injustice to the horse. ifeel like, here, you win a race, and you're still not... i don't know what's going on in racing right now, but there's something not right. and i don't feel embarrassed, i feel like i was wronged. earlier, we spoke to our reporter nada tawfik in washington and asked her how serious this was. well, it certainly puts a big damper in the triple crown series for the sport. and it is very serious. here, you have bob baffert, who is one of the premier trainers in the sport. he had received his seventh victory, a new record, but he has been plagued by allegations of doping in the past. so churchi

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.e for the global citizen vax live concert in la, she said, "women and especially women of colour have seen a generation of economic gain wiped out." the concert aimed to encourage people to get vaccinated and to secure new commitments from governments and the private sector toward the equitable distribution of covid—i9 vaccines worldwide. there is much more on that story on the website and you can reach me on twitter. i'm @geetagurumurthy. this is bbc world news. thanks for being with us. i am back with the headlines in a few minutes. hello. on sunday, the uk recorded its highest temperatures since the end of march, 22.5 celsius in suffolk. now, nothing that high in the week ahead. temperatures will be close to average for the time of year, and for monday, it is a mix of sunshine and showers. in fact, that pretty much covers it for much of the week ahead, because for much of the week ahead, low pressure will be close by the uk, the source of these showers, and at least for monday, some

while chris coffee 19 has returned to a number of countries in asia, if we take, for example, singapore and taiwan, both countries since the beginning of this year had seen virtually no, or only one digit carpet cases. up until this month where both countries, singapore and taiwan, experienced a strong and aggressive surge and new covet cases. take thailand, for example, a record number of call cases has been reported from there. so, as you know, travel bubbles, lead safe places to travel to at least these countries have to be counted out. china, yes, the covered situation there seems to be under control. but this allows only for, you know, travelling within china. now how does all of this translate interning figures? how bad is the situation for carriers like think of airlines like kathy? well, singapore airlines just posted a record last for the last fiscal year of 3 point. $2000000000.00 us dollars in the period between march last year to march this year. the number of passengers with singapore airlines decline by around about 98 percent cafe pacific posted a 909 percent decline in p

hong kong's requires -- hong kong to require quarantine for singapore arrivals, classifying singaporea high risk destination. it is worth pointing out and reemphasizing, as you have done through the whole pandemic, the tolerance levels of places like singapore and hong kong are markedly different than places like young -- like london, new york, the u.k., and the united states. lisa: how are you going to reopen internationally at a time when covid-19 is being treated increasingly like the common cold or the flu, and it is not going anywhere? what will it take to move beyond that? frankly, it is hard to see at this point given the vaccination rates and efficacy rates we have seen in certain select vaccinations. jonathan: some of the big headlines crossing the bloomberg, hong kong classifying singapore as a high-risk virus destination, requiring a 21 day quarantine for arrivals from singapore. let's turn to washington, d.c. emily wilkins joins us from bloomberg government. we spent the first hour, hour and 20 minutes of this program talking about the big business stories. let's talk abou

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore.rnment makes an announcement tomorrow on the next stage of lockdown easing. the changes on household mixing will be most significant since the rules were introduced in england last year. here's our science editor david shukman. remember this, the comfort of a hug? well, for more than a year, we've been warned against it because of the risks of transmitting the virus. but now, with fewer infections and many more people vaccinated, it seems to be the moment for a cautious return. we've seen an absolutely extraordinary success of both the vaccine programme and also the suppression of cases as a result of this very prolonged lockdown we've had, and so i think it is time — based on the very careful modelling that's been done — to start relaxing some of those restrictions. so will people rush to hug again or might they hold back? in newcastle this afternoon, we found a range of views. it's brilliant. yeah, really looking forward to it. couldn't help but wanting to hug my friends here at the

juliette saly in singapore.a huge pullback we are seeing in iron ore, this is a debate we've seen across the street, whether or not we are in a super cycle. some of our guests were talking about china in 2020 hoarding these commodities on the cheap and now trying to cool it. brent crude a different story, up six tents of a percent paid it is the optimism of the demand, isn't it? manus: yes, and i think if you look at the east-west divide, and looking at some notes, everybody is trying to work out how quickly could iran come back to the market on the oil side? we will talk about this later on. goldman sachs say $80 is attainable, even aggressively assuming july restart for iranian crude, they still see $80. it is about mobility and they say that is deeply underpriced in the markets. annmarie: just ahead, europe reacts with outrage after belarus forces a ryanair flight to land in minsk so a journalist can be arrested. more on that next. this is bl (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend th

nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. all for one smiley face.ell. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc david eades. do drop me a line you wish. this is bbc news. hello. on sunday, the uk recorded its highest temperatures since the end of march, 22.5 celsius in suffolk. now, nothing that high in the week ahead. temperatures will be close to average for the time of year, and for monday, it is a mix of sunshine and showers. in fact, that pretty much covers it for much of the week ahead, because for much of the week ahead, low pressure will be close by the uk, the source of these showers, and at least for monday, some brisk winds as well, especially in england and wales. and after a cloudy, breezy, showery night, well, this is where temperatures are to start the day. no frost out there. in fact, some spots just around 10—12 degrees celsius. we're not expecting any frost in the week ahead. there mayjust be a bit of rain skirting parts of eastern england to begin with. that moves off and may well head towards the northern isles of scotland later in

in singapore that number is four cases per million, but in singapore we see basically full-blown nationaltightening the borders, testing thousands of people, closing schools and airports because these flareups are so unusual for these places in asia that have done so extraordinarily well at containing the virus. what we see moving forward is that this success could be something of a straitjacket for these successful asian nations. the rest of the world is reopening, rejoining, reopening economies and these asian countries are trying to keep the virus eliminated, which will require isolation. tom: a lot of this will come down to how quickly these countries get their populations vaccinated. where do things stand in terms of places like singapore, hong kong and other nations within the region and the vaccine rollout? rachel: they are very much behind the leading western nations in vaccinations. singapore is about 20%, hong kong about 10%, new zealand and australia, these countries are victims of their own success because their populations haven't felt the threat from covid and there is hesit

singapore futures p copper as well drop in the most since october. gold also flipping on the back of the fed taper concerns. the spot index, the fourth worst day this year. taking a look at currencies, dollar snapping four days of losses. you are seeing that in the euro and the aussie. commodity length currencies is certainly taking a hit. the aussie with the exception here, little on the back of aussie job numbers. take a look at the offshore renminbi. seeing some strength this morning. have to continue to watch yields. bond markets, 156. the 10 year yield premium between china and the u.s. to a 15 month low. haslinda: all the swings and suddenly not for the faint hearted. breaking news out of new zealand. amid all the uncertainty, new zealand seeing a sees a stronger economic growth, smaller deficits, a budget deficit of 18.4 billion kiwi versus 16 forecast in december. for subsequent years, deficits were slower than previously forecast, falling to 2.3 billion kiwi dollars in 2025. in terms of treasury projection, it's returning to a budget surplus

singapore will be among these countries. that is the strategy.economy progressively. they are not in a hurry to do that. they will ensure safety first. >> stephen engle in hong kong, there are accusations of special treatment for some executives being vaccinated? >> yes, that's right. this government's been struggling to convince people that it is for their good and the greater good to get vaccinated. this government spent the money early on. to secure doses of vaccines from sinovac as well as biontech to cover their entire population of 7.5 million. to date, according to yesterday's update, carrie lam said about one million people out of the 7.5 million, 13% of the population have received both doses of either those vaccines. that is not enough of course to achieve the so-called herd immunity. they have launched yet again another campaign to get people and convince people. launching a campaign to give civil servants two days paid leave, one day for each shot they get, encouraging other companies around the city to do the same. but again, people