Podcast One: Hong Kong Connection - Sai Wan ... where the glitter ends | 2015-02-12
Spearheaded by an MTR link, change has descended on Sai Wan on the western side of Hong Kong Island.It has brought about a huge increase in property value, disrupting the lives of many old residents.
How much do we know about the history of Hong Kong? Should we refer to Britain’s account or China’s account? Neither, say many Hong Kong people of this generation. They want to set the records straight.
Producer: Dora Choi
One of the most powerful typhoons in Hong Kong’s history caused a record storm surge, uprooted trees, and continued to wreak havoc across the region.
The city, luckily, is able to avoid serious casualties but was facing a long and difficult recovery from extensive damage.
Despite zero casualties, commuters were outrages as a result of battling huge crowds to get back to work before the transportation system back to order.
This episode records, from citizens perspective, how the super typhoon battered the city of Hong Kong over a weekend.
There is undeniably a shortage of land in Hong Kong. For development, the Government has been requisitioning farmland in the New Territories. Some people are happy but others are not.
Producer: Kwong Chui-kuen
As Covid-19 epidemic worsens and the anti-epidemic measures tighten up, online food delivery platforms thrive. Many people have become food couriers. In this episode, we follow a food courier around on his daily routine to take a closer look at the life as well as the struggle of this profession and the society under the pandemic.
Much is happening in Hong Kong’s political scene. A new Chief Executive is to be elected in March next year ... an election decided not by 7 million people, but by a small Election Committee.
Producer: Paul Lee, Fanny Kwan, Grace Wong
Food safety has led to an awakening of consciousness in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The questions are asked: Should the agricultural industry be revived? Can we challenge the economics of mass production?
Producer: Phoebe Chan
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 powers that be in Beijing have announced a renewed resolve in tackling corruption. While it is too early to see results, rural communities are showing impatience. They are saying they can only rely on themselves.
Producer: Eric Poon
Causeway Bay Bookstore former owner Lam Wing-kee worried that if the amendment bill on extradition law passed, the safety of Hong Kong citizens could not longer be guaranteed. At last, he chose to leave Hong Kong and stayed in Taiwan.
In 2015, Lam was detained by mainland authority for eight months. Then he was allowed to come back to Hong Kong for a short time, but he did not return as planned.
Hong Kong Connection follows Lam's last days in Hong Kong and his first chapter in Taiwan.