The Judicial reform in China has been a difficult one, despite there are rigorous reform taking place since Chairman Xi Jinping took over the presidency.
Controversy has once again erupted in Hong Kong over the Executive Council’s decision not to grant Hong Kong Television Network a broadcasting licence. There is a demand to know how the decision was arrived at and there is the question: Who really is the loser?
Producer: Paul Lee, Dora Choi & Fanny Kwan
For the first time since the handover of Hong Kong to China, a race is on for every single one of the more than 400 District Council seats at this year’s polls. On the back of the anti-extradition bill movement, many political novices are running in the election, framing it as a battle between tyranny and conscience.
Nearly a quarter of Hong Kong people say they want to die at home, a survey shows. People believe that family can offer the best care for patients. But could they also offer a good care for the people with terminal illness?
In this episode, we are featuring 2 families on how to prepare for their family member to die at home – a practice not yet popular in Hong Kong as about 90 per cent of deaths still take place in public hospitals.
If house values in Hong Kong have been rising for the past few years, then a bigger surprise would be the price of parking spaces, which have grown much faster than homes in some areas. The car parking space in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, was sold at 6 million in June. It has become the most expensive parking space in the history of Hong Kong. The sky-high price is comparable to that of residential units.
What is the reason behind the speculation in the parking spaces? Some investors said that since the Hong Kong government launched heavy stamp duty in property market, the funds were transferred to car spaces. As a driver, our case Mr. Wong said that parking spaces are in tight supply in the territory, and the shortage of private car parking spaces is particularly severe. For instance, he and more than 500 people have to queue up, before dawn to apply for renting monthly private car parking spaces in a government car park every month.
Last year, the Police have issued 1.84 million "fixed penalty notice" to combat the illegal parking situation. But it seems that the provision of parking spaces is still a problem to the city. It all comes down to supply and demand. Can it be solved with better government town planning?
Blogging is all the rage at the moment. Many bloggers have become celebrities of sorts and some are trying to make use of their fame to move on to fortune by introducing or actually endorsing commercial products.
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
The Rural Representative Election was held in early 2019. Since 2003, the non-indigenous residents were allowed to run the Resident Representatives. The seats are not limited to the non-indigenous residents but also open to indigenous residents who have been lived in the village for over six years. This year, over 600 villages are involved in the election, electing 1540 seats, but many people living in rural villages have no idea about the requirements to be either a candidate, or a voter. The election is said to be lack of transparency after 15 years.