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