主持人:Philip Wong and John Bruce
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On this programme, we chat with the head of the Squash Association of Hong Kong, China, which will launch an award scheme to support athletes competing in the upcoming Nagoya Asian Games.
A medical sector lawmaker then joins the show to tell us about the integration of nine Elderly Health Centres into the district health network, starting from October 5.
After the break, a representative from a local think tank will give us an update on the Northern Metropolis after the government awarded the first tender for a major land parcel of the mega-project.
And finally, we end the show by taking a closer look at research by the Polytechnic University which identified how different environments and mental tasks affect a stroke survivor's ability to walk while multitasking, using that data to create custom therapy.
9:05am-9:20am: Cash incentives for squash at Asian Games
Speaker:
Duncan Chiu, Lawmaker and chairman of the Squash Association of Hong Kong, China
9:20am-9:30am: Primary healthcare integration for the elderly
Speaker:
David Lam, Lawmaker (medical and health services sector)
9:32am-9:46am: First tender awarded for Northern Metropolis
Speaker:
Jason Leung, Assistant Research Director, Head of Land & Housing at Our Hong Kong Foundation
9:46am-10am: PolyU's research on stroke rehabilitation
Speaker:
Marco Pang, Chair Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at PolyU
主持人:Philip Wong and John Bruce
On this programme, we chat with a legal sector lawmaker to look into the plagiarism scandal that made a High Court judge retire early.
We then learn more about the Chinese University of Hong Kong's first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha. The venue is said to further medical studies and develop the Greater Bay Area into an international hub for medical innovation.
After the break, with University of Hong Kong President Zhang Xiang set to step down in 2028 after a decade in charge, an education expert joins us to discuss what his successor should focus on next.
And to wrap up the show, a lawmaker gives his take on the non-local university student quota rising to 50 percent for the new school year. We find out how this policy change fits into the government’s blueprint to turn the city into a premier global education hub.
9:05am-9:18am: High Court judge retires early after plagiarism scandal
Speaker:
Nick Chan, Lawmaker (Legal sector)
9:18am-9:30am: CUHK's first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha
Speaker:
Professor Justin Wu, Associate dean of health systems of the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK.
9:32am-9:47am: HKU president steps down
Speaker:
Mervyn Cheung, chairman of the Hong Kong Education Policy Concern Organisation
9:47am-10:00am: More non-local student applied for HK universities
Speaker:
Alex Fan, Lawmaker