06/01/2017 Asia Business Report

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US President-elect Donald Trump pics on Japanese car maker Toyota for its

plans to build a new plant in Mexico.

And a new gadget for cyclists, one that tracks your performance while

keeping your eyes on the road. Hello and welcome to Asia Business Report.

Shares of Japanese car maker Toyota are down 1.5% right now after

tumbling 3% earlier this morning. This comes after President-elect

Donald Trump tweeted that if Toyota goes ahead with plans to build a new

plant in Mexico, especially for its Corolla car model, instead of the

US, then it faces a big border tax when it ships cars north. Toyota

announced in April that it would build a $1 billion macro -- Carolla

factory in Mexico. I asked if there had been any reaction to that latest

tweet. Toyota was quick to respond to the latest tweet by the

President-elect and they said quickly in a statement that they

employ someone and 36,000 people here in the United States and that

the production in the United States would not be impacted by this

facility that they are planning to build in Mexico. They also talked

about just how many millions of dollars of US investment that the

company brings here, so it was really quick to talk about its

achievements in the US and offcourse that it is looking forward to

working with a Trump administration. Why do you think he is particularly

going after the auto industry this week? This is really part of Mr

Trump's America First policy. This is something he campaigned on and

right now we are really seeing him call some of these companies to

task. He wants to see companies that are manufacturing things, to make

them in the US, and if they don't he wants to see them pay really heavy

tariffs on those items that they are going to be selling in the US. This

is really part of the more protectionist language that we heard

from Mr Trump and that will be carried through to his

administration, especially when you look at some of his appointments.

Samsung Electronics says it expects to make $7.8 billion in profit in

the final quarter of last year, that's a jump of 50% from the

previous year and better than many analysts were expecting, thanks to

sales of memory chips. Samsung embarrassingly stopped sales of its

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone after reports of them catching fire. We

are joined by a technology consultant from IDC. Memory chips

have offset concerns about the Galaxy Note 7, but you were

expecting this? When you look at a lot of the headlines in the past

couple of months it has always been about exploding batteries, doom for

Samsung, that's not their only business. If anything, what really

driving things is the strong memory, they have high memory and demand

from mobile phone makers and it also displayed, this small, high end

screens that are increasingly going into a lot of high end phones.

Really helping them. They are very profitable businesses, so these

businesses are behind the scenes of the mainstream consumer and that's

what is driving it. At the end of the day what happened to the Galaxy

Note 7, as painful it was, it just bounced right off because all of

these other businesses helped it. It is to use a that's because there are

many concerns that it will impact them and their reputation. Will that

follow Samsung into this year and how can it continue to stay

profitable? It still is a cloud lingering over their heads. They

still haven't explained what caused those exploding batteries. The good

thing is a couple of days ago at the consumer Electronics Show in Las

Vegas they said something was coming soon. They didn't say exactly when.

They will explain what happened. What that will be key to the

reputation, got until then people are still worried. They are the butt

of jokes. If you buy a Samsung it will explode. They have to make it

clear what went wrong, why it won't happen again and they have to get

this announcement soon announcement now. Of course there's the arch

rivalry with the Mac and iPhone. Because of the Galaxy Note 7

scandal, Apple's iPhone 6 was said to be the most popular smartphone.

How can Samsung regain ground? In terms of popularity, there are

different ways to measure it. In terms of market share, Samsung still

has a commanding lead and it is continue to have that. They are just

at the high end, have a low-end and that carries things through. But as

you say what about from a mind share perspective? That will depend on the

user. Some are Apple's fans, others are Android fans. The rumours we are

hearing about the next Galaxy, maybe no home button, stuff around AI. So

there is interesting stuff, if these rumours are true, that could end up

being a nice product for them, but they have to get the battery

reputation behind them. We look forward to the next big product.

Thank you so much for that. Will it be a better year for Asia's property

markets this year, after a mixed bag in 2016? Property markets in China

and Australia remain strong, driven by growth in major cities, there's a

different in much of Southeast Asia where growth was more subdued. Which

markets are likely to do well in the coming 12 months? Here is the view

from someone with a real estate firm. Let's pick out some of these

star performers. China, this has caught the imagination of many

people. 20% plus price growth in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. So

much so that the authorities have stepped in again to try to bring in

cooling measures. Elsewhere, Australia has still been a steady

performer, as you mentioned. This is like Sydney and Melbourne, still

seem fairly reasonable price growth. And then places like New Zealand,

Auckland continues to be a star performer. China and Hong Kong have

been seeing growth, despite these measures. The government has tried

to put in more measures and are regulating the finance, trying to

impose some capital controls. What impact might this have full Bell? --

might this have? It is difficult to say. Over the last 12 months with

the number of cooling measures. It is difficult if you don't have the

money to invest in certain cities. That's not to -- that has had a

cooling effect. But PS3 and four cities still have a big overhang of

supply. -- tier three and four. How could this impact the market? It

could have a dampening impact on outbound but that could lead to the

benefit of some Chinese markets themselves. Chinese investing in

Shanghai and Beijing, instead of overseas.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is a mecca for anyone interested in

the latest high-tech gadgets and among them a type of smart glasses

designed to make people fitter. Smart glasses have failed to have

much of an impact. People will remember Google class. But it's

believed these $500 glasses will succeed.

These are some smart glasses, especially for cyclists. I am

wearing them now. Very fetching. It is a Google Glasses like setup. I

can see the calories on burning, how fast I am cycling and the

innovation. How high I am, if I was on a bike. You are the creator of

this device. Why is it better to have smart glasses than a little

device on your handlebars eating it the same information? We are seeing

an evolution of how people in different areas consume their data,

especially sports, where data is becoming the norm. You are training

to become better. There is standard technology out there for cyclists,

that amount on handlebars, but we believe the evolution of how data is

consumed is real-time, and so you don't have to get distracted. Isn't

it more distracting to have things projected over my vision? No,

because you can see through the information. The information

disappears when you focus beyond it for five metres and that information

is actually on demand. When you change focused information suddenly

appears in your field of view, art at the same time you aren't losing

your context because you are focusing on the road. In addition to

the display you also have integrated speakers in the headset that are

acoustically giving you directions for your training. So I don't have

to look at my phone. Why are these built into tinted spectacles? Would

it make driving or cycling at night more difficult? The lenses are

interchangeable. There is a dark lens, but the user can change it for

a clear and lens or a mirrored on. It is just another smart set of

glasses, with technology built in. That ends this edition of Asia

Business Report. Thanks for watching.