Hong Kong connection [2006]
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11. In search of wholesome food[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-03-16
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With the threat of toxic chemicals and diseases bothering almost every consumer, these are not the best of times forpork, poultry, fish and vegetable traders in Hong Kong. Nor are these the easiest of...
12. We grant no asylum[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-03-23
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Back in the 1980's and 90's, Hong Kong spent billions of dollars of its public funds to provide for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees. To put history in perspective, the generosity was exte...
13. Hush!![videorecording] =車廂無淨土?! /RTHK production.
2006-09-28
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Travel comfortably by bus or by train and you will be entertained by television on board! This seems to be the message of the Kowloon Canton Railway and the bus companies. But is the television provid...
14. It was no miracle[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-10-05
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Professor Ling Feng is China's top neurologist. Thanks to her, Liu Hairuo, the Chinese news presenter seriously injured in a train accident in England, has miraculously recovered enough to return to w...
15. The Cultural Revolution[videorecording] :forty years on /RTHK production.
2006-10-12
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China's infamous Cultural Revolution was launched in May 40 years ago. It lasted ten years, ten long years of devastation that claimed an estimated 20 million victims and left the entire nation in an ...
16. Gay lovers[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-10-19
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In four Western countries, same-sex couples may now be legally married. In Hong Kong, most gay lovers are still very much afraid of exposing their sexual orientation for fear of being ostracized. Some...
17. Aging buildings In disrepair[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-10-26
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There are some 13,000 private buildings in Hong Kong that are over 30 years old. Without proper management and with ample indifference from owners and residents, some of themare in pretty bad repair. ...
18. From whence the fish come[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-11-02
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Not so long ago, there was bad news for lovers of freshwater produce from the mainland. Malachite green, a carcinogenic substance, had been detected in some importedfish. There was widespread concern....
19. The river runs East[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-11-09
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Political pluralism was born in Taiwan ten years ago when direct elections finally became reality. The Kuomintang, or KMT, lost its iron grip and the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, came to powe...
20. Test tube babies[videorecording] /RTHK production.
2006-11-16
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Women in Hong Kong are marrying late. By the time they do get married and plan on having children, they may be well over thirty. Some of them could be in for a shock to find they are unable to get pre...