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监制：Paul Lee
21/02/2021
The pandemic has greatly hit the life and the livelihood of Hong Kong athletes. Most of the local and international competitions have been postponed or even cancelled. Nevertheless, instead of giving up their goals, Hong Kong athletes insist on training and making ends meet through every means. Despite the difficulties, they are still hopeful for the day when the world is back to normal and they can return to the competition venues.
联络: pca@rthk.hk
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Historic Treasure Hunt
The Roman-style architecture of the cistern at Bishop Hill came to light during demolition work. The public attention drawn to it made it become a Grade 1 historic building spared from demolition. The incident raised people’s awareness of conservation - why wasn’t architecture of such historic value protected long ago? It turned out that the list of historic buildings compiled by the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) only covered buildings but not stone slabs, steles, water tanks, etc. The incident also revealed a lack of communication among government departments. Moreover, the job of grading all architecture now falls on a five-member AMO expert panel. People believe that the AMO should be more transparent and listen to public opinion by establishing more channels.
02/05/2021收看 -
A Declaration
180,000 civil servants in Hong Kong were required to take an oath or sign a declaration to uphold the Basic Law and swear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR) within four weeks. What constitutes a breach of the oath? What are the consequences of signing the declaration or not?
25/04/2021收看 -
After the Lockdown
The government imposed lockdown in four streets in the Jordan district in late January and conducted mandatory Covid-19 tests on the residents. This episode records this unprecedented operation.
18/04/2021收看 -
Don’t let the Truth be Buried
Alex Chow Tsz-lok, a 22-year-old student of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, fell to death in Sheung Tak Carpark in Tseung Kwan O on November 4, 2019, becoming the first person who died at the scene of confrontation between police and demonstrators during the anti-extradition law protests in 2019. The cause of his death kept raising speculation in the society. One year after the incident, the Coroner’s Court opened a 29-day inquest, in which the jury reached a four to one majority to conclude with an open verdict. Were the inquest and the verdict able to solve mysteries to give people relief and unveil the truth?
11/04/2021收看 -
How Far Can We Go
While the current District Councils dominated by the pro-democracy camp have passed not even half of their 4-year term, it has been rumoured that District Councillors would be required to swear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administration Region and that some would be disqualified. Meanwhile, the pro-government camp has been setting up organizations across Hong Kong to monitor the district councils and demanding that the government makes District Councillors vow allegiance, so that those who violate the oath would be disqualified. How do the District Councillors carry on with their work amid this political environment?
04/04/2021收看 -
Unemployment Wave
Between November 2020 to January 2021, almost 250,000 people became unemployed, close to the unemployment record after the outbreak of SARS in 2003. The pandemic has led to a local unemployment wave, hitting the tourism, consumer and food and beverage industries. With the current waves of layoff, wage cut and closure, how do people face the economic impacts brought by the pandemic?
28/03/2021收看 -
The Dance will Go On?
The dance cluster, Hong Kong’s largest Covid-19 infected group with over 730 cases of infection, has led to the fourth wave of the pandemic. Through talking to the dance instructors, this episode takes a look at their struggle of making ends meet amidst scandals while risking being infected.
21/03/2021收看 -
Not One Less
The anti-extradition law protests in the summer of 2019 has led to a new wave of emigration, changing the future of many families. Amid the political turmoil, many people have chosen to bring their family to move from the place where they were born and grew up to a new place. What struggle have they gone through while making the decision? And how do they adapt to their new life?
14/03/2021收看 -
1Q44 and I
Through the daily life of a caregiver and the care-receivers, we take a look at their hardship and the lack of support to them from the society. Full-time caregiver Janice got married in 2014. Her husband Keith was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in secondary school and started to use wheelchair one and a half years ago. After getting married, the couple had been confirmed by several doctors that muscular dystrophy was not hereditary, so they decided to have children. However, while their son did not inherit muscular dystrophy, he was diagnosed with another rare genetic disease: 1Q44 microdeletion syndrome. As a caregiver, Janice understands that as she cannot change the reality, she chooses to face the difficulties optimistically.
07/03/2021收看 -
The Yuen Family
A single family with four different political stances: pro-establishment, centrist, moderately pro-democratic and radical pro-democratic. This episode takes a look into the political spectrum in Hong Kong through the Yuen family’s story, at relationships and their changes in our time.
28/02/2021收看
