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On Monday's Backchat, we learn more about plans to establish a major technology hub as part of the Northern Metropolis development. Aspiring to become "Hong Kong's Silicon Valley", the 627 hectare San Tin Technopole, as it's called, could create at least 165,000 innovation and technology jobs on land the size of 17 Science Parks. The Development Bureau has said that besides public tendering, plots could be offered by means such as restricted tendering or direct land grants. Meanwhile, green groups have expressed concerns about the possible environmental impact of development in the a...

On Monday's Backchat, we're talking about property management fees and owners' rights. The Consumer Council has called for greater transparency from residential developers, following a two-year study prompted by hundreds of complaints over the past 11 years, mainly about charges and service quality. The council found that homeowners spend an average of 7.4 percent of their household income on management fees. It also reported that at 75 percent of the developments it studied, the management companies had links to developers, warning of potential conflicts of interest. In most cases, flat owner...

On Monday's Backchat, we'll be talking about long Covid. The Chinese University medical school has conducted what's described as Asia's largest population-based survey of the condition to understand the long-term effect on people's health.  The three-years of the coronavirus pandemic have impacted us in different ways physically and mentally and on different levels. Among the finding of the survey, it's estimated that about 420,000 recovered Covid-19 patients suffer from sexual dysfunction and reproductive problems. We'll be finding out more from the experts and hearing about solu...

Labour Shortage in the Aviation Industry 9:00am - 9:45am: Brendan Sobie, Independent Aviation Analyst 9:00am - 9:30am: Czerny Achim, Associate Professor at the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 9:15am - 9:30am: Vivien Lau, President of the Hong Kong Airline Service Providers Association 9:30am - 9:45am: George Cautherley, the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Marathon Rescheduled to January 2024 9:45am - 10:00am: Peter Hopper, amateur marathon runner, partner of Gone Running On Monday's Backchat, we'll be talking about the l...

9:00-9:45: Hong Kong Science Festival 9:00 - 9:15: Samuel Chiu, Curator at the Science Promotion Unit of the Hong Kong Science Museum 9:15 - 9:45: Emil Chan, The Chairman of the Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing Professionals and Adjunct Professor at the City University 9:15 - 9:45: Clarence Chan, Head of Hong Kong and Macau at Feishu/Lark 9:45 - 10:00: Hong Kong Rugby Sevens 9:45 - 10:00: Robbie McRobbie, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Rugby On Monday’s Backchat, we're talking about the Hong Kong Science Festival and the application of science and technology in our lives. &q...