we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the public
restrictions, travel in asia is back with a bang and airlines are reaping the benefits of what some are calling revenge travel. and as demand has shot up, so have prices, even on budget carriers like scoot, the low cost subsidiary of singapore airlines. leslie thung told our business reporter, nick marsh, despite inflation, travel demand is still strong. we are recovering strongly. anthony petrie when the border started reopening in asia from april, we seen a very strong pent up demand and that explains why i ll load factors were very high in the last couple of months. the translator positive financial results the company and we achieved a record of 135 million singapore dollars. that s where we are now, as i said, with the plan we have, we are deftly going on 100% creek overcapacity in the months to come. i