8:30am-9:15am: waste separation bins
8:30am-9:15am: Chung Shan-shan, Director of the Master of Science in Environmental & Pub-lic Health Management Programme, Hong Kong Baptist University
8:30am-9:00am: Edwin Lau, Founder and Executive Director of Green Earth
9:00am-9:15am: Angus Ho, Executive Director, Greeners Action
9:15am-9:25am: BioNTech bivalent jab
9:15am-9:25am: Iris Chang, the President of the Practising Pharmacists Association of Hong Kong
9:25am-9:30am: World Cup 2022
9:25am-9:30am: Atom Cheung, RTHK sports reporter
On Tuesday’s Backchat, we’re talking about waste management in Hong Kong, especially waste separation bins.
The Environmental Protection Department has been removing the three-coloured recycling bins from roadsides in urban areas since June this year, and is aiming to encourage citizens to switch to community recycling facilities instead, saying such a move would improve efficiency.
It says the volume of material collected from the bi
8:30am-9:15am: Covid vaccines for babies
8:30am-9:00am: Professor Lau Yu-lung, the chairman of Scientific Committee on Vaccine Pre-ventable Diseases
9:00am-9:15am: Iris Chang, the President of the Practising Pharmacists Association of Hong Kong
9:15am-9:30am: Food Expo
9:15am-9:30am: Simon Wong, President, Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades
On Wednesday s Backchat, we ll talk about Covid vaccines for babies.
The government has lowered the minimum age for children taking the Sinovac vaccine to six months, down from five years previously, as incidences of serious Covid cases among young children
increase.
But BioNTech jabs won’t be allowed for under-5s yet, as authorities continue trying to procure smaller doses of the vaccine for children directly from the manufacturer.
After 9:15, we look ahead to the Food Expo starting next week — but you can only eat with your eyes because participants won’t be allowed to eat or drink at the Convention Centre.
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