On Tuesday's Backchat, Article 23. The director of the Liaison Office says Hong Kong is the only place in the world without national security legislation, and that's a major weakness in the country's overall security. He said pro-HK independenc...

On Monday's Backchat, are we doing enough to prepare for life in an increasingly ageing society?​ ​ A Legislative Council report says that despite an increase in social​ ​ welfare spending,​ ​ the proportion allocated to services for the elderly is the...

On Friday's Backchat: Can we ever trust Facebook again, after founder Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the huge privacy breach that affected more than 80 million users? Will you give up using Facebook? Or is there no practical alternative? And what m...

On Thursday's Backchat: What's behind the huge response to the democrats “wolf-hunting" crowdfunding campaign, which has already raised more than $800,000 from more than 2,000 donors to fund global investigations into CY Leung over the UGL payment ...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, the continuing controversy over HKU scholar Benny Tai’s remarks on Hong Kong independence. The People’s Daily says it’s time to use a sledgehammer to crush pro-independence advocates. And Chief Executive Carrie Lam dropped ...

On Tuesday's Backchat: The latest controversy over the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. Reports that concrete structures have been drifting away have been denounced as fake news by mainland officials who insist “we build things our way”. But is there...

On Monday's Backchat we're talking about government plans to further increase the involvement of young people in the policy-making process. Under the latest plan, more people aged between 18 and 35 will be appointed to 10 advisory committees examin...

On Friday's Backchat, Airbnb vs Hotels. Local hoteliers are demanding tougher treatment of the home-sharing service, calling it illegal, poisonous, and no different to stealing. They point out the lack of insurance and fire safety equipment in the ...

On Wednesday's Backchat, Benny Tai's comments in Taiwan and the reaction. On Friday the Administration said it was shocked and strongly condemned remarks made by the HKU Professor that HK could consider becoming an independent state. The People’s Dail...