Hong Kong Connection

When it comes to technology, Hong Kong does not rank very high in the world. But there is really no lack of talent. The question is how to keep them and how to fund research and development.

Producer: Candy Chan

A new era of education has dawned in Hong Kong. Some educators are welcoming it with enthusiasm. Meet them and learn about some of the challenges they face.

Producer: Flora Yeung

Much is happening in Hong Kong’s political scene. A new Chief Executive is to be elected in March next year ... an election decided not by 7 million people, but by a small Election Committee.

Producer: Paul Lee, Fanny Kwan, Grace Wong

Meet Ricky Yu, a man dedicated to helping people in need. Be introduced to ‘Light Be’, the social enterprise he has founded, and learn about his projects ‘light homes’ and ‘Light Housing’.

Producer: Heiman Leung

In the 1940’s, the British colonial government set up a closed area as a buffer zone at the border in the New Territories. Today, the SAR Government has decided to open up a good portion of it for development.

Producer: Candy Chan

The Government is cracking down on unauthorised use of space in industrial buildings. To start with, eleven buildings are targeted. For the entertainment establishments, eateries and even churches in them, it’s time to move.

Producer: Ko Chit

Not many people are aware there are babies born with disorders of sex development, or DSD. They are also known as intersex babies. Intersex are hardly ever openly discussed. Few if any relevant government statistics are available. Indeed, not until...

The National People’s Congress has, for the fifth time, intervened in the Hong Kong judiciary by interpreting the Basic Law.  The reason this time was the bizarre way two young newly elected Legislative Councillors approached their swearing-in ceremony...

China’s One Belt One Road is an ambitious initiative. President Xi Jin-ping has reassured all partner countries that China’s goal is happiness for all. Do Myanmar and Iran find his reassurance plausible?

Producer: Gillian Yau, Dora Choi, Fanny K...

We continue with China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ this week by taking a look at what people in Kazakhstan and Vietnam think. Do they buy into President Xi Jin-ping’s pitch that the initiative will bring them a better life?

Producer: Gillian Yau, Dora...