主持人:Jim Gould and Ada Wong
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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On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about the government’s new road map to help transport operators go green.
More than HK$600 million of public funds will be spent subsidising the purchase of 600 electric buses and 3,000 electric taxis, as part of a blueprint to turn Hong Kong into a carbon neutral city by 2050.
There are also plans to boost the number of electric charging stations, with at least 500 fast chargers expected to be in place by 2027.
After 9:30, we find out about proposals to make CCTV cameras and e-payment compulsory in all taxis by 2026.
And after 9:45,we loo into plans to delay amendments to anti-smoking regulations.
9:05am-9:45am: Government's transport roadmap
9:05am-9:45am: Alok Jain, CEO and Managing Director of Trans Consult
9:05am-9:45am: Timothy Hau, Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong
9:30am-9:45am: Jay Ng, Hong Kong taxi driver
9:45am-10:00am: Anti-smoking regulations
9:45am-10:00am: Judith Mackay, Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control
主持人:Jim Gould and Ada Wong
On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the government's plan to provide three days of childcare leave per year to civil servants with children under the age of three.