主持人：Azam Khan and Philip 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
主持人：Azam Khan and Philip Wong
On Thursday's Backchat, we talked to the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on its new guidelines that address the misuse of AI-generated deepfake technology.
After that, we turned our attention to the Caribbean, where tensions continue to mount between the United States and Venezuela. US President Donald Trump recently announced a blockade against "sanctioned oil tankers" coming in and out of the South American coastal nation. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has accused Washington of trying to force a "regime change".
And we wrapped-up the programme by learning more about the Department of Health's "HIV Testing Month".
9:05am-9:18am: Privacy watchdog's guidance on deepfake technology
Speaker:
Ada Chung, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
9:18am-9:47am: US-Venezuela tensions
Speakers:
Dennis Small, Latin America Director of the Schiller Institute
Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University in Shanghai
Victor Gao, political commentator and Vice-President of Centre for China and Globalization
9:47am-10:00am: HIV testing month
Speaker:
Dr Bonnie Wong, Special Preventive Programme Consultant of the Public Health Services Branch of the Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health
