主持人：Jenny Lam and Ada Wong
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On Wednesday's programme, we looked at relations between China and Ireland. An Irish businessman based in Hong Kong discussed the significance of Irish prime minister Michael Martin's trip to China, where he met President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
After the break, we learnt more about Open AI's new job opening that pays US$550,000 a year. Our tech correspondent outlined the challenges that the successful candidate could face.
And to end the show, the SPCA joined us to talk about their Dogathon event, which will bring together animal lovers and their furry friends at Disneyland Resort. On the day of the charity walk, over 1,000 dogs are expected to ride on most MTR rail lines.
9:05am-9:30am: Irish leader's visit to China
Speaker:
Bill Condon, International partner & member of the Global Advisory Board of Millenium Associates AG
9:32am-9:45am: OpenAI's US$550k job
Speaker:
Raj Shroff, RTHK's AI consultant
9:45am-10:00am: SPCA's Dogathon event
Speaker:
Jenmon Jenkins, Community Director at SPCA
主持人：Jenny Lam and Ada Wong
On today’s programme, we’re talking about the future of social media under incoming US President Donald Trump.
This comes as Tik Tok services in the US were briefly interrupted following a court ruling mandating its shutdown until it finds a new investors. The interruption — however — was rather short lived, as US users have reportedly regained access to the platform.
President-elect Donald Trump — who will be sworn in less than 24 hours — announced that he will give the app a 90-day reprieve until an agreement is settled on the platform’s future. But this is not the only major social media development happening in the run-up to the return of Trump.
Just last week, Meta announced that it would drop fact checkers in favour of community notes on Facebook and Instagram, in a move some see as a way to regain the hearts and minds of Trump supporters, who previously accused the platform of "censoring" conservative voices.
Some Trump critics — meanwhile — have called on the public to boycott X (formerly Twitter), with some activists accusing the platform — which is owned by Elon Musk — of turning into a conservative "mouthpiece". So are social media platforms at a turning point? We’ll find out.
After 9:50, we speak to a railway researcher on the relaunch of the "Station Rail Voyage" exhibition, featuring the now defunct KTT train which formerly ran from Hung Hom to Guangzhou.
9:05am-9:50am: Tik Tok ban and social media developments
9:05am-9:50am: Eugene Chan, Assistant Professor in Public Relations and International Events Management, Technological and Higher Institute of Hong Kong (also known as THEi)
9:05am-9:50am: Brian Yeung, Co-Founder of Brandstorm Communciation
9:30am-9:50am: Florin Serban, social media scholar and Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
9:50am-10:00am: MTR cross-border train exhibition
9:50am-10:00am: Dennis Ho, Railway enthusiast and founder of railway interest group P.Nut Creations
