On Tuesday's Backchat, is Beijing cracking down or softening up on Hong Kong? The HKMAO director said last week that the integration of HK and Macao with the Mainland's economic and infrastructure development must be achieved with full respect for ...

On Monday's Backchat, the future of Cantonese. Recent controversy over whether Cantonese is a mother-tongue or just a dialect, is just the latest instalment of an ongoing debate on the relationship of Mandarin and Cantonese in Hong Kong. Will demog...

On Friday's Backchat, who can stand for election? It's reported that the restrictions on who can stand for Legco Election will be applied to the District Councils, and that some who advocate independence, or 'self-determination' will not be allowed...

On Thursday's Backchat we're talking about a new scheme to enable innovation and technology companies to hire more specialists from outside of the territory. Businesses operating at Cyberport and the Science Park will be able to employ IT personnel...

On Wednesday's Backchat, money laundering. A new report from the administration suggests that local and cross-border money launderers have exploited our high degree of free trade, while fraud and drugs-related crime pose high and medium high threat...

On Tuesday's Backchat, sleep. Numerous surveys suggest that Hong Kongers sleep less than seven hours a day - well below the average in China, and a cause of concern for health officials. Children in particular are getting less than their optimum ten ho...

On Monday's Backchat, Happy Birthday Karl Marx. The 200th anniversary of the German thinker's birth is being marked all over the world, and many are observing that he's having a comeback. Marxism as a topic of study is becoming more important in Ch...

On Friday's Backchat, Liberal Studies. The EDB's Task Force on Review of School Curriculum is mulling over an overhaul which might include making the compulsory subject an elective or replacing its current marking mechanism. It's been on the front ...

​On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about the increasing popularity of camping at some of Hong Kong's most picturesque locations, and calls for improved facilities and better management of the sites. About 200 tents were counted on the remote Ha...

On Wednesday's Backchat, are we becoming a surveillance society? Democrats in Legco are complaining about the way the administration tracks their movements, wile some demonstrators have objected to routine police filming of their legal demonstratio...