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Pet economy / Mad honey poisoning cases
54 mins; August 07, 2024
Heatwave related deaths / Mainland athletes visiting Hong Kong
54 mins; August 06, 2024
Rising international school demand / Voluntary insurance scheme Chinese medicine expansion plans
55 mins; August 05, 2024
Premium taxi licenses / Smartphone stethoscope
54 mins; August 04, 2024
Killing of Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh / Italian PM Giorgia Meloni's China visit / World Breastfeed
55 mins; August 01, 2024
Sports in schools / Ethnic minority care teams
55 mins; July 31, 2024
Are subdivided flats on their way out? / Olympic swimmer Siobhan Haughey's success / Controversy sur
55 mins; July 30, 2024
AI Development in Hong Kong/ Hong Kong MSF Medical volunteer
54 mins; July 29, 2024
Is the Electric car era finally here ?/ACGHK
54 mins; July 28, 2024
Global Focus look at US Presidential election/ Green groups concerns about the government’s plans fo
55 mins; July 25, 2024
Are we doing enough with woman’s health/ Ethnic Minority Elderly Population
54 mins; July 24, 2024
Deep Dive into the global computer outage last Friday/Disappearance of old shops
54 mins; July 23, 2024
The Economic Blueprint at China’s third plenum/ The Hong Kong Flooding Blackspots
55 mins; July 22, 2024
The future of the West Kowloon Cultural District/Skateboarding at the Paris Olympic
55 mins; July 21, 2024
Donald Trump assassination attempt / Exhibition on polar education
55 mins; July 18, 2024
China's third plenum meeting / HKDSE results
55 mins; July 17, 2024
Hong Kong airport development plans / Discussion with a local doctor back from Gaza
55 mins; July 16, 2024
Hong Kong's accessibility for the disabled / Mental health ahead of HKDSE results
55 mins; July 15, 2024
Wealth gap figures / Funding of dog shelters
55 mins; July 14, 2024
French legislative election results / Passing of the child abuse reporting law
55 mins; July 11, 2024
Talent training survey / Animal abuse cases
55 mins; July 10, 2024
Ride-hailing licenses on the pipeline / Speeding up building inspections
55 mins; July 09, 2024
Plans to import more non-local care home workers / Safety around schools
55 mins; July 08, 2024
UK elections / Accessibility issues faced by the blind
55 mins; July 07, 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict / KMB's female bus drivers
55 mins; July 04, 2024
Hospital Authority governance / Cybersecurity bill
54 mins; July 03, 2024
Mainland travel permits for non-Chinese PRs / Regulations on owning hedgehogs as pets
55 mins; July 02, 2024
ESG and fine particulates / Vocational training for the elderly
54 mins; July 01, 2024
Arts development / Shipping congestion in Singapore
55 mins; June 30, 2024
US Presidential Election race / Streamlined airport security process
55 mins; June 27, 2024
Hong Kong Disneyland profit / July 1 F&B discounts
55 mins; June 26, 2024
Financial support for cancer patients / Deadly factory fire in South Korea
55 mins; June 25, 2024
Light Public Housing applications / Oyster shell recycling
54 mins; June 24, 2024
Calls to subsidise IVF treatments / Power glitches
55 mins; June 23, 2024
Malaysia's bid to join Brics / Summer jobs
54 mins; June 20, 2024
Kwun Tong railway development / Sleeper trains
55 mins; June 19, 2024
Proposed university fee increases / Opening of the stock exchange on typhoon days
54 mins; June 18, 2024
Hydrogen development plans / Consumer Council's report on pet services and air purifiers
55 mins; June 17, 2024
Post-COVID mental health / ICAC investigation into vehicle testing centres
54 mins; June 16, 2024
EU election results / International Gastronomy Forum, Macau
54 mins; June 13, 2024
New tobacco control measures on the pipeline / Resignation of foreign judges
55 mins; June 12, 2024
Blunders at Cathay cadet training school / AI privacy guidelines
54 mins; June 11, 2024
Hong Kong's role in space development / Mental health app / Dragon Boat races
55 mins; June 10, 2024
Backchat
54 mins; June 09, 2024
UK elections / NGO report on Nepalese youth
55 mins; June 06, 2024
Expansion of sexual conviction checks / Use of commercial drones in Hong Kong
55 mins; June 05, 2024
Improper use of medication among the elderly / Hong Kong ranked "Asia's busiest" super-prime housing
55 mins; June 04, 2024
Water price increase proposals / Road subsidence incident in Sham Shui Po
55 mins; June 03, 2024
Former US President Donald Trump's guilty verdict / Hong Kong's new courtesy campaigns
55 mins; June 02, 2024
Indian elections and foreign policy / China-Japan-Korea trilateral summit / Educational materials on
55 mins; May 30, 2024
World No Tobacco Day / Cathay Pacific ranking world's third best airline
55 mins; May 29, 2024
School discipline / Oxfam Trailwalker 2024
54 mins; May 28, 2024
Scrapping of the waste charging scheme / E-sports development
54 mins; May 27, 2024
Hong Kong's fertility trends / Controversy over viewing platform in Sai Kung
55 mins; May 26, 2024
Iranian President Raisi's death / 50 years of China-Malaysia relations / Calligraphy and cognitive
55 mins; May 23, 2024
Hong Kong's 200+ "mega events" / Hong Kong Soccer Sevens
54 mins; May 22, 2024
Guidelines on sexual harassment at university / Audit report on Rehabus service
55 mins; May 21, 2024
Taxi vs ride-hailing rivalry / Hong Kong's first breastmilk bank
55 mins; May 20, 2024
Proposed salary increase for civil servants / Privacy concerns over call filtering apps
55 mins; May 19, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China / New research on late treatment of strokes
55 mins; May 16, 2024
Safety of plastic tableware alternatives / Should some hiking spots be off-limit to amateurs
55 mins; May 15, 2024
"Mercy" release of animals / Community living rooms / Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
54 mins; May 14, 2024
Overseas promotion of Hong Kong artists/ Aurora phenomenon
54 mins; May 13, 2024
Calls to enhance support for working mothers / Doulos Hope book fair ship
54 mins; May 12, 2024
Xi Jinping's Europe visit / EOC's practical guidelines for guide dogs
55 mins; May 09, 2024
IB exam "time zone cheating" / Longer pre-registration hours for public dental clinics
55 mins; May 08, 2024
Hong Kong's road resilience in the face of extreme weather / Calls to accreditate sign language inte
54 mins; May 07, 2024
Changing spending habits among tourists / Leonard Cohen's "Book of Longing" adaptation
55 mins; May 06, 2024
Improving housing quality / EMSD data leak
55 mins; May 05, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses / Storm scare on a Hong Kong-bound flight
54 mins; May 02, 2024
Changes to the minimum wage / Closure of President Cinema in Causeway Bay
55 mins; May 01, 2024
Closure of schools / Waste management in rural areas
55 mins; April 29, 2024
Hong Kong's deepening ties with the Middle East / Citybus' hiring of 20 non-local bus drivers
55 mins; April 28, 2024
Audit's report on dental services / Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" painting sold to HK buy
55 mins; April 25, 2024
Flexible working trends / China Space Day
54 mins; April 24, 2024
Serious flu cases in children and adults / Parkour stunts
55 mins; April 23, 2024
Extreme weather and waste reduction / Hong Kong's updated children growth charts
55 mins; April 22, 2024
Single use plastic ban / MTR 45th anniversary exhibition
55 mins; April 21, 2024
Iran-Israel conflict / Hockey 5's
55 mins; April 18, 2024
Government spending / Making Hong Kong a Halal-friendly destination
55 mins; April 17, 2024
Hong Kong's increasing divorce rates / ESF's 4.8% school fee increase
55 mins; April 16, 2024
"Job hopping" among foreign domestic helpers / DSE app glitches
55 mins; April 15, 2024
National Security Education Day and the concept of "holistic security" / New aviation courses
55 mins; April 14, 2024
Fatal fire in Jordan / Greenpeace's waste-charging trial
54 mins; April 11, 2024
Are youngsters "lying flat"? / Cinema Day
55 mins; April 10, 2024
Taxi fare 17% increase proposals / Hong Kong Reading Week
55 mins; April 09, 2024
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's China visit / Power outages and extreme weather
54 mins; April 08, 2024
Rugby Sevens / B virus
54 mins; April 07, 2024
Taiwan earthquake / Combating resistance to immunotherapy in liver cancer patients
55 mins; April 04, 2024
Waste charging scheme trial / Protection of turtles and marine diversity
55 mins; April 02, 2024
Tourism peformance during Easter / World Autism Day
55 mins; April 01, 2024
Waste Charging Scheme / Art Central
55 mins; March 27, 2024
MTR's 3.09% fare increase / Discovery Bay ferry operator proposing 60% fare hike
55 mins; March 26, 2024
Hong Kong Art Week / Plans to increase university tuition fees
54 mins; March 25, 2024
Article 23 national security legislation / Extreme weather predictions
55 mins; March 24, 2024
Is it time to review the HK$2 transport subsidy? / Findings on the side effects of antiviral medicin
55 mins; March 21, 2024
Suspected school bullying case / Hong Kong Palace Museum's Yuanming yuan exhibition
55 mins; March 20, 2024
Where is Hong Kong's property market heading? / Calls to introduce new laws against cyberattacks
54 mins; March 19, 2024
Spike in elderly suicides / Visit by China's first homemade icebreaker ship
55 mins; March 18, 2024
Flower Market re-development / Hollywood Road names world's second coolest street / Community-led ar