Backchat

On Tuesday's Backchat the end of democrats in Legco.

The Pan-dems departure will take effect on December 1st, leaving the legislature without an opposition for the first time since the nascent days of the Hong Kong SAR.

What differences will it mak...

On Monday's Backchat, the latest on Covid-19.

As of the end of last week, local authorities have reported more than 300 cases from the dance cluster.

What should we do now to reduce the outbreak again? Close schools? Work from home?

Rethink public tr...

From 9am-9:30am we continue the discussion with our panel guests after the Policy Address phone in. 

 

Vera Yuen, Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist and ...

On Thursday’s Backchat, the Policy Address; and foreign judges in the CFA. 

Chief Executive Carrie Lam declared on Wednesday that restoring Hong Kong's constitutional order and political system from chaos is one of her "urgent priorities", saying th...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, Covid contact tracing-app and foreign judges on CFA.

Bars and nightclubs are to be closed again as the authorities struggle to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections in Hong Kong, with 83 new cases expected to be confir...

On Tuesday’s Backchat, children as victims in internet sex crimes; and the latest on US elections and Donald Trump's legal actions.

The number of cases involving young people blackmailed by online strangers using nude photos or videos has increased sh...

On Monday’s Backchat the latest on Covid-19 and vaccines.

An infectious disease expert said on Friday that a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections has arrived in Hong Kong with a surge in untraceable cases.

The government have ordered to suspend face-...

On Friday's Backchat, judicial reform.

In an online legal forum on Tuesday, the deputy director of Hong Kong Macao Affairs Office Zhang Xiaoming called for a revamp in Hong Kong, saying that "Even in Western countries, judicial systems have to catch ...

On Thursday’s Backchat, paying for the Lantau Tomorrow Vision; and Covid-19 and Taxi drivers.

A new popular public private partnership has been proposed to finance the controversial Lantau Tomorrow Vision project without depleting the government coffe...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, the Basic Law 30th Anniversary Legal Summit. A senior mainland official has added his voice to calls for reform of the judiciary in Hong Kong, saying "even in Western countries" judicial systems have to catch up with the tim...