On Backchat, poverty alleviation. At the weekend, Carrie Lam told a conference that measures to reduce the incidence of poverty in Hong Kong were working. Is that true, and if so do we need more of the same? Are all sectors and ages feeling the ben...

On Backchat, we look ahead to the forthcoming District Council Elections. In the past, local issues have dominated but post-occupy will things be different? Is the pan-democratic camp united? Will the DAB find things more tricky this time? What do ...

On Friday's Backchat, we're talking about bikes. The first Hong Kong Cyclothon is being held this weekend - a celebration of cycling with races, rides and rentals. There will be bikes on Tsing Ma Bridge for the first time, and the spectacle of mass...

On Backchat, the TPP - the Trans Pacific Partnership - is our main topic. It promises a lot, to streamline trade between some of the most important economies around the Pacific, and its claimed that it will affect 40% of the global economy. But ...

On Backchat, after HKU staff and students stage a silent march, is it time to wind up the discussion on Johannes Chan? How real are the threats to academic freedom at the University and other tertiary institutions in Hong Kong? What damage has b...

On Backchat, we will talk about Donald Tsang's charges. The former Chief Executive Donald Tsang has appeared in court to face two counts of misconduct in public office. The charges have been considered for three years but Mr.Tsang says his conscien...

On Backchat, do we need new tourist attractions, and if so, what? Among concern over a drop in tourist figures, Greg So says we have plenty of attractions, like the Observation Wheel, the Wetland Park and the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. And he says...

On Backchat we're talking about criticism of Li Ka shing and the response to the Shanghai stock market plunge. Mainland state run media have taken 'Superman' to task over disinvestment from China, a charge he has denied. Now the same media say he ha...

On Backchat, the HKU Johannes Chan saga. What are your thoughts on the controversy over the promotion of the Dean of the Law School? (8:30-9:30am, call in on 233 88 266, , email [email protected] or text 6393 5925)

We talk about the Occupy Movement one year on. What, if any, difference did that turbulent period make? Has it changed your view of Beijing, young people, or One Country Two Systems? Was it orderly or anarchic? Who came off well? Was it by and large a ...