On Backchat, asylum seekers. With more than 10,000 people waiting for screening in Hong Kong, some are worried that the system is being abused. They claim the asylum seekers commit crimes, waste money and are 'fake refugees'. Others say its the asy...

On Backchat, we talk about museums. The Our Hong Kong Foundation suggests that our museums would be better off away from the LCSD, keeping public funding but being autonomously managed. A Museums Board would run things as a statutory body. The mos...

On Backchat, Sino-US relations. Uncertainty surrounds the US President-elect's intentions towards China. He's already criticised it for taxing American imports, devaluing its currency and developing its military in the South China Sea. Are the t...

On Backchat, Legco and the Government. The Financial Secretary says the government will not take questions from the four lawmakers who are facing judicial reviews and possible disqualification over improper oath-taking. What will this hard line lea...

On Backchat, is all news fake? 'Post-truth', when objective facts don't count for much, is the word of the year. Where does that leave news? Where can we get important information about the world that is reliable and impartial? Is there any harm in...

On Backchat we catch up on political developments. Legco will formally declare early next week that two seats have been vacated by the disqualified Youngspiration councillors. Pan-dems are offered home return permits, while Chen Z...

On Backchat,  how reliable is our new air traffic control system? On Tuesday, outbound flights at the airport were suspended for 15 minutes after the $1.5 billion system malfunctioned for 26 seconds, the latest in a series of temporary faults to o...

On Backchat,  the sorry law. The Steering Committee on Mediation yesterday in its final report on apology legislation has recommended that the proposed law should apply to all civil proceedings, and courts could retain their discretion to accept de...

On Backchat,  why are young people so unhappy? The latest Happiness index suggests that Hong Kong hasn't been so fed up for a decade. And young people are particularly unhappy and pessimistic. Why? Politics? A confrontational society? Economic pros...

On Backchat,  we talk about the revitalisation of historic buildings. Another batch of heritage buildings is being offered by the Government for conservation and revitalisation by non profit organisations. In the past buildings have been turned ...