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主持人：Janice Wong and Andrew Work
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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New penalty system for power outages / Suspected poisoning of a guide dog
On Friday‘s Backchat we are talking about the new penalty system for power outages.
The government reached an agreement with Hong Kong’s two power firms to fine them for major supply disruptions. The size of the fine depends on how many people are affected, and for how long.
For example, a power disruption with a combined 15 million minutes will cost CLP around HK$20 million. Hongkong Electric will have to pay the same amount for an outage that lasts 10 million minutes.
But some lawmakers are questioning how effective this penalty system is – pointing out that fines could be offset by an existing system that rewards the power companies for restoring power.
After 9:45am, we look at the suspected poisoning of a guide dog at a Tseung Kwan O mall.
9:05-9:30am Gary Zhang, lawmaker
9:05am-9:45am Dr. William Yu Yuen-ping, Chief Executive of World Green Organisation
9:30am-9:45am Tom Ng, Campaigner at Greenpeace
9:45am-10:00am Sally Andersen, Founder of Hong Kong Dog Rescue
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Rights of critically ill patients / Hong Kong co-hosting the National Games
主持人：Janice Wong and Andrew Work
Health authorities have proposed an amendment of existing laws to give more rights to critically ill patients in deciding whether or not to stop receiving medical treatment.
Under the legislative proposals on advance directives and dying in place, medical professionals – including those outside of medical settings – would be required to respect patients' will to end medical treatment or not be resuscitated.
The prospective amendments would safeguard medical staff from prosecutions, provided they have acted in line with patients' wishes.
What do you make of these proposals? Shall we give critically ill patients the right to end their treatment? Or is our medical system duty bound to keep patients alive no matter what?
At 9:45am, we talk about Hong Kong hosting the National Games.
You can leave a message on our Facebook page, Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, email us at backchat@rthk.hk, or give us a call on 23388266.
9:00am-9:45am: Rights of critically ill patients
9:00am-9:30am: Li Hon-Lam, Emeritus Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Philosophy
9:00am-9:30am: Stephanie Law, Executive Committee Member, The Elderly Services Association of Hong Kong
9:30am-9:45am: Daisy Cheung, Assistant Professor of Law; Deputy Director and Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong
9:30am-9:45am: David Lam, Lawmaker, Medical and Health Services functional consistuency; Specialist in General Surgery
9:45am-10:00: Hong Kong co-hosting the National Games
9:45am-10:00am: Patrick Lau, Professor, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University
