新聞透視

I just watched a Hong Kong's chanel
's "News Magazine"『新聞透視』,  a half an hour investigative report type of TV programme.

In fcat, this is TVB's ways do in-depth write-up where news programme fail to cover. The other tow programmes are Sunday Report and The Pearl Report, both programmes focus more on individual and have softer approach.

Compare with the Sunday Report and The Pearl Report, News Magazine report the stories of social issues, and it started back in 1981.

I really salute the Hongkees for their efforts, seriousness, dedication and professionalism they have for making the programme work.

I wouldn't write much to bodek them,  but in fact will share tonight's programme. It tells the story of how the Hong Kong people attitude on greening the environment.

The story began with an old 欖仁 tree fallen some where nearby a hospital, and the environmentalist talked about how sad and shocked he was to know that the eldest 欖仁 tree fell.

And suddenly the doctor appeared, checked on the tree's condition(something like a post mortem) and claimed the tree's "wound" was infected and later  rotten and make the tree trunk soften and collapsed.

The cause could be hailed back a early of tree trimming during the hospital construction. 

And the camera shifted to few pictures of the other old trees in Hong Kong, and said the government plan to green the city, have in mind to plant millions of trees, and close to a thousand trees have been identified and checked frequently.

Some 500 old trees and 400 wall trees are in the list of need to be closely watched.  The tragedy of a 18-year-old girl died of tree fallen made the government to investigate the trees in Hong Kong and came up with suggestions to set up a new department, just to take care of the trees.

Well, the Chief Executive urged citizens to act as eyes for the government, to see how do the trees fares. The people are more than willing to coperrate but claimed to have difficulty since they have no knowledge of how a sick tree look like.

To ease the residents' burden, the Government issue a catolog, mentioned that one of the symptons is tree starting to bend or skew. 

The programme quickly contacted the authority, a team came and brought all the equipment, and found out that the tree still healthy, however the private doctor came for double check and found that the tree started from the bottom.

Later a member of a legislative council was interviewed to share her view of how she was so particular to see each tree being taken care, she even took up a course .

The programme engaged the other experts as well, and some complained that Hong Kong's greening is planned of a low quality manner, not willing to sacrifice development for environmental purpose.

"Trees are same as human, both gone through the process of birth, old, sick and die, therefore we should reintrospect the way we treated the plants and  just need to learn to live with each other in symbiosis manner." said the host