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BACKchat PODCAST Matt Hall 42: Sexuality and Sexual Health – Challenging the Stigma In 2002 Matt Hall was the first Australian Rules footballer to come out as gay at any level, and in this podcast he discusses overcoming stigma and fear in a time of great uncertainty, and how so much has changed between 2002 and now. Listen In

On Monday's Backchat: Now that Carrie Lam has taken office, what should we expect from her new administration? Can she really break the political stalemate and forge better relations with the pan-democratic camp? What issues could they cooperate on...

On Friday’s Backchat: What do you think of Hong Kong’s first 20 years under one country, two systems? Have things worked out better or worse than you expected? What were the high points? As well as the worst moments? And what lessons can we draw f...

On Thursday's Backchat  we're taking a close look at Chief Executive CY Leung's five-year term of office, which ends on Friday.  Mr Leung has released a report on the work of his administration, praising Hong Kong's economic growth and measures to ...

On Wednesday's Backchat we're talking about the release on medical parole of Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo, who's been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Democracy activists here have staged a demonstration outside the Beijing l...

On Tuesday’s Backchat: Should Carrie Lam try again on universal suffrage after she takes office on Saturday? Some of her advisers think she should political reform back on the agenda, but Beijing seems opposed. Also on Tuesday’s show: Are wild boars gr...

On Monday's Backchat, a cashless Hong Kong. As Octopus seeks to expand and modernise its services, are we catching up with the trend, or falling behind? What are the pros and cons of payments without notes and coins? What are particular problems in...

On Friday's Backchat, national education. The controversial topic is returning to the headlines with calls for Basic Law study to be added to the curriculum in schools, claims that education since 1997 has failed to foster a sense of Chinese ident...

The incoming Chief Executive Carrie Lam's first team of ministers is our main focus in Thursday's Backchat. The Central Government has approved the line-up, which was officially announced on Wednesday. But despite Mrs Lam saying earlier that she'd w...

On Wednesday's Backchat, the MPF offset. In the last days of his term CY Leung announced a progressive phasing out of the controversial clause whereby employers' contributions to workers' pension funds are used for their long-service ...