On Friday's Backchat, judging Hong Kong. Former Judge of the Court of the Final Appeal Henry Litton joins us to talk about his book 'Is the Hong Kong Judiciary Sleepwalking to 2047?'. In it he says the Common Law system has lost its effectiveness,...

On Thursday's Backchat, US-China relations. Markets are uncertain after reports that the US cancelled a trade meeting with Chinese officials. There's similar doubt over the way forward in the extradition of the Huawei executive. Is China's economy...

On Wednesday's Backchat, burials and funerals. For more than a decade, the Government has been promoting green burials, such as scattering ashes at sea or in memorial gardens. Numbers though remain low at around 12% as most people prefer a location to ...

On Tuesday's Backchat, nursing and healthcare staff shortage.150 medical staff joined a protest organised by the Association of HK Nursing Staff on Sunday calling for more manpower but not money to tackle staff shortages at public hospitals. They liste...

On Monday's Backchat, air pollution. Is it getting better, and if so, how fast? An environmental advocacy group has proposed a new set of 5-year air quality objectives up to 2025, and revised the targets of the concentration limits for key pollutan...

On Friday's Backchat, the tunnels. About 40 lawmakers including those from the pro-establishment parties may abstain or vote against the Government when it tables its non-binding motion on toll adjustment of the city's three harbour crossings at Legco ...

On Thursday's Backchat, Brexit. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched a motion of no-confidence in Theresa May after the UK government suffered an unprecedented defeat over its Brexit deal. What exactly is happening and why? Whose fault is all the c...

On Wednesday's Backchat, Donald Tsang. The former CE Sir Donald Tsang GBM was discharged from hospital custody on Tuesday following his 12 month sentence for misconduct in public offence. He still has an appeal in the CFA which will be heard in Ma...

On Tuesday's Backchat, happy legal new year! Time to look back at some judicial highlights from 2018 and assess how Rule of Law is doing in Hong Kong. What do you make of comments by the Secretary for Justice, Chief Justice and leading lawyers? Wh...

On Monday's Backchat, retirement and the Old Age Allowance. The Government wants to raise the age of entitlement for elderly CSSA from 60 to 65.  It says there is increased life expectancy, an ageing popultaion, and later retirement. What do you th...