:00:00. > :00:11.been brought in by police. Now on BBC News, all the latest business
:00:12. > :00:14.news live from Singapore. Crisis plan, Thailand's military rulers lay
:00:15. > :00:25.out their strategy to restore investor confidence, and keep the
:00:26. > :00:28.economy moving. And no touching, could this be the future of computer
:00:29. > :00:34.technology? We go to the biggest tech show in Asia to find out.
:00:35. > :00:36.Welcome to Asia Business Report. Thailand's military rulers announce
:00:37. > :00:39.a series of emergency measures aimed at averting an economic crisis, two
:00:40. > :00:45.weeks after taking power in a military coup. 30 proposals are
:00:46. > :00:51.being discussed, including a price cut on fuel, and an offer of loan
:00:52. > :00:54.guarantees for small businesses. They want to push ahead with
:00:55. > :01:01.infrastructure projects that were stalled under the ousted government.
:01:02. > :01:04.In addition, the army says it will act on a backlog of investment
:01:05. > :01:13.applications worth more than $21 billion. Jonathan Head reports from
:01:14. > :01:16.Bangkok. The last time the generals ran this country, eight years ago,
:01:17. > :01:19.their ham`fisted efforts to manage the economy were derided. This time,
:01:20. > :01:21.they have inherited a shaky economy, compounded by falling confidence,
:01:22. > :01:31.high levels of consumer debt, and an unpredictable international
:01:32. > :01:33.environment. So their first measures have been crowd`pleasers, making
:01:34. > :01:40.overdue payments to rice farmers, and cutting the price of cooking gas
:01:41. > :01:43.and diesel fuel. And the stock market and consumer confidence
:01:44. > :01:47.indices have rewarded the two measures with small jumps.
:01:48. > :01:50.TRANSLATION: The new Government should attract more foreigners,
:01:51. > :02:03.because right now everyone is afraid to come to Thailand. For me, they
:02:04. > :02:06.should reduce prices of the daily needs we have, money doesn't go as
:02:07. > :02:09.far as it used to. One immediate reassurance the military has given
:02:10. > :02:20.is to revive the huge infrastructure projects of the government it
:02:21. > :02:23.ousted. This will be one of the main terminals for a massively expanded
:02:24. > :02:25.metro rail network for Bangkok. The military wants to push ahead with
:02:26. > :02:28.the ousted government's high`speed rail routes, and introduce some
:02:29. > :02:31.version of its price support schemes for crops, which is ironic when you
:02:32. > :02:41.think the military coup's supporters condemned the government policies as
:02:42. > :02:48.being irresponsible populism. In the end, the military will face the same
:02:49. > :02:51.dilemmas as the politicians ` how to balance being popular with being
:02:52. > :02:52.financially responsible, and how to stimulate investment without also
:02:53. > :02:59.stimulating more corruption. IATA stimulating more corruption. IATA
:03:00. > :03:01.has identified 30 companies that could provide tracking systems to
:03:02. > :03:04.prevent aircraft from going missing. The aviation industry has been
:03:05. > :03:14.scrabbling for a solution since MH370 vanished in March. The global
:03:15. > :03:20.airline body says measures to prevent it happening again could be
:03:21. > :03:24.available in four months. They need to be affordable and comprehensive.
:03:25. > :03:34.We need to fill the gaps in the non`radar environment. We have to
:03:35. > :03:37.look at those areas where we need to track the aircraft where it isn't
:03:38. > :03:39.under surveillance, for instance, the polar regions. They're covered
:03:40. > :03:42.over different parts of the oceanic regions, the Atlantic, the Pacific,
:03:43. > :03:49.over into all of the Indian Ocean region, and then there are some
:03:50. > :03:54.regions over landmasses. You have upper areas of Russia and areas
:03:55. > :03:59.within China. The senior Vice resident for safety and flight
:04:00. > :04:06.operations at IATA. `` vice president. New figures out in the
:04:07. > :04:10.last hour show Australia's economy grew 1.1% over the past quarter.
:04:11. > :04:15.3.5% for the year. That is the fastest pace in nearly two years. It
:04:16. > :04:18.follows moderate consumer spending and booming resource exports. The
:04:19. > :04:27.Australian dollar has risen on the strong GDP number. The US is
:04:28. > :04:30.slapping import duties of up to 35% on Chinese made solar panels. The
:04:31. > :04:36.new levies are set to escalate the trade war in the industry that began
:04:37. > :04:41.in 2012. The changes are in response to claims that the Chinese exporters
:04:42. > :04:45.have avoided earlier tariffs are outsourcing production to regions
:04:46. > :04:52.like Taiwan before assembling them in China. Russia and China plan to
:04:53. > :04:54.set up a joint ratings agency to assess investment project between
:04:55. > :04:57.the countries and to make trade between them easier. The stand`off
:04:58. > :05:00.by Moscow with the west of the Ukraine has made it eager to
:05:01. > :05:02.establish institutions that would reduce its dependence on the US and
:05:03. > :05:05.Europe. Google services are disrupted in China ahead of today's
:05:06. > :05:12.anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square. In a blog by
:05:13. > :05:14.censorship watchdog rate via .org it is claimed the government has been
:05:15. > :05:17.targeting Google search engines, Gmail and other services as last
:05:18. > :05:20.week. The ruling party has been controlling public discussion of the
:05:21. > :05:29.anniversary, but some activists have been detained. Within 40 years, the
:05:30. > :05:32.world's population will grow by two billion people to more than nine
:05:33. > :05:37.billion. Most of us will live in cities. That means it is crucial to
:05:38. > :05:39.create systems that keep big urban centres running like clockwork with
:05:40. > :05:44.everything from transport and infrastructure to security systems.
:05:45. > :05:47.The vice president for security and transportation at the global firm,
:05:48. > :05:50.Callas, and he says talent is a romance with three billion cars in
:05:51. > :06:01.the world and travel expected to increase twofold. ``Thales. We have
:06:02. > :06:09.to do something and the challenge will be how to manage innovative
:06:10. > :06:12.services `` Thales. How easy is that? None of this is unknown.
:06:13. > :06:16.Everyone has to deal with the growing population. The question is
:06:17. > :06:19.exactly where the growth is going to be and making sure the services
:06:20. > :06:29.match the growth patches. Is that a complex task? No it isn't. You need
:06:30. > :06:35.to look for quick wins. What we have done in London to increase the
:06:36. > :06:40.capacity of the queue by 23%. We are doing the same in Singapore. What we
:06:41. > :06:43.have done in Brisbane to look at free float holding, with a 70 cents
:06:44. > :06:50.reduction in incidence and eight cutting journey times. `` 70%.
:06:51. > :06:56.Talking about the flow on the tube. How do you increase it? Modern
:06:57. > :06:59.technology like signalling. We can push the trains closer together,
:07:00. > :07:04.thus putting more trains on the track and improving capacity. Less
:07:05. > :07:09.waiting time at stations. So what is the city of the future going to look
:07:10. > :07:15.like? Will it be different from what we know a city to be like today?
:07:16. > :07:18.Absolutely. It's got to be, with that rate of growth. We need to
:07:19. > :07:23.concentrate on connecting the modes of transport we already have.
:07:24. > :07:26.Looking at the data that comes from the systems also. Using that data in
:07:27. > :07:36.intelligent ways. Ensuring we can connect to services. And a citizen
:07:37. > :07:43.in a city, making sure he or she is getting a seamless journey, a
:07:44. > :07:48.personalised journey. Is there something your computer can't do
:07:49. > :07:50.now? There is a myriad of innovations on display in Taiwan at
:07:51. > :07:53.Asia's biggest computer and technology show, Computex. Our
:07:54. > :07:56.correspondent takes a look at their gadgets. We are getting a glimpse of
:07:57. > :07:58.the latest trends in technology. They will shape this industry in the
:07:59. > :08:05.coming months. These technologies don't apply only to the office, but
:08:06. > :08:14.the home environment also. With me is Intel's Sanjoy. What we have here
:08:15. > :08:18.is a 3`D camera. We have embedded into the notebook and it has a great
:08:19. > :08:21.advantage. We are sitting in the bedroom and I want to have a
:08:22. > :08:28.meeting, but I don't want everyone to see my bedroom. So what we do is,
:08:29. > :08:32.using this technology, I can extract the background and replace it with
:08:33. > :08:43.my work. And, no`one can see your messy bed or your kids or anything.
:08:44. > :08:47.Exactly. Tell us what we have here. Let's you are in the kitchen and
:08:48. > :08:51.your cooking and you don't want to do to your computer. What I am going
:08:52. > :08:56.to do is walk up to the computer, put my head in front of it and then,
:08:57. > :09:03.I can move the screen around using my hand. I can pick a certain menu,
:09:04. > :09:06.open my hand and all of a sudden it will open the page and take me
:09:07. > :09:14.there. White without touching the screen. Yes. I don't have to deal
:09:15. > :09:20.with getting the computer dirty. I can't stand so many cables and
:09:21. > :09:23.wires, do you have a solution? We do, we have Intel wireless charging.
:09:24. > :09:27.You can put down a notebook or a tablet or phone on a table like this
:09:28. > :09:31.and it will start charging automatically. This is no ordinary
:09:32. > :09:35.table, is it? We have taken a regular table and put coils on the
:09:36. > :09:38.bottom of it. We have designed a kit that will allow anyone to do that.
:09:39. > :09:42.If you have a wireless charging notebook or a tablet or phone, you
:09:43. > :09:46.can put it on and it will charge those devices as soon as you put it
:09:47. > :09:52.on. So I can show you the example of what it does. If you look at this
:09:53. > :09:57.table, what it has done is it has created a... It is lighting the
:09:58. > :10:02.lights where the charge is quite so you can see where the charge is
:10:03. > :10:05.happening. Just three of a vast array of products that reflect a
:10:06. > :10:06.growing trend of making technology user`friendly and practical for
:10:07. > :10:15.consumers. For more on all that is consumers. For more on all that is
:10:16. > :10:21.on show there, log onto our website and check out our technology page.
:10:22. > :10:28.Now, a quick look at the market. They have opened mainly down, but
:10:29. > :10:30.barely moved. Not much of a lead from Wall Street, which was
:10:31. > :10:41.marginally weaker overnight. The Nikkei is down. Traders found few
:10:42. > :10:50.reasons to buy. The SNP is down 20. Hang Sang is down 111. And that is
:10:51. > :11:00.it for this edition of Asia Business Report. The top stories this hour:
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