On Thursday's Backchat, too many tourists? Hong Kong is the most visited city in the world, with now 60,000,000 tourists a year, a number that has doubled in a decade. But there are many complaints of overcrowding in areas such as Tung Chung, Hung Hom ...

On Wednesday's Backchat, do renters get a hard deal?  An accountancy group is urging the government to introduce a tax break of up to $100,000 for rental payments. Will this actually help those paying rent - or will it just encourage landlords to charg...

On Tuesday's Backchat, the Government and social welfare. There have been a series of missteps by the Administration recently on CSSA payments for the elderly and the 'Caring and Sharing' Scheme. Having modified its original plan to change CSSA el...

On Monday's Backchat, physical fitness among young people. Chinese University's latest research suggests that children and teenagers spend less time exercising compared to two years ago. The physical fitness of local youngsters was found to be poo...

On Friday's Backchat, judging Hong Kong. Former Judge of the Court of the Final Appeal Henry Litton joins us to talk about his book 'Is the Hong Kong Judiciary Sleepwalking to 2047?'. In it he says the Common Law system has lost its effectiveness,...

On Thursday's Backchat, US-China relations. Markets are uncertain after reports that the US cancelled a trade meeting with Chinese officials. There's similar doubt over the way forward in the extradition of the Huawei executive. Is China's economy...

On Wednesday's Backchat, burials and funerals. For more than a decade, the Government has been promoting green burials, such as scattering ashes at sea or in memorial gardens. Numbers though remain low at around 12% as most people prefer a location to ...

On Tuesday's Backchat, nursing and healthcare staff shortage.150 medical staff joined a protest organised by the Association of HK Nursing Staff on Sunday calling for more manpower but not money to tackle staff shortages at public hospitals. They liste...

On Monday's Backchat, air pollution. Is it getting better, and if so, how fast? An environmental advocacy group has proposed a new set of 5-year air quality objectives up to 2025, and revised the targets of the concentration limits for key pollutan...

On Friday's Backchat, the tunnels. About 40 lawmakers including those from the pro-establishment parties may abstain or vote against the Government when it tables its non-binding motion on toll adjustment of the city's three harbour crossings at Legco ...