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business news live from singapore. 20 years since hong kong s hand over to china is its economy better or worse off? and it has been two decades since the asian financial crisis we look at the philippines and why it did better than its regional neighbours in riding out the turmoil. good morning, asia. hello, world. thank you forjoining me for this friday edition of asia business report. i m rico hizon. as we told you on newsday this weekend marks 20 years since hong kong saw the end of british colonial will. chris patten was the last governor of hong kong, which is one of the major financial hubs of asia. my of the major financial hubs of asia. my colleague asked him if he is concerned about the future of the economy under china s growing influence. my biggest worry about hong kong wasn t that the tanks would roll in from the north but that hong kong would simply become the richest city in china. i don t think that is going to happen so long as hong kong can hold on ....
president bush declared a new world order which america would lead by example. 25 years on, and donald trump is in the white house, so what kind of example is america setting now? my guest isjoe lieberman, former senator, al gore s vice presidential running mate in 2000. and recently touted as contender for fbi director under the current president. is donald trump fundamentally changing america s global role? joe lieberman. welcome. stephen, good to be with you. let s begin maybe have to begin, with an assessment of donald trump. six months in the white house. are you alarmed or reassured by what you have seen? iam uncertain. 0bviously president trump ran a campaign unlike any we have ever seen in america. as a former officeholder, during the year i would run into other officeholders or current elected officials, and we would go through the latest thing that candidate trump had said, which he would have agreed would have ended our campaign. he kept going. part of it was ....
president trump s temporary ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly muslim countries has now come into effect. the us supreme court has allowed parts of it after a 5 month battle in the courts. the trump administration says the ban is necessary to stop terrorists from entering the country. many have argued that it s unconstitutional as it singles out muslims. these were the scenes at airports across the country when the original travel ban was imposed without warning in january. it was called unconstitutional, a ban on muslims. and, despite months of legal challenges, president trump once again has his travel ban at least parts of it in place after a victory at the supreme court. this has been one of the president s top issues. he has talked consistently about how he believes the united states needs to do more to enhance our screening procedures, and to take a better look at people who will be coming into the united states, because the safety and security of ....
as cabin crew prepare to strike, just weeks after an it crash that stranded thousands. are cost cuts taking their toll on the airline s image? plus, from the sick man of asia to one of the region s fastest growing economies. we report from the philippines, 20 years on from the asian financial crisis. welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. we start with more problems for british airways. thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. on thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. so what s it all about? the unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff travel, concessions and bonuses. ba estimates around 8 ....
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