On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about calls to include a 75% increase in tobacco tax in next month’s budget.

Experts predict the proposal, from the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, could persuade 28,000 smokers to quit and prevent more ...

On Wednesday's Backchat, we’re discussing government plans to enact domestic national security legislation targeting acts such as treason and insurrection, as well as espionage and theft of state secrets.

Existing ordinances will be amended and new ...

On Tuesday’s Backchat we’re talking about the latest suspected baby abuse case.

A nine-month-old infant was found to have blood clots in her brain and is currently in intensive care at Tuen Mun Hospital.

The babysitter who’s been taking care of the...

On Monday’s Backchat, we focus on the dozens of mega events Hong Kong will host in the coming months, and how much of a tourist draw they’ll be.

The city is scheduled to host more than 80 mega events in the first half of year — including sports, cult...

On Friday's Backchat, we’re talking about longer operating hours of two border checkpoints over the Lunar New Year.

Shenzhen Bay will be open 24 hours a day from February 9 to 13 - from Lunar New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the new year - for bot...

On Thursday's Backchat, we ask: are we walking as much as we should

A new survey has found that 10 percent of Hongkongers claim to take daily walks lasting at least 30 minutes –up from 7.8-percent in 2022.

Thirty percent of respondents to the surv...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, we're talking about air quality.

As Hong Kong returns to normalcy after the pandemic, air pollution here is also making a return too. That's according to a study by Clean Air Network which says the annual average concentratio...

On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the upcoming waste charging scheme

Last week, authorities announced they were postponing the pay-as-you-throw scheme by four months to August the first, after concerns were raised about how the waste-chargin...

On Monday's Backchat, we're talking about buffalo conservation on Lantau.

This comes as two buffaloes were recently relocated from South Lantau to the Mai Po marshes near Yuen Long, in a move aimed at controlling their growing population — with plans ...

On Friday's Backchat, we're talking the government’s plans to put up more surveillance cameras across Hong Kong – in a move aimed at preventing crime.

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk told RTHK’s Overview Policy programme on Wednesday that 2,000 a...