On Monday's Backchat, we looked back at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that wrapped up in South Korea over the weekend. Leaders from 21 countries and regions convened to discuss advancing regional connectivity, spurring innovation-driven growth and creating a more resilient future for the Asia-Pacific. 

In the lead up to the summit, a highly-anticipated meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump took place in Busan. 

After that, we learned about the government's new urban farming pilot project which was launched in Ma On Shan last month.

At the end of the programme, we got to the bottom of the spike in bear attacks in Japan, after the country reported that the number of people killed by encounters with the wild animal reached a record twelve so far this year.

9:05am-9:40am: APEC meeting

Speakers: 

Joseph Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)

Wang Xiangwei, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University and former Editor in Chief of the South China Morning Post

Warwick Powell, Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology

9:40am-9:45am:  Urban farm pilot project 

Speaker:

Dr Lee Yiu Yiu, Agriculture Management Officer of Farm Modernisation at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD)

9:45am-10:00am:  Japan bear attacks 

Speaker: 

Karina O’Carroll, Animal welfare education manager at Animals Asia