Japan is reportedly on the cusp of foregoing pacifism. Despite what Prime Minister Abe is doing to amend the country’s defence policy, the voice of opposition is strong, particularly from the young.
Producer: Gillian Yau, Fanny Kwan
Video published on October 23, 2015. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
Going to a restaurant for a casual dinner, we look for “bang for the buck”. But after 5 months of the anti-extradition bill campaign, we now consider yellow or blue, even for a meal. Besides fighting on the front lines, money is a weapon in our daily struggle. Some people have launched a consumer campaign to buy at yellow stores and boycott blue shops, hoping to support businesses of the same ilk in this economic doldrums. Politics have encroached on the hitherto apolitical HK business scene. How are businessmen coping? Are political stances now integral to market considerations?
Video published on January 24, 2020. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
After the Umbrella Movement at 2014, the three co-founders Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, and the other six defendants include lawmakers Tanya Chan and Shiu Ka-chun, the Democratic Party’s Lee Wing-tat, the League of Social Democrats’ Raphael Wong, and former student leaders Tommy Cheung and Eason Chung.
The defendants are facing charges of inciting others to create a public nuisance, and inciting others to incite more people to create a public nuisance. And the three co-founders face an additional charge of conspiring to create a public nuisance.The trial will begin on November 19. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail.
Raphael Wong Ho Ming and Tommy Cheung Sau Yin well prepared before the trial.
Tommy is the youngest among the defendants. He is 24 .He join the social movement when he was in secondary school. He is the former spokesman of Scholarism, president of the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the standing committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS). He had launched campaigns against the proposed Moral and National Education. After the Umbrella Movement, he felt tired. He was no longer active in the social campaigns and turns his focus on making money.
Raphael had been released from prison this April after a four-and-a-half month jail sentence in January for contempt after failing to comply with an injunction to clear the 2014 Umbrella Movement protest site in Mong Kok.
Last year, he was sentenced to 13 months in jail for his involvement in the Northeast New Territories development plan demonstrations outside the legislature. He and the other twelve won the appeal on sentence before the Court of Final Appeal this September. He is an optimistic person. He believes social movement can change the society. His family are touched by his enthusiasm and turn to support him wholeheartedly.
Video published on November 16, 2018. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
After white-clad people attacked citizens on July 21, some netizens launched an investigation against rural gangsters, including a probe into suspects in the attack allegedly involved in the selling of rights to build small houses.
Video published on March 27, 2020. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
Beijing is plagued by serious air pollution. The concerted efforts to spruce up the city for the 2008 Olympics have had little lasting effect. The city seems constantly shrouded in haze.
Video published on December 4, 2014. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
On July 1st, demonstrators stormed the Legislative Council in protest. Amid an ensuing police dragnet, some of them decided to flee to Taiwan for temporary shelter, and seek asylum. The July 1st attack became a turning point in these young people's lives.
We went to Taiwan to record the journeys and reflections of these exiled youngsters from the anti-extradition bill movement.
Video published on January 17, 2020. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
This year, 2018, marks the 40 th anniversary of Hong Kong Connection. At this juncture, we thought we would revisit a few young people we interviewed 25 years ago when they were pupils in primary school to learn about their process of coming of age.
Video published on June 8, 2018. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.
We have on several occasions talked about the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. This time, we focus on education for the young people among them. In Fermi Wong, a social worker, they have a champion.
Producer: Kwong Chui-kuen
Video published on February 6, 2014. Publisher: RTHK 香港電台.