On Wednesday’s Backchat, Mass testing effectiveness and the economy.

 About 1.78 million people have taken part in the government’s multi-million mass testing programme for Covid-19 that ended on Monday. The 530-million-dollar project, that last for...

On Tuesday’s Backchat, the detained 12. 

 

Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Hua Chunying said on Sunday that 12 Hong Kong people detained as they tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat are "separatists" who have been trying to split Hong Kong from China. H...

8:30-9:00 Covid 19 and economic impact

Benjamin Cowling, Professor and Division Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong

Vera Yuen, Lecturer,  Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economi...

On Friday’s Backchat, wildlife in freefall.

According to a new report by the WWF , the worlds animal population has dropped more than two-thirds in the last 50 years, as a result of accelerating unsustainable human activities.

The Living Planet Repo...

On Thursday’s Backchat, travel bubble and more on separation of powers.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Edward Yau, said on Tuesday Hong Kong officials were in discussions with 11 countries about setting up travel bubbles.

Amo...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, foreign journalists in the crossfire; and artists making a living.

Two Australian journalists were rushed out of China overnight after Chinese police sought to question

them, their employers said on Tuesday.

The withdrawal ...

On Tuesday’s Backchat, Kowloon protests on Sunday.

Police arrested nearly 300 people as people took to the streets for an anti-government rally on what would have been the day of the Legislative Council election.

Riot officers fired pepper balls in a...

On Monday’s Backchat, latest developments of mass testing.

The government will extend its universal Covid-19 testing scheme by four days to September 11. What do you make of that, and the latest figures on cases detected and tests taken? Could it be th...

On Friday’s Backchat, Separation of Powers in Hong Kong.

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Monday that Hong Kong does not have a separation of powers and it would be wrong for school textbooks to suggest that it does. Yeung's comment follows a ...

On Thursday’s Backchat, recycling, and the future of Uber in Hong Kong.

The Environmental Protection Department says a food waste recycling plant at its EcoPark in Tuen Mun stopped operations in July after failing to meet the recycling targets speci...