Presenters:Jenny Lam and Rainbow Leung
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In the first 15 minutes of Monday’s programme, we’re be talking to a representative of the Travel Industry Authority as the city prepares to welcome 380,000 revellers for the New Year’s fireworks. Are we ready?
9:05am-9:20am: Samuel Ng, Director of Operations, Travel Industry Authority
9:20am-9:30am: Resumption of 3% accomodation tax
9:20am-9:30am: Vera Yuen, Lecturer in Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong
9:30am-9:45am: Restaurant performance throughout Christmas
9:30am-9:45am: JR Robertson, Founder of El Grande Concepts
9:45am-10:00am: Could Hong Kong ever host Formula 1?
9:45am-10:00am: Nick Marsh, former racing driver and team owner
Presenters:Jenny Lam and Rainbow Leung
On Friday's Backchat Global Focus, we're talking about Malaysia's plan to join the informal economic and trade group known as BRICS, after its founder members, which include China.
9:05am-9:45am: Prof Geoffrey Williams, Malaysia based Economist and Policy Specialist
9:05am-9:45am: Prof James Chin, Professor in Asian Studies and International Relations, University of Tasmania
9:05am-9:45am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist; Former Director General of Social Welfare
9:45am-10:00am: Summer jobs
9:45am-10:00am: Michael Szeto, Partner at ONC Lawyers