Presenters：Azam Khan and Ada Wong
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On this programme, we speak to a lawmaker about the government considering to expand the buyout plan for Wang Fuk Court to cover the only building in the residential estate not to have been affected by November's inferno.
We then talk to another lawmaker about a potential expansion of a proposed pilot scheme that would see the private sector manage certain public beaches.
After the break, we learn all about how a rescue team from Ocean Park successfully performed a world-first surgery on a cownose ray, after it suffered from a life-threatening gastric rupture.
And to wrap-up, we learn more about this year's GBA Fashion Fusion in Shenzhen, where four local fashion designers and graduates joined the project in the hopes of promoting their work on the mainland.
9:05am-9:18am: Wang Fuk Court buyout plan
Speaker:
Bill Tang, Lawmaker
9:18am-9:30am: Private sector to operate public beaches
Speaker:
Judy Chan, Lawmaker
9:32am-9:47am: World’s first cownose ray surgery
Speaker:
Dr Chris Perkins, Ocean Park vet
9:47am-10:00am: GBA Fashion Fusion
Speakers:
Elmer Ho, Fashion designer and Founder of AEPEL
Wayne Lo, Co-Founder Chief Designer at Hoopla, a Hong Kong fashion designer label
Presenters：Azam Khan and Ada Wong
On Tuesday's programme, we talked about the government’s drive to improve living conditions for people who live in subdivided flats. New regulations to be brought in will mandate basic requirements for shoebox flats – including on size, height, and things like requiring windows and toilets in each unit. The first step is for landlords whose flats don’t currently fulfil these new requirements to start registering with authorities next year, before making the needed renovations. We talked to a lawmaker to see how things are going.
We also looked into the Labubu craze that has taken the world by storm.
We then spoke to experts about the dangers of microplastics before finding out all about the “Month of Portugal” in Macau.
9:05am-9:16am: Basic Housing Units
9:05am-9:16am: Andrew Lam, Lawmaker and veteran urban planner
9:16am-9:30am: Labubu craze
9:16am-9:30am: Josselyn Chau, Research Manager at Our Hong Kong Foundation
9:32am-9:51am: Microplastic awareness survey 9:32am-9:37am: Steven Choi, Chief Operating Officer at the Green Council
9:37am-9:51am: Dana Winograd, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Plastic Free Seas
9:51am-10:00am: Month of Portugal
9:51am-10:00am: Tomás Ramos de Deus, educator, musician and member of Casa de Portugal
