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:01:33. > :01:40.-- Westminster terror. Benneteau Toshiba is in the spotlight this
:01:41. > :01:46.week. We'll find out why their troubles mirror what is wrong with
:01:47. > :01:56.Japan. Andrew rules on this guy. We look at Singapore's efforts to
:01:57. > :02:01.control the airspace use for drones. Hello and welcome to Asia Business
:02:02. > :02:04.Report. I'm Sharanjit Leyl. And welcome to a brand-new week. And
:02:05. > :02:08.these are few things we are expecting on the corporate calendar
:02:09. > :02:13.this week. On Tuesday, Toshiba is due to release its earnings. The
:02:14. > :02:16.troubled Japanese conglomerate has been delaying releasing its results.
:02:17. > :02:20.It is done that already twice while trying to assess losses from its US
:02:21. > :02:30.nuclear business. On Thursday, we get the first good result from
:02:31. > :02:35.JPMorgan Chase. And in -- it is a short trading week with Good Friday
:02:36. > :02:39.coming up. And to help map out the trading agenda, I spoke with a
:02:40. > :02:45.market hours. I first asked him if the geopolitical issues after the
:02:46. > :02:51.missile strikes on Syria, and the warships in the area of the Korean
:02:52. > :02:56.Peninsula could rattle investors. There will be some nervousness about
:02:57. > :03:02.it. But I think the carrier battle group is sabre-ratting by the US
:03:03. > :03:06.administration. To be honest, to take North Korea, you will need more
:03:07. > :03:13.than a carrier battle group. So I think this is more of a PR exercise,
:03:14. > :03:18.rather than a serious precursor to some action going on there. Let's
:03:19. > :03:21.take a look at Toshiba, now. They have a busy been delaying their
:03:22. > :03:27.earnings results. They said finally this is due out on Tuesday. Why
:03:28. > :03:31.these constant delays, and what impacts will this have on market,
:03:32. > :03:35.has? The main reason is they could not get their core to three accounts
:03:36. > :03:38.signed off by the auditor, and that was because they could not quantify
:03:39. > :03:43.the losses on their nuclear business. Now that Westinghouse is
:03:44. > :03:46.in receivership, I guess they are in a position for Korda 3-2 quantify
:03:47. > :03:51.that. Because Isaby write the whole lot. They have a lot of contingent
:03:52. > :03:57.liabilities from loan guarantees to which they gave to Westinghouse. And
:03:58. > :04:01.they also have a UK nuclear plant that they are fully liable for to
:04:02. > :04:06.build. So there is nothing but bad news, there. So it was either
:04:07. > :04:10.produce Ecosys week or be delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange. We'll
:04:11. > :04:15.be watching for that closely. They cannot afford another delay. Let's
:04:16. > :04:21.take another look at the US banks. We know that it is a much tighter
:04:22. > :04:26.regular tree environment in the US. Present Donald Trump has talked
:04:27. > :04:31.about rolling back some of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank act,
:04:32. > :04:34.which could be positive for US-backed. With US interest rates
:04:35. > :04:40.rising in the United States, and a more positive yield curve, this
:04:41. > :04:43.could be positive for US bank earnings. Sibley put, the higher the
:04:44. > :04:47.rates go, the high they can judge the loans. So the more money they
:04:48. > :04:57.can make. So the US economy is doing very well, despite the heat up --
:04:58. > :05:01.hiccup. -- simply. It was not a great job report from the US on
:05:02. > :05:08.Friday. The other thing that rattle those last week was this idea that
:05:09. > :05:12.from the -- that they would be scaling back on the balance sheet
:05:13. > :05:15.for the central bank. A lot of concerns about that. Will they
:05:16. > :05:20.continue to cause rattles? That is effectively a fourth tightening.
:05:21. > :05:24.Industries racked it as did the foreign exchange straightaway. The
:05:25. > :05:27.bond market did not. I would expect that to start affecting the bond
:05:28. > :05:35.market and we will see higher yields there. Effectively, that will be the
:05:36. > :05:39.fourth tightening for 2017. The operator of Hong Kong's gold
:05:40. > :05:42.exchange is in talks with Myanmar to help the government there to set up
:05:43. > :05:47.a similar exchange in the country. Myanmar's location along the route
:05:48. > :05:50.of the Chinese one belt route makes it an attractive spot to capture the
:05:51. > :05:56.commodities trade in the region. That is the view of the president of
:05:57. > :06:00.the Gold exchange society. That is the group advising Myanmar on the
:06:01. > :06:05.venture. The US Secretary of State, Brett Allison, has arrived in Italy
:06:06. > :06:09.to begin discussions later date with the major European powers on ways to
:06:10. > :06:19.increase pressure on finance it to distance himself from Syria's
:06:20. > :06:22.President al-Assad. Rex Tillerson will meet Boris Johnson and fellow
:06:23. > :06:31.foreign ministers from the G7 grouping, including others.
:06:32. > :06:37.Researchers are women who take a career break take a tough time to
:06:38. > :06:44.return to the walking work. In Hong Kong, 67% levered jobs for various
:06:45. > :06:49.reasons. But less than half of employers surveyed said they would
:06:50. > :06:55.hire a woman returning to the workforce. To find out why, I pose
:06:56. > :07:00.the question to Soviva Robert Waters, who conducted the survey.
:07:01. > :07:08.The purpose of doing this survey was to uncover any bias towards this
:07:09. > :07:12.group of talents that we encounter on a daily basis. I think some of
:07:13. > :07:15.the reasons that we uncovered that prevent these people from getting
:07:16. > :07:20.into the work first as quickly as others. -- workforce to please
:07:21. > :07:25.others include that they might be up to rise to the challenge as quickly
:07:26. > :07:29.as they could, if in an active role, because they will have taken time
:07:30. > :07:32.out and will not have been keeping up with industry trends or market
:07:33. > :07:38.trends as quickly as other counterparts. So, and also, as a
:07:39. > :07:43.result, personal commitments, but those who had taken time to take
:07:44. > :07:46.care of children or elderly parents, sometimes they feel that they might
:07:47. > :07:52.be as committed. What can governments, as well as employment
:07:53. > :07:55.is possibly -- as well as employers, do to change has? I love that
:07:56. > :07:59.question. Interestingly, in Singapore Parliament, it was raised
:08:00. > :08:04.last week, a motion highlighting the aspirations of women in Singapore.
:08:05. > :08:07.And there were a slew of measures be discussed. Topics being brought up
:08:08. > :08:11.to identify this group of people, that they are actually an integral
:08:12. > :08:17.part of the workforce, not just in Singapore, but in the wider region
:08:18. > :08:20.as Asia-Pacific. With a wealth of experience experience and these
:08:21. > :08:24.people are actually definitely a lot more, you know, they can bring with
:08:25. > :08:27.them great time management skills, organisational skills, benefits that
:08:28. > :08:31.you might not see in some of these other talents that we are dealing
:08:32. > :08:34.with at this moment. We are seeing, as you say, the Singapore government
:08:35. > :08:37.tried to address this issue in terms of policy, but in terms of your
:08:38. > :08:43.Outlook and your survey, which countries in Asia specifically need
:08:44. > :08:46.women to return to work the most? Southeast Asia, China, where see
:08:47. > :08:51.this problem being particularly acute? I think if you look across
:08:52. > :08:56.Southeast Asia and greater China, the economy to grow right now. The
:08:57. > :09:00.emerging markets in Southeast Asia, like Indonesia and Thailand, Vietnam
:09:01. > :09:05.lives as these are the countries that are most lacking in talent, and
:09:06. > :09:07.I just want to highlight that we focus on white-collar working
:09:08. > :09:12.professionals. And these individuals, these are young,
:09:13. > :09:18.capable, smart women, they can bring experience to meet the labour
:09:19. > :09:22.shortage in local markets. This guy is the limit for the number of these
:09:23. > :09:28.things. They are drones. They are expected to hit Singapore 's air
:09:29. > :09:33.space next ten years. The additional traffic will cause dangers. To
:09:34. > :09:37.prevent crashes, experts at the Civil Aviation Authority of
:09:38. > :09:39.Singapore are working on a system with university researchers to keep
:09:40. > :09:53.drones on the same path. -- safe. There is a need for a system to
:09:54. > :09:57.govern the operation of drones. We also know that the government
:09:58. > :10:06.agencies are looking at more usage of drones, operations which are
:10:07. > :10:13.dull, dirty, and dangerous. These types of work would be best done by
:10:14. > :10:18.a robot or by a drone. For instance, if you want to inspect a chimney,
:10:19. > :10:22.for instance, you would not want to censor me up and down the chimney.
:10:23. > :10:28.You just use a drone to go and conduct an inspection.
:10:29. > :10:36.The reason you see many drones flying in big areas, and especially
:10:37. > :10:44.in urban areas, is because the safety is something that we must
:10:45. > :10:47.take care. Singapore, many people may not realise that the open
:10:48. > :10:57.Essbase is actually finite and limited. They are potentially
:10:58. > :11:10.interfering with military. There is a need to divide them. There is a
:11:11. > :11:14.way to fence a virtual wall around an area, because we do not want to
:11:15. > :11:22.allow any drones to enter into that area. This will require the
:11:23. > :11:26.technology that supports the surveillance, and knowing positions
:11:27. > :11:29.well enough, so that if a particular area is geo- fenced, that this
:11:30. > :11:44.information can be uploaded. Very exciting stuff. A quick look at
:11:45. > :11:48.the market before we go. They have opened higher, as you can see. And
:11:49. > :11:50.that is it for this edition of Asian, at Asia Business Report. They
:11:51. > :11:55.keep watching. -- this edition -- this edition of