On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about road safety, particularly for cyclists.

The police have said they'll be working with the Transport Department to make it mandatory for cyclists to wear a helmet, following a number of fatal accidents.


Speaking to reporters, the Police Commissioner, Raymond Siu, said that while the number of accidents involving bicycles had fallen by 7 percent in the first eight months of the year, compared with the same period in 2023, fatalities had doubled, from four to eight.


The latest such accident happened less than a month ago, when a 31-year-old mainland cycling vlogger died after falling off her bike and being hit by a tourist coach on Lantau Island.


At the same time, the government is drawing up plans to regulate electric motorised devices, or EMDs, such as electric scooters and motorised skateboards, to allow for their possible use on some cycle tracks.


After 9:45, we learn more about osteoporosis, with a study by the University of Hong Kong finding that nearly 30 percent of residents over 50 are at high risk of developing the condition.



9:05am-9:45am: Cycling accidents


9:05am-9:45am: Wesley Wan, Honorary Life President of the Hong Kong Automobile Association and former member of the Transport Advisory Committee

9:15am-9:30am: Yau Wing Kwong, CEO of the Environmental Association

9:30am-9:45am: Tony Sze, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University


9:45am-10:00am: HKU osteoporosis study

9:45am-10:00am: Cheung Ching-lung, Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong