On Friday's Backchat, we looked at the historic New York City mayoral win by 34-year old Zohran Mamdani. He became the first African-born, and the first of South Asian descent to take up the post that oversees the largest city in the United States. His victory was part of a Democratic sweep of several key district elections.

The self-styled socialist-democrat has already announced an all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty. What challenges will he face in implementing his progressive policies? We found out.

After the break, we learned more about the "Day of Dead", or in Spanish, ''Dia de Muertos'. It's a celebration to honour those who've passed away, and was marked last weekend by Mexico, Latin America and the Philippines.

And finally, we heard from a top astro-physicist in the city about the latest developments regarding the Shenzhou-21, China's crewed spaceflight that recently docked at Tianggong space-station in record time.

9:05am-9:30am: Zohran Mamdani's New York mayoral win

Speakers:

Mark Michelson, Chairman of the Asia CEO Forum at IMA Asia

Robin Smith, Chair of the Democrats Abroad Hong Kong

9:32am-9:47am: Day of the Dead

Speaker:

Adriana Falcon, Hong Kong-based Mexican musician

9:47am-10:00am: Shenzhou-21 docking

Speaker:

Prof. Quentin Parker, Director of the Laboratory for Space Research at the University of Hong Kong