On Thursday's Backchat, housing targets in Hong Kong; and stopping child abuse.
Think tank Our HK Foundation is urging the government to speed up the process to boost land supply, saying that now is the defining moment to turn the tide of the city’s woeful housing crisis. They estimate that an average of 15-thousand private units will be available annually in the coming five years ---that's 28 percent less than the actual quantity in 2020.
The report also forecasts 21,800 public housing units will be available annually in the coming four year, which falls short of the government's long term housing strategy by 28 percent.
The foundation is suggesting the government to expedite all major land-supply initiatives, including NDA development, rezoning, topside development on railways, and urban redevelopment, and others, while streamlining the current administrative procedures for land and housing development.
How real is the problem? Will Lantau Tomorrow help? Is a crisis looming? What are the solutions?

From 9:15am-9:30am, we'll be discussing the problem of child abuse in Hong Kong, following the death of a five-year-old girl t the hands of her parents. How can we ensure it won't happen again? Would banning corporal punishment help?

8:30-9:15am Housing targets
Ryan Ip(R in photo), Head of Land & Housing Research, Our Hong Kong Foundation
Vera Yuen (L in photo), Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong
9:15-9:30am Stopping child abuse
Dr.Patrick Cheung, Chairperson, Against Child Abuse
Carol Szeto, CEO of Save the Children