Presenters：Janice Wong and Danny Gittings
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On Tuesday's programme, we looked at the planned launch of 8,300 Home Ownership Scheme flats in the second quarter of 2026. The five HOS estates are located in Kai Tak, Tseung Kwan O, Tung Chung, Ping Shan and Kam Tin, with flats ranging from a little under 300 to 560 square feet in size, and costing between 1.5 and 4.8 million dollars.
And this time, public housing tenants and non-homeowners who pass asset-limit tests -- known as green form and white form applicants -- will have an equal opportunity to win a draw for the flats, due to a new measure introduced by Chief Executive John Lee in his Policy Address.
After that, we switched our focus to the Kai Tak Sports Park. The venue, which boasts a 50,000-seat stadium and only opened nine months ago, has claimed the world's top third spot in terms of ticket sales in 2025.
Wrapping up our programme, we talked to a researcher at the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society on the changes in the city's sparrow population.
9:05am-9:20am: Home Ownership Scheme flats set for 2026
Speaker:
Judy Chan, Lawmaker and Member of the Housing Authority's Subsidised Housing Committee
9:20am-9:50am: Kai Tak Sports Park ranked third globally in ticket sales
Speakers:
John Sharkey, Kai Tak Sports Park CEO
Adrian Ho, Lawmaker
Robert Rogers, Certified Special Event Professional and Principal of Events Man
9:50am-10:00am: Changes in the city's sparrow population
Speaker:
Anson Tse, Research Officer at the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
Presenters：Janice Wong and Danny Gittings
On Thursday’s Backchat, we’re talking about last week’s tragic collision between an American Airlines jet and a US Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC which killed 67 people.
9:05am-9:30am: Anthony Brickhouse, US based aviation safety expert
9:05am-9:30am: Ronald Bazman, retired air traffic manager at Burlington Air Traffic Control Tower and Approach Control
9:30am-10:00am: Impact of US tariffs on the shipping industry
9:30am-10:00am: Aditya Halan, Chief Technology Officer at Floship
9:30am-10:00am: Alan Lung, political analyst and Co-convenor (International), The Path of Democracy
