The Pulse

The Pulse

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The Pulse episodes

  • Drugged Driving; Sino-Us Relations
    On Wednesday this week two men were arrested in a car on suspicion of taking drugs. One was also charged with driving after taking drugs or alcohol. Hong Kong has only had random breathalyser checks for alcohol for a year, but now the Action Committee ...
    14 min
  • Press Harassment in China; The New Year Market
    Following on from the attack on journalists in China this week, should journalists have to wear clearly defined badges, or is this is more likely to draw abuse than defuse it?
    Stories of those taking part in the New Year Night Market, including stud...
    12 min
  • Half Hearted Consultation?
    Consultation on the Kwu Tung North, Fanling North and Ping Che/Ta Kwu Ling New Development Areas (NDAs). The government is having a consultation on plans to tear down villages and rezone wildlife areas, but it’s a decidedly low key one and makes use of...
    10 min
  • Not so Pet Friendly Hong Kong
    Last month, one of the few places you could officially walk your dog on Hong Kong island disappeared with the closure of the Wan Chai Dog Park. With an increasing number of residential complexes, public and private, starting to enforce No Pet policies,...
    11 min
  • Corporate Social Responsibility at Work
    "Corporate social responsibility" is a buzz-phrase to which many companies like to lay claim, although some treat it as little more than a PR exercise. We look at two Hong Kong organisations and the work they are doing with ethnic minorities and the po...
    7 min
  • Referendum or By-Election?
    It remains to be seen whether the five-district by-election triggered by the resignation of pro-democracy lawmakers will have the weight they wish as a “referendum”. In the meantime, there are points to be scored both inside the Legco Chamber and outsi...
    6 min
  • Five District By-Election/Referendum Part Three
    This week, we focus on what might be described as the political turmoil that has followed the resignation of five pro-democracy lawmakers, to trigger a by-election that they hope will be seen as a de facto referendum on constitutional reform.
    Pro-Be...
    11 min
  • Five District By-Election/Referendum Part Two
    This week, we focus on what might be described as the political turmoil that has followed the resignation of five pro-democracy lawmakers, to trigger a by-election that they hope will be seen as a de facto referendum on constitutional reform.
    Pro-Be...
    5 min
  • Five District By-Election/Referendum Part One
    This week, we focus on what might be described as the political turmoil that has followed the resignation of five pro-democracy lawmakers, to trigger a by-election that they hope will be seen as a de facto referendum on constitutional reform.
    Pro-Be...
    7 min
  • Post 80 Protesters vs Mainstream Media
    Certain sectors of Hong Kong’s mainstream media have not been kind to the young protesters against the Express Rail Link.
    Not only have editorials commonly taken the official line that they are too violent or too radical, even in their reports dail...
    9 min

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RTHK's English-language current affairs programme that takes "The Pulse" of Hong Kong ... and the world around it.

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