GLOBALink | Boao Forum for Asia highlights opportunities amid downward pressures: experts

STORY: Boao Forum for Asia highlights opportunities amid downward pressures: experts DATELINE: April 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of the meeting place of Boao Forum for AsiaSOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenyan scholarvarious of a container terminalSOUNDBITE 2 (English): KIN PHEA, Director-general of the International Relations Institute at the Royal Academy of CambodiaSOUNDBITE 3 (English): UMER BHATTI, Consultant, Sustainable Development Policy Institute STORYLINE: Experts have said the 2022 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) provides opportunities against the backdrop of global challenges. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenyan scholar "Boao forum has provided participating countries with an opportunity to deliberate and bring together different voices from businesses, governments and academia, into finding sustainable solutions to the challenges." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KIN PHEA, Director-general of the I

Nigerian president commissions Chinese-assisted airport terminal in economic hub

STORY: Nigerian president commissions Chinese-assisted airport terminal in economic hub DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of the inauguration ceremonyvarious of the terminalSOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian PresidentSOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIANG YIGAO, Chairman of CCECC Nigeria Limited STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the newly-built international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the economic hub of Lagos. The Chinese-assisted project was designed to handle 20 million passengers in a year while creating 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, Buhari said at the commissioning ceremony in Lagos. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President "With the delivery of this project, a new era of safety, security, and comfort has been ushered into the Nigerian aviation industry, and I am persuaded that it will get better with the passage of time." The facility is on