:00:00. > :00:20.to Northern Ireland, and crashed soon after taking off.
:00:21. > :00:24.It is time for Asia Business Report. Malaysia comes under fire for how it
:00:25. > :00:27.has released information about the missing flight. And, India is
:00:28. > :00:31.looking to set up its own high profile football competition, within
:00:32. > :00:44.a nation of cricket lovers will it work? Welcome to Asia Business
:00:45. > :00:48.Report. It has been nearly a week since a Malaysian airlines plane
:00:49. > :00:51.mysteriously disappeared while en route to Beijing. An international
:00:52. > :00:55.search and rescue effort has been under way, but so far there is no
:00:56. > :01:02.sign of any wreckage, leaving the world with what seems like a few
:01:03. > :01:05.answers and a lot of questions. In Kuala Lumpur, authorities happy
:01:06. > :01:07.holding daily news conferences, but have recently come under heavy
:01:08. > :01:16.criticism for their handling of the crisis. I spoke to two aviation
:01:17. > :01:21.experts. It is a difficult crisis, not the
:01:22. > :01:28.normal type of aircraft accident. These things have happened before.
:01:29. > :01:31.There should not have been such a state of confusion or lack of
:01:32. > :01:37.co-ordination. Information is key for families, because to them, time
:01:38. > :01:41.has stopped. There is no going forward, and certainly no going
:01:42. > :01:44.back. The best the Malaysian government and Malaysia Airlines
:01:45. > :01:49.could have done in this incident is not make it worse. Unfortunately,
:01:50. > :01:52.they have made it worse. I don't think they will ever regain the
:01:53. > :01:55.trust and confidence of the families. Other accidents have
:01:56. > :02:00.happened, we have had planned to missing, and we haven't found them
:02:01. > :02:03.for 72 days or longer. The earth is a big place, mountains and oceans
:02:04. > :02:08.could. Could anyone have done better? I suspect there are other
:02:09. > :02:12.governments and other airlines that have done better and could do
:02:13. > :02:16.better. I hate to say that, you don't like kicking people when they
:02:17. > :02:20.are down. But it is frustrating, and I'm sure horribly frustrating for
:02:21. > :02:24.family members, who have to go to the media, who get one source of
:02:25. > :02:32.information, get their hopes raised, and then they are told it is
:02:33. > :02:36.incorrect. It is the lack of consistency, and that makes everyone
:02:37. > :02:38.wonder who to believe. The people you should believe others who have
:02:39. > :02:44.most information, which should be the government. It is a simple case
:02:45. > :02:57.of too many cooks spoiling the broth. You have Malaysian officials
:02:58. > :03:00.tweeting, a Malaysia Airlines official confirming rumours. You
:03:01. > :03:05.want facts, not corrections of rumours. There is also the situation
:03:06. > :03:08.of 56 vessels from different countries trying to quarter make the
:03:09. > :03:12.international effort. There is a lack of leadership when it comes to
:03:13. > :03:17.this situation. There needs to be a single source of information. We
:03:18. > :03:20.advise airline clients, customers are looking for one kind of
:03:21. > :03:25.information, one point of information. They want facts, so
:03:26. > :03:31.rather than releasing lots of information from lots of sources, go
:03:32. > :03:35.to one source, and one press conference per day. You don't want
:03:36. > :03:43.cheese making statements and then rejecting them. It could just come
:03:44. > :03:55.from the CEO of the company. General Electric is spinning off its
:03:56. > :04:00.retail finance business, which some analysts predict could be worth $18
:04:01. > :04:03.million. McDonald's is being sued by workers
:04:04. > :04:10.in three US states for allegedly stealing wages. The fast food giant
:04:11. > :04:14.is facing seven class-action lawsuits. Workers claim they were
:04:15. > :04:22.forced to work off the clock and not paid overtime. McDonald said --
:04:23. > :04:47.McDonald's said it is committed to fair working conditions.
:04:48. > :04:55.If you are employed by a big corporation, they send you abroad
:04:56. > :05:00.for work, you will often get a relocation package. This includes
:05:01. > :05:06.subsidised housing and regular flights home. Now, Panasonic is
:05:07. > :05:14.offering staff moving to China a payment to help cope with the
:05:15. > :05:18.country's notorious smog. A thick, acrid smog hangs heavy over
:05:19. > :05:22.the streets of Beijing, making it difficult to see and even more
:05:23. > :05:27.difficult to breathe. Pollution is the price China pays for the
:05:28. > :05:30.economic growth of the past decade. It is the result of rapid
:05:31. > :05:36.industrialisation, and the burning of millions of tonnes of coal every
:05:37. > :05:40.year. Now, Panasonic says it will pay its foreign workers in China
:05:41. > :05:45.extra. A pollution premium to compensate them for the poor air
:05:46. > :05:49.quality. It is not unusual for multinational firms to pay staff
:05:50. > :05:52.more when they are sent to live and work overseas, particularly if they
:05:53. > :06:00.go to dangerous or uncomfortable places. In the oil in -- industry,
:06:01. > :06:06.employers often get a premium for working offshore. Now, Panasonic are
:06:07. > :06:11.offering them extra to have to breathe smog. It is a first from our
:06:12. > :06:16.perspective definitely. I think it will be taken on by lots of
:06:17. > :06:18.companies. It is specified as an air pollution allowance, rather than
:06:19. > :06:25.being bundled in what we commonly known as a hardship premium. I think
:06:26. > :06:28.it is probably part of a wider drive by organisations to actually be
:06:29. > :06:31.transparent about the allowances they are giving to expats, which are
:06:32. > :06:37.obviously a costly part of the package. As the annual National
:06:38. > :06:45.People's Congress drew to a close in Beijing, Li Kequiang admitted that
:06:46. > :06:51.China's current economic model is unsustainable. What is very much on
:06:52. > :06:55.our mind is existing problems. We will confront serious challenges
:06:56. > :07:02.this year, and some may be even more complex. We need to ensure steady
:07:03. > :07:08.growth, employment, preventing -- prevent inflation. Beijing faces the
:07:09. > :07:13.steep challenge of trying to increase rapid growth, while
:07:14. > :07:17.encouraging businesses to clean up their act.
:07:18. > :07:20.India's national football team has never made it into the World Cup,
:07:21. > :07:23.but when the event kicks off there will be plenty of interest on the
:07:24. > :07:28.sub continent. The sport has plenty of followers, because of the
:07:29. > :07:35.popularity of overseas leagues. Efforts have become to launch a high
:07:36. > :07:40.budget, and they hope high-profile, football competition in India
:07:41. > :07:44.itself. The fields may not be perfect, and
:07:45. > :07:50.the skills will take a bit more time, but great game still
:07:51. > :07:55.relatively new here, you can't doubt the enthusiasm. Children having a
:07:56. > :07:59.kick around in the park is a very positive sign for football in India.
:08:00. > :08:07.But, there is one huge reason why the sport will be in the shadows for
:08:08. > :08:11.a while yet. They say here that cricket is not just a sport, but it
:08:12. > :08:14.is a religion. If you ask many of these youngsters what they want to
:08:15. > :08:21.do for a living, a good chunk of them would say, play cricket for
:08:22. > :08:28.India. No wonder India is turning to cricket for some inspiration in
:08:29. > :08:34.football. Cricket Indian Premier League has brought crowds to
:08:35. > :08:37.stadiums and he to television sets, as teams representing cities across
:08:38. > :08:44.the country battle it out over a few weeks each year. It is what football
:08:45. > :08:49.wants to emulate. India already has a football competition, but with a
:08:50. > :08:56.few exceptions, crowds tend to be in on the ground. Now, football
:08:57. > :09:01.franchises are being offered for an IPL style all new Indian Super
:09:02. > :09:05.League. Given most IPL cricket teams have so far struggled to make money,
:09:06. > :09:09.does football really have any chance of being commercially viable? The
:09:10. > :09:17.packaging of the league needs to be right. By that I mean, on field
:09:18. > :09:23.performance, the media rights, sponsorship, naming rights. These
:09:24. > :09:26.need to be packaged well. I think we could see at some point in time
:09:27. > :09:33.franchises and the leak would start making money. To be successful,
:09:34. > :09:41.people have to watch. So, while Indians already fanatically followed
:09:42. > :09:47.European leagues, would this be successful? If it was a brand, you
:09:48. > :09:53.know, when we smoke we don't change our rant. I'm sure were not going to
:09:54. > :09:57.stop watching Manchester United. If we get foreign players coming in,
:09:58. > :10:03.and they help promote the game, certainly this will work. It is only
:10:04. > :10:07.months until Indian Super League is start to kick off, but a lot must
:10:08. > :10:11.happen before it can get under way. By then, we should have a better
:10:12. > :10:17.idea of whether the future of Indian football is in safe hands.
:10:18. > :10:24.A quick look at the markets. Most of them are at one-month lows at the
:10:25. > :10:29.moment. The Nikkei is down significantly, about 400 points.
:10:30. > :10:40.That is mainly due to the strength of the yen.
:10:41. > :10:48.Our top stories: The seventh day of searching is under way for the
:10:49. > :10:52.missing Malaysia Airlines plane, but still no sign of it. The
:10:53. > :10:58.international operation looks set to widen into the Indian Ocean. Violent
:10:59. > :10:59.clashes in eastern Ukraine have left at least one person dead. At the