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Seminyak, Aug 7 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia's virus-battered tourism sector has suffered economic losses of around $5.9 billion so far this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association. (Camera: MADE NAGI).SHOT LIST: TOURISTS AT THE SEMINYAK BEACH RESORT AREA AT THE SOUTHERN END OF BALI, INDONESIA.
Tokyo, Feb 9 (EFE/EPA).- Japanese carmaker Nissan reported a net loss of 367.71 billion yen ($3.5B) in the first nine months of the fiscal year up to December 2020 although its performance improved in the most recent quarter.The firm posted an operating loss of 131.63 billion yen during that time period and its consolidated net revenue dropped 29.2 percent year-on-year to 5.32 billion yen, according to the company’s results published Tuesday. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).B-ROLL OF NISSAN SHOWROOM IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Singapore, Feb 18 (EFE/EPA).- The government of Singapore on Tuesday announced a special budget allocation of funds worth SGD 6.4 billion ($4.59 billion) to deal with the health and economic crisis caused by the outbreak of the new coronavirus."When the economy was recovering from the effects of the commercial war, the coronavirus has impacted ... tourism, aviation and other sectors," Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat told the parliament in a session while presenting the 2020 budget.The funds were added as an additional measure in the budget amid rising alarm over the disease — named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization — after 77 people cases were confirmed in Singapore. (Camera: WALLACE WOON/HOW HWEE YOUNG).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE WEAR PROTECTIVE MASKS ON THE STREETS OF SINGAPORE.
Yangon, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) updated Wednesday the expected fall in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Myanmar from 9 percent to 18.4 percent, as the country plunged into a deep crisis due to the military coup and pandemic.In a report on economic forecasts for Asia-Pacific, the ADB ranked Myanmar as the economy that will decline the most this year, only behind the Cook Islands (-26 percent), and does not offer data of the Asian country in 2022 due to the unstable situation. (Camera: STRINGER). B-ROLL OF THE FACTORIES CLOSURE AT MYANMAR-JAPAN JOINT VENTURE THILAWA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Beijing, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- China's population grew by 5.38 percent in the last 10 years to reach 1.4 billion inhabitants, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday.The total number of inhabitants, according to the 2020 census, the first since 2010, is 1.4 billion against the 1.3 billion recorded in the 2010 census.The latest census reflects an average annual growth of 0.53 percent in the last decade compared to 0.57 percent in the 2000-2010 period and 1.07 percent between 1990 and 2000. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF CHILDREN IN BEIJING, CHINA.