The Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office has been in the territory on a fact-finding tour, meeting various sector representatives, including legal groups and business chambers with the aim of better understanding the city's development and governance.

Mr Xia also interacted with the grassroots at a Community Living Room in Sham Shui Po, seen by some observers as a demonstration of Beijing's eagerness to see a resolution of the SAR's deep-rooted housing inequalities.

After 9:45, we're learning more about Hong Kong's first major waste incinerator scheduled to start operating next year.


9:05am-9:45am: Xia Baolong's Hong Kong visit

9:05am-9:30am: Joseph Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)
9:05am-9:45am: Alan Lung, Co-Convenor (International), Path of Democracy
9:30am-9:45am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist; Former Director General of Social Welfare


9:45am-10:00am: Hong Kong's first waste incinerator

9:45am-10:00am: Kaimin Shih, Professor (Water and Environmental Engineering), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong