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At the final stop of their journey, Meka and Zaza arrived at Hongcun, known as the "Chinese village in the painting." They strolled through the ancient alleys, quietly admiring the unique architecture and the long-standing stories of Hongcun. Here, they felt not only the beauty of the buildings but also the delicate paintings, exquisite tea, and simple rural dishes.

In recent years, Hong Kong has experienced extreme weather events such as super typhoons and heavy rainstorms. The government has strengthened its response to extreme weather, with relevant departments conducting drills to prepare. Efforts are also being made to leverage innovative technology to implement necessary preventive measures before extreme weather strikes. Additionally, the government aims to raise public awareness about the risks of engaging in outdoor activities during extreme weather. Such actions not only put their own lives at risk but also endanger the lives of emergency rescuers. Citizens are urged to comply with the law.

Following the Chief Executive's delegation visit to the Middle East in 2023, the Department of Justice has been actively deepening its legal co-operation with the Middle East. In particular, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation on dispute avoidance and resolution last year to strengthen the relationship in the legal and dispute resolution professions. Mr. Cheung Kwok-kwan, the Deputy Secretary for Justice, participated in a number of activities, including leading a delegation to Saudi Arabia last year to meet with the senior management of the Ministry of Justice of Saudi Arabia, and attending special events organised by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. These efforts aimed to position Hong Kong as a premier 'Belt and Road' dispute resolution hub. In this episode, we will interview Mr. Cheung Kwok-kwan, the Deputy Secretary for Justice, to explore the outcomes of the co-operation and understand how Hong Kong, as an international legal services centre, promotes legal and arbitration services to the Middle East countries.

Orgainzed by the Trade Development Council, Asia Summit on Global Health will be held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre on 26th and 27th May. The theme this year is “Fostering Global Collaboration for a Shared Future”. The summit brings together global healthcare experts, business leaders, investors and innovators, integrating academic and business perspectives. The two-day Summit features nearly 20 forums, dialogues, featured seminars and more.

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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has established the Honours and Awards System to give recognition to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to Hong Kong and rendered devoted social service. They contribute to society in different sectors and set exemplary examples, striving to build a more prosperous, harmonious and successful Hong Kong for us all. In this episode, five honours recipients are invited to share about their concept and meaning of giving back to society, namely Professor LEE Chack-fan, who actively promotes Chinese cultural heritage and has made exemplary contributions to the development of arts and culture in Hong Kong; Doctor LI Kwok-tung, who has made exemplary contributions to the development of primary healthcare service in Hong Kong; Mr FUNG Hau-chung, who has actively assisted the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council in developing suitable strategies for effective implementation of the new regulatory regime for the accounting profession; Professor SHUM Harry, who has introduced a number of highly representative I&T enterprises and influential technology funds to set up their businesses in Hong Kong; and Mr CHAN Hiu-fung, a solicitor who promotes Hong Kong’s position as an international legal and dispute resolution services centre. Director: KWOK Wing-yan

Naturalist Steve Backshall and a team of dive experts embark on an expedition to Mexico’s Eastern Pacific. Steve joins forces with renowned shark scientist Mauricio Hoyos to dive the largest marine protected area in North America – the Revillagigedo National Park. Here, they hope to witness some of the richest marine life on the planet – whale sharks, Galapagos sharks, hammerhead sharks and giant manta rays are known to gather here in huge numbers. From the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, the team travels over 700 kilometres into the open ocean. Their goal is to dive unexplored areas of the remote volcanic island of Clarion to discover where shark pups are born. Shark populations are crashing globally as they are targeted by the illegal shark fin trade. Sharks are slow breeders – some species only have a few young at a time and they take a long time to reach maturity. When commercial fishing boats catch one shark – it’s not just one life lost – it can be a whole generation. If Steve and Mauricio can discover where shark mothers give birth, they can help protect a new generation of these ocean giants.

An annual mega event for the scientific community, the Future Science Prize Award Ceremony, was successfully held on 3 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Three grand prizes (Life Science Prize, Physical Science Prize, and Mathematics and Computer Science Prize) were awarded to four scientists from Mainland China respectively: Professor DENG Hongkui, Professor ZHANG Tao, Professor LI Yadong, and Professor SUN Binyong. As in previous years, the Award Ceremony came with the Future Science Prize Week (30 October to 3 November). The 5-day Prize Week gathered elites in the scientific community from around the world and included events such as the Science Symposiums, Science and Technology Forum, and Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Annual Conference. The highlight of the events was a speech on “Acid Catalysis” by Professor Benjamin LIST, the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2021. In order to popularise science at all levels and inspire young people, the organiser specially held the “Dialogue with the Youth” seminar, in which the four award-winning scientists had close interaction with Hong Kong secondary students from different schools. Their sharing of personal learning experiences and scientific research journeys brought the Prize Week to a perfect close.

SHUM Pui-yung showed her passion for ballet since a young age, and it had been her dream to take dancing as her career. Yet, she chose to study English at the university, discontinuing her study of ballet. College life did not extinguish Pui-yung’s passion for dancing. On the contrary, she was even being teased by schoolmates, saying that her major was actually the “Dance Society”. During her time at the university, she had experienced more diverse forms in dancing, which helped her better understand herself. Later she furthered her study at London Contemporary Dance School, determined to develop her career in the arts of dancing. However, once again, she had to struggle to make her choice, as she graduated at the time when the pandemic of the century was raging. The divinity of dance cast the spell again to keep the destined Pui yung. Beating more than 800 candidates, she was selected to join Akram Khan Campany, and played an important role in “Jungle Book Reimagined”. After touring around the world for dancing performances, Pui-yung felt that she needed to change and introspect. Waving goodbye to the playful and exciting life of a wanderer, she returned to her hometown Hong Kong to search for her own rhythm in life. Producer: Maurice LAI

If it’s May, as any Francophile will know, it must be time for the annual Le French May Arts Festival. We’ll be bringing you highlights of the festival in coming weeks but today we’re starting with something that many consider a quintessential part of any French meal: wine and spirits. Later, violinist Kenneth Li will be with us to tell us about an upcoming concert taking place at a distillery in Quarry Bay. In April, The Works featured the Picasso exhibition at M+ which is curated as a conversation between works by Picasso and the museum’s collection of works by Asian artists. One of the artists whose works are shown alongside those of the Spanish master is Sin Wai Kin. To mark the 100th anniversary of artist Ha Bik-chuen’s birth, Parasite is currently presenting an exhibition focused on his printmaking practice. Ha used to describe his collagraph plates, plates to which materials had been glued or sealed to make prints, “motherboards”. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ha created over 100 of these “motherboards” and produced over 3,000 collagraphs.

You will find many soft pieces and some Chinese works in Night Music. Friday and Saturday nights will begin with two hours of enjoyable jazz music. When you are alone and sleepless, please remember good music is always there on Radio 4. 「長夜細聽」節目當然少不了氣質優雅的作品，每晚亦會精選一些中國音樂送上。週五和週六晚還有兩小時爵士樂。 如果哪天你不能入睡，別忘了第四台這裡總有值得細聽的音樂。

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On Friday's Backchat, we found out more about the newly slashed quarantine time for cats and dogs coming from the mainland, amid calls by pet owners to ease travel restrictions. What are the new arrangements and requirements? How will this affect efforts to reduce cross-boundary animal smuggling? Separately, the Department of Health will soon roll out a Community Dental Support Program, offering emergency dental care to underprivileged groups in need of basic dental services. We spoke to an exert and exainmined the nooks and crannies of this initiative. After the break, we looked at the recent visit of Latin American leaders to China, hosted by President Xi Jinping. Big announcements were made, including a massive new credit line that will be extended to Latin American nations to support development, and a new country joining the Belt and Road initiative. And at the end of the programme, we learned more about this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London, with Hong Kong's Kadoorie Farm among the exhibitors. 9:05am-9:17am: Shorter pet quarantine 9:05am-9:17am: Karina O’Carroll, Animal Welfare Education Manager at Animals Asia Foundation 9:17am-9:30am: Dental care for the underprivileged 9:17am-9:30am: Prof Leung Wai-keung, President of the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong 9:32am-9:50am: China-South America rapprochement 9:32am-9:50am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist; former Director General of Social Welfare 9:50am-10:00am: Chelsea Flower Show 9:50am-10:00am: Dr Stephan Gale, Head of Flora Conservation at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden 9:50am-10:00am: Candy Ip, Orchid Nursery Foreman

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Welcome to Friday's Brunch with Noreen. At 10.10 we're chatting with fitness coach Nathan Solia about foot pain. After 11, we're talking to Rinkoo Ramchandani, a committee member of Women in Publishing, along with Maureen Tai, one of the contributors of their anthology (a poet/ writer/ artist). We'll be hearing about their 23rd issue of the women’s writing & art anthology, "Imprint", the oldest of its kind in the city, promoting writing in English.  Do get in touch with your song requests and comments on Facebook.  Weekdays 10:05am -12pm... on Radio 3

Timothy Sun (saxophone) Vivian Shen Ting-chia (violin) Martin Kuo (viola) Ramiel Leung (harmonica) Rod Yu (piano) Nyman: Shaping the Curve Evelyn Chang: A Tale of Rua Cinco de Outubro Julie Kuok: Doscientos uno Ryuichi Sakamoto: Fantasia Forshaw: This S’way Pong Law: Waltz Ng Cheuk-yin: The Mirror Fung Lam: Theme from Nocturnes, Three, Turn, Jasmine, Reminiscence, Butterflies from Nocturnes, Little Cabbage and One 孫穎麟 (薩克管) 沈庭嘉 (小提琴) 郭子銘 (中提琴) 梁栢渝 (口琴) 余啟智 (鋼琴) 拉曼： 塑造曲線 張郁苓： 緣起十月初五街 郭品文： 二O一 坂本龍一： 幻想曲 科梭亞： This S’way 羅健邦： 圓舞曲 伍卓賢： 鏡 林丰：《夜曲》主題曲、三、轉、茉莉花、念、忐忑（選自《夜曲》）、小白菜及一切即一

Join Carolyn Wright every Sunday morning on the Sunday Escape to hear the best in new music, including three tracks from her album of the week, along with a carefully curated selection of classics, plus interviews with guests from all over the city and beyond. There’s also occasional live music in the studio and all the details of upcoming music events in Hong Kong. On top of all that is "The Biscuit Review”, now a Sunday Escape institution, a feature perfectly designed to complement the most eclectic mix of weekend (or is it begining?) music on Radio 3.

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"March of the volunteers", the national anthem of China, is related to the bravery of Chinese young people resisting Japan's aggression of China. It was originally the theme song of the movie "Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm" which depicts the heroic stories of young Chinese marching to the front line to defend their country against Japanese aggression. Hong Kong is part of China. The National Anthem Ordinance came into force in June 2020.

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