Hong Kong Connection

In December last Year (2012), a female university student was gang raped and subsequently died. The heinous crime has brought the world’s attention to the sexism that is endemic in Indian culture.

Producer: Phoebe Chan

After the Chinese Communist Party vowed again recently to address the perennial problem of corruption in China, the response from the citizenry has been overwhelming. Corrupt officials are now on tenterhooks, fearing evidence of their debauchery might ...

Snake is an expensive traditional delicacy in Hong Kong, and to the elderly and people well versed in local culture and tradition, Snake King Lam, the snake shop that is over 100 years old, is a legend.

Producer: Clara Li

Children of poor families are underprivileged, and unless given a helping hand, they generally labour through life in intergenerational poverty. The Child Development Fund established in 2008 was designed to tackle this very problem.

Producer: Kwong...

The Mandatory Provident Fund System came into effect in Hong Kong in December 2000 to provide the entire workforce with some form of retirement protection. How well or poorly has it performed? How can it be improved?

Producer: Fanny Kwan

On 16th January 2013, C. Y. Leung, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, delivered his first policy address after six months in office. As expected, the reception was mixed, with supporters and opponents vociferously expressing their views. 

 

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There are some 6,000 demonstrations and protest marches in Hong Kong every year. Many of them are in fact held in contravention of the existing Public Security Ordinance.

 

Producer: Dora Choi

A guide dog is to blind person much more than his best friend; it is his eyes, his navigator and guardian angel. In Hong Kong, however, the service of guide dogs, though widely appreciated, is still not fully developed.

Producer: Vicky IP

The meteoric rise of consumerism in mainland China in recent years has brought dramatic changes to Sheung Shui on the Hong Kong side of the border. The town has become a bootlegging hub.

Producer: Clara Li

The world did not end on 21st December 2012 as some people following the ancient Mayan Calendar had feared. Life goes on. But in Hong Kong, there are people who think it is time for us to do some soul-searching. 

 

Producer: Phoebe Chan