主持人：Azam Khan and Mike Rowse
Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's week-daily current affairs discussion programme, with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every Monday to Friday from 9.05am - 10am (HKT).
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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
主持人：Azam Khan and Mike Rowse
On Monday's Backchat, we looked at the latest development in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Last Thursday, Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan. Hamas would release all 20 living hostages in exchange for 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli troops also began pulling back from some parts of Gaza last Friday.
We talked to experts on what comes next in the ceasefire deal, and whether Palestinians in Gaza will see long-term peace soon.
And after the break, we learnt more about the new art walk in the Southern District that'll be launched by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
The event's curator told us how they would tell the story of the area's history through interactive artworks.
9:05am-9:45am: Gaza peace plan
Speakers:
James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney's Discipline of Sociology and Criminology
9:45am-10:00am: Our Southerly Days art walk
Speaker:
Alan Cheung, Exhibition Curator alongside Co-founder and Managing Director of One Bite Design Studio
