On Monday’s programme, we’re talking about the government’s push to lure foreign talent into the city. In his 2024 Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee announced expanding the list of universities under the Top Talent Pass Scheme to 198 by adding ...

 On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about the ongoing diplomatic rift between Canada and India. Both countries expelled each others' ambassadors after Canadian investigators named India's High Commissioner a "person of interest", following the ...

 On Thursday's Backchat, we review the new policy address. Delivering his yearly blueprint at the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee unveiled a range of new initiatives - from phasing out the smallest subdivided flats to easin...

 On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about the consumer affairs issue known as "shrinkflation". The Consumer Council has said it conducted a survey involving 62 supermarket products, and found that nearly all of them had been reduced in volume or w...

 On Tuesday’s Backchat, we’re talking about anti-smoking policies. The government is planning to table 10 tobacco control measures to the Legislative Council by the end of this year, including a ban on flavoured cigarettes, implementing plain packages ...

 On Monday’s Backchat, we’re talking about salary trends in the Greater Bay Area . The latest pay trend survey by the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management shows that the average salary for Hong Kong employees increased by 3.2 percent this y...

 On Friday’s Global Focus, Backchat talks about Philippines politics in the gear-up to the Senatorial elections in May next year. Voters will get to choose 12 out of 24 senators, 318 congressmen, 82 governors, 1634 mayors and over 13,000 councillors in...

 On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about child abuse. Ten former care workers were this week jailed for their role in one of the city's biggest child abuse scandals in recent years. The "evil and barbaric" acts they inflicted on toddlers living in ...

 On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about the local economy and property market, amid volatility in local share prices and economic stimulus on the mainland. The National Development and Reform Commission has promised to put more resources into t...

 On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about road safety, particularly for cyclists. The police have said they'll be working with the Transport Department to make it mandatory for cyclists to wear a helmet, following a number of fatal accidents. Spea...

 On Monday’s Backchat, we’re talking about the city’s economic performance during Golden Week. Tourism and catering sector representatives said that business during the National Holiday holiday was better than expected, with most hotels reporting an o...

 On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about China-Russia relations, as the two countries mark 75 years of bilateral ties. In a congratulatory message sent to his counterpart Vladimir Putin, President Xi Jinping said that China stood ready to deep...

 On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about dementia. The Equal Opportunities Commission has released new guidelines encouraging employers to support workers with dementia and those caring for relatives with the handicap. This comes as the number ...

 On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about the minimum wage for foreign domestic workers. Last Friday the government announced that the minimum pay rate would rise by $120 to $4,990 a month, a 2.5 percent increase, and on par with year-on-year co...

On Tuesday's National Day edition of Backchat, we look into the nation's past, present and future as the People's Republic of China celebrates its 75th anniversary. In the first half of the programme, our newsroom colleagues look into the country's de...

 On Monday’s programme, we’re discussing tourism ahead of the National Day "Golden Week". Businesses are bracing for an upsurge in visitors, with estimates showing that the city could welcome as many as 1.2 million Mainland Chinese tourists, a 10 per...

 On Friday's Global Focus, we're discussing Sri Lankan politics. People's Liberation Front leader and Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn as Sri Lanka's new President, at a time when the debt-ridden country recovers from the ...

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about the development of Halal tourism in Hong Kong. Community leaders have called on the government to do more to attract practicing Muslim visitors by adding more prayer rooms and Halal certified restaurants. Th...

On Wednesday’s Backchat, we're talking about the financial viability of fitness chains. From the sudden closure of Physical Fitness to one of its competitors facing civil action over alleged unpaid rents, the city's gyms are experiencing rough times,...

 On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the The Taxi-Driver-Offence Points (TDOP) Ordinance which just took effect. Under the new rules, drivers will be disqualified from driving for up to six months if they accumulate 15 or more points within tw...

 On Monday’s Backchat, we’re talking about university admission requirements. Local students who wish to gain a university spot need to attain at least Level 3 in both English and Chinese in order to be admitted, a requirement some school principals ...

 On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about the mass electronic device attacks targeting Lebanon's Hezbollah. Two simultaneous detonations of electronic devices used by members of the Iran-backed militia left at least 32 people dead -- including 2...

 In our main topic today, we're talking about China’s decision to raise its retirement age for the first time in more than 70 years. Starting next year, the retirement age will be gradually raised to 63 for men, 55 for women in blue-collar jobs and 58 ...

 On Wednesday's post mid-autumn public holiday Backchat, we're talking about all things related to pet ownership in Hong Kong. A survey conducted in March found that owners were spending on average close to HK$700,000 on their pets during the lifespa...

 On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about Sino-Japanese relations, ahead of the 93rd anniversary on Wednesday of the incident which led to China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The bombing by Japanese forces of a section of railway ...