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On Wednesday’s Backchat; Back to school, and mass testing in the community.

The Education Bureau on Monday announced the phased resumption of classes at schools starting from September 23. Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said a gradual resumption of...

On Tuesday’s Backchat, looking back at last year's protests and the resignation of Shinzo Abe. 

Dozens of people gathered at two shopping malls in Mong Kok on Sunday to mark last year's police storming of Prince Edward MTR Station during the anti-gove...

On Monday’s Backchat, mass testing and Donald Trump. The government said on Friday that 141 sample collection centres will operate for its Universal Community Testing Programme that will begin on September 1. The public are encouraged to make appointme...

On Friday’s Backchat, we’ll be discussing the 7.21 incident in Yuen Long last year.

The pan-democratic camp has strongly criticised the police for arresting lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and a dozen others on riot charges, accusing the force of attempting t...

On Thursday's Backchat, latest Covid-19 measures, and Shenzhen. Authorities have announced that some restrictions on restaurants, beauty parlours and some sports venues will be lifted starting from Friday this week as the Covid-19 situation is improv...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, hot weather in Hong Kong. With 20 “very hot” days , 21 consecutive hot nights and monthly average temperature of 30.2 degree, July in 2020 was the hottest July since 1884, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

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On Tuesday’s Backchat, Ted Hui’s private prosecution; Pan-dem’s decision on Legco.

Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui’s private prosecutions related to last years protests have been rejected by the Justice Secretary. The court said there had been insu...

On Monday’s Backchat, mass testing in Hong Kong.

The government will launch city-wide testing for Covid-19 in early September.

Thousands of medical professionals from private and public sectors will be deployed to assist in the programme. Government ...

On Friday’s Backchat, the vetting of textbooks and academic freedom.

Publishers informed liberal studies teachers earlier this week that some contents of textbooks will be revised to help students to establish “positive values”.

According to the pre...

On Thursday’s Backchat, supermarkets and Joe Biden. Officials on Tuesday said Wellcome and ParkNshop, which between them received HK$100 million in the first round of the “employment support scheme”, must provide cash vouchers or discounts to NGOs or l...