8:30am-9:15am: child abuse scandal

8:30am-9:15am: Dr Sandra Tsang, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU

8:30am-9:00am: Dr Patrick Cheung, Chairperson, Against Child Abuse

8:30am-9:00am: Dr May Lam, Vice-president (Censor/Education) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists; Director of the Variety Butterfly Programme

9:00am-9:15am: Mrs Priscilla Lui, member of the Commission on Children

9:15am-9:30am: why you should eat less meat

9:15am-9:30am: Amos Tai, Associate Professor, Earth System Science Programme in the Faculty of Science, CUHK


On Wednesday‘s Backchat: an expanding child abuse scandal; and why you should eat less meat.
The Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children announced it had suspended four more staff — days after three child care workers at its Prince Edward home were arrested over the alleged abuse or neglect of at least 18 toddlers.
The group says its pouring over a month’s worth of footage from hundreds of CCTV cameras from its facilities to enforce what it calls a zero-tolerance policy against abuse.
The alleged cases have prompted an outpouring of concern both from the public and the government… with Chief Executive Carrie Lam calling for new legislation to boost child protection, while social welfare chief has ordered an internal probe.
So, is the current system enough to protect children? Should Hong Kong make corporal punishment a crime? What else needs to be done?
At 9:15am, we’ll discuss how high meat consumption might be damaging to your health in an unexpected way…. by contributing to air pollution.