Mayday! Mayday! Is Democracy dead or dying in Hong Kong?

After Occupy Central and the failure of the political reform process many have spoken of a new political atmosphere. Legislators have been disqualified and some banned from standing for election...

On Monday's Backchat, Korea. Kim Jong-un has become the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South, crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. What will come from the meeting, and what are...

On Friday's Backchat, the Task Force on Land Supply is consulting the public over where to get new land for housing. They project a shortfall of 1,200 hectares for the next 30 years. It suggests short, medium to long term and 'conceptual' options. ...

On Thursday's Backchat we're discussing the argument that's arisen over wording about the handover used in Chinese history textbooks.  Pro-democracy legislators have accused the education secretary of "political censorship", after a government-appoint...

On Wednesday's Backchat, plastic problems. A new report by Greenpeace has shown plastic fragments in many of the fish we eat most and a recent American study found 93% of bottled water around the world contained microplastic particles. Much of this...

On Tuesday's Backchat - just a week before our Mayday special - we talk about the solar panel scheme. The administration has proposed a 'Feed-in Tariff' to encourage the private sector and the community to consider investing in distributed renewal ...

On Monday's Backchat, the visit by Qiao Xiaoyang. The former NPC Law Committee chairman is in town to promote the country's constitution and to 'exchange views with civil servants on some provisions stipulated in the constitution'. What is he here ...

On Friday's Backchat, Hong Kong Cities in the Bay Area. The Business and Professional Federation has produced a report recommending the establishment of cities and communities in the Bay Area that would serve Hong Kong citizens and act as satellite...

On Thursday's Backchat we're talking about a government decision to reinstate and increase a subsidy for schools to encourage reading. ​ The scheme was suspended by the previous administration in 2016, with officials arguing that habits had changed...

On Wednesday's Backchat, does the HK Film Industry have a future? Jackie Chan said last month that there is only one kind of film - 'Chinese film,' and that Hong Kong films are also Chinese films. This  seems to be increasingly the commercial reali...