On Tuesday's Backchat,  we talk about Eddie Chu being banned from running in village elections. The 'King of Votes' in the last Legco election will not be able to stand in elections as a village representative. Is this political censorship? Or is ...

On Monday's Backchat,  the future of NGOs in Hong Kong. There are hundreds of NGOs operating here, employing tens of thousands of people, with many subvented by the Government to a total of $16 billion a year. But social problems are becoming more...

On Friday's Backchat, the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. Alibaba’s Founder and China’s richest man Jack Ma has recently emerged as a Communist Party member. Last month a party meeting was held at City University with judges from China’s Nat...

On Thursday's Backchat, the world’s first gene-altered babies. On Wednesday, Scientist He Jiankui spoke at the International Summit on Human Genome Editing being held at HKU, saying that he is proud of his creation, while the Southern University of Sc...

On Wednesday's Backchat, beauty parlours. A top banker died earlier this month after receiving Botox injections at the clinic of a doctor who was involved in a fatal liposuction procedure in 2003. Another case involves a local woman who underwent a...

On Tuesday's Backchat, we are talking about trade in endangered species. Authorities in China proposed lifting the ban on rhino horns and tiger bone parts for medical and other uses earlier in October, but later postponed the plan. Environmental g...

On Monday's Backchat, the results of the Kowloon West By-election. It has been described as a neck-to-neck battle between the pro-democracy and the pro-Beijing camps. Who has won, and why? What does it tell us about the state of Hong Kong, and our...

On Friday's Backchat we're talking about the reopening of Civic Square. The High Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the government to set overly restrictive rules that ban the public from using the square most days.   Should the Tamar ...

On Thursday's Backchat, dollars vs doing the right thing. US President Trump signalled on Tuesday that he would not punish Saudi Arabia for the death and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi cons...

On Wednesday's Backchat, Hong Kong’s not got talents. Our city has dropped in the latest World Talent Ranking report that compares how well we foster and attract talent. Singapore is the highest-ranking Asian economy on the index, with Switzerland...