On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about a special promotion involving the personalised JoyYou Octopus card, aimed at encouraging activity for the elderly and boosting local spending.

For a two-week period starting from Wednesday, card holders will receive an $8 reward for every $100 spent with participating businesses -- with a maximum rebate amount capped at $800 per user.


Starting from last Sunday, residents aged 60 or over now need to use a JoyYou card in in order to benefit from $2 public transport concessionary fares. The change was introduced to tackle fraudulent
use of anonymous cards by non-eligible travellers.


So will this promotion encourage older people to go out and about more frequently? And will it help to boost consumption?


After 9:45, we'll learn more about Australia's new "right to disconnect law", for employees when they're off duty. It's similar to laws in some parts of Europe and Latin America. But could such a concept ever take hold here?

9:05am-9:45am: Octopus JoyYou card discounts


9:05am-9:30am: Timothy Ma, Chief Consultant, Ma Kam Wah & Co


9:05am-9:30am: Timothy Hau, Honorary Associate Professor in Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong

9:15am-9:30am: Amos Cheung, Clinical Psychologist and Vice-President of the Hong Kong Psychological Society

9:30am-9:45am: Ivan Lin, Community Organiser, The Society for Community Organisation (SoCo)



9:45am-10:00am: Australia's "right to disconnect" law

9:45am-10:00am: Michael Szeto, Partner at ONC Lawyers