Good morning and welcome to Monday. At 10.10 Morning Brew’s week begins, as usual, with Robbie McRobbie’s medium level rugby report. At 10.40 we’ll catch up with columnist, author, and New York correspondent, Tracy Quan. At 11.40 we welcome classical guitar virtuoso Xiufei Yang back to the The Brew. She’s in Hong Kong again for a recital, tomorrow night, of Spanish, Chinese, and Latin music. At 12.40 we’ll return to Tai Tam Country Park to catch up with adventurer Paul Niel and the team from Project Avenger. As their hunt for the remains of a downed Second World War American plane draws to a close, we’ll see what they have uncovered since we spoke last week. 

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On Monday's Backchat, "fake news"; and elderly drivers.

The government is studying ways to stop the spread of "fake news" and disinformation online, using overseas experience as a reference point, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said.

Speaking at the Forum on Network Media of China, she said officials had to supervise and manage the media in an appropriate fashion, as "prevention is better than cure."

Earlier, Chief Secretary John Lee supported a self-regulatory model for the media.

From 9:15am, we’re talking about elderly drivers, after the Ombudsman urged the Transport Department to tighten medical requirements for older drivers.

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On Monday, Asian shares continued to fall at the open, following the global selloff on Friday in reaction to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, but the selloff moderated as the morning wore on as US stock index futures and crude oil rallied, after South African health officials said some of those suffering from Omicron were only showing mild symptoms. S&P 500 futures gained 1% on Monday morning in Asian trading, following a 2.3% fall on Friday. Brent crude oil, which was down 12% on Friday in its seventh largest daily fall on record, rebounded over 4% on Monday morning. By lunchtime, the Hang Seng index was down 124 points or 0.5% to a more than one-year low of 23,956.

On Tuesday’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Will Denyer, US Economist at Gavekal and Samuel Faveur, Chief Executive Officer at Mandarin Capital. With a view from Japan is Tokyo-based journalist and author, William Pesek.

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