On Tuesday's Backchat , what a waste. The Government is unveiling plans for how to charge for what you throw away. Its been a long debate, with many trials and pilot studies -  what do you make of the proposals?  After 9.20, following exchanges in...

On Monday's Backchat, premium taxis. Taxi drivers are fighting a plan to introduce hundreds of 'premium' taxis, a move they say is unnecessary . They say many taxi drivers are willing to improve their services, as long as the government provides b...

On Friday's Backchat, broadcasting in Hong Kong. As familiar names like Cable and ATV leave the TV market, plans for digital radio collapse, while a new free-to-air Channel is planned for May, how do things stand in our media landscape? Are the li...

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about the latest developments in the Chief Executive election campaign. The gloves came off, somewhat, in a debate on Tuesday night, organised by broadcasting media organisations. Carrie Lam and John Tsang crit...

On Wednesday's Backchat, is there too much red tape? The complicated procedures for operating a food truck are just the latest example of how excessive bureaucracy affects lives and livelihoods here. Complaints about over-regulation of Mega Events,...

On Tuesday's Backchat, nanoflats. As house prices creep ever upward, developers have been marketing ever smaller flats. Last year, 61sqft flats appeared, but now the Government says it could impose a minimum size 'if necessary'. Would a new law pro...

On Monday's Backchat, should we stop having foreign judges? The case of the seven policemen has raised the issue of foreign judges, in the Court of Final Appeal, and other parts of the Judiciary. Though they are expressly permitted by the Basic Law...

On Friday's Backchat, co-location. As the Express Rail Link to Shenzhen and Guangzhou approaches completion, there is concern over the arrangements for cross-border customs, immigration and quarantine. A leaked floor plan of the West Kowloon sta...

​On Backchat we're talking about the documents published by the website, Wikileaks, which contain details of what it says are wide-ranging hacking tools used the US Central Intelligence Agency. They are said to include malware that targets smart...