{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Executive Exchange","title":"Resilience Commons: Hong Kong’s Blueprint for Flood Resilience with Ringo Mok, Director of Drainage Services at Hong Kong SAR","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":868,"description":"In this episode of the Exec Exchange podcast, host Piers Clark speaks with Ringo Mok, Director of Drainage Services Department at Hong Kong SAR, about how Hong Kong is shaping itself into a flood resilient coastal city. Ringo shares his career path into public service and outlines the Drainage Services Department’s scale, missions, and major achievements, including the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme and the Regulation of Shenzhen River project. He explains how climate change, intense rainfall, and Hong Kong’s compact, low-lying geography require a holistic, integrated flood management approach beyond infrastructure alone, framed as the “Resilience Commons” with shared community responsibility. Ringo details the department’s Adaptation Resilience Management (ARM) framework and describes the response to Super Typhoon Ragasa in 2025, highlighting preparedness, real-time monitoring, rapid recovery, and public engagement.\n00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro\n00:31 Ringo’s Career Journey\n01:32 What DSD Does\n02:14 Scale and Operations\n03:28 Signature Projects\n04:10 Flood Risk Evolution\n06:02 Resilience Commons Concept\n06:31 ARM Framework Overview\n06:52 Pillar 1 Adaptation\n07:30 Pillar 2 Resilience\n08:30 Pillar 3 Management\n09:27 Case Study Typhoon Ragasa\n11:47 Lessons and Future Approach\n12:15 Advice to Younger Self\n14:12 Wrap Up and Thanks","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AhH8Oc24Ep5HBk1v4oSv3FPCbdOflcUt3HC2QFXLbGU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZGVm/OTViMGYxNjJiMjNh/YjEwMmM3YmY2MWZj/ZjBmMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}