Financial Secretary Paul Chan responds to a caller on housing and land policy during a special phone in programme hosted by Hugh Chiverton and Peter Lewis.

To listen to the whole programme of Finanical Secretary Phone-in 2017 , visit HERE.

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On Backchat,  the Budget. Paul Chan's plan for the coming financial year has been unveiled, along with a $93 billion surplus for 2016/17. There are tax breaks and increased spending on capital works and the elderly. What do you make of the speech a...

On Backchat, should there be laws against insulting the police. There have been renewed calls to criminalize abuse of police, an idea that was first floated five years ago. In the wake of the jailing of seven policemen, do our law enforcers need b...

On Backchat, the Red House. The building in Tuen Mun widely believed to be the base for Chinese republican revolutionaries under Dr Sun Yat-sen, is feared to be under threat. This is despite it being a Grade 1 Historic building. Should it be sa...

On Backchat, ​ law and order in Hong Kong. Reaction to the conviction and sentencing of the policemen has raised concern about attitudes to law, and the rule of law. At the same time the Heritage Foundation sees it as the keystone of Hong Kong's e...

On Backchat, US politics and what's happening in the White House. Trump's National Security Advisor has resigned, and his pick of Labor Secretary has withdrawn. The President meanwhile says he is more concerned about rampant leaking and plans a ra...

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about relations between the police and the public, following the conviction this week of seven officers over the beating up of Occupy Central activist Ken Tsang, in October 2014. The officers were found guilty ...

On Backchat, we talk about prisons in Hong Kong. What are the conditions like for those behind bars? Videos leaked last year showed violence and there are claims of overcrowding in some facilities. Prisoners generally work a lot here - what are the...

On Backchat, is Beijing interfering in the CE contest? After the Liaison Office made clear that Carrie Lam was preferred by Beijing, the former chief secretary refused to say if the statements violate the Basic Law and the One Coun...

On Monday's Backchat, the Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macau bridge. The Government has revealed that the bridge will cost more than expected because of construction and manpower challenges. One legislator suspected that the final bill might be double t...