In the first part of Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the significance for Hong Kong and the country of the Chinese Communist Party's recent third plenary session, which focused on reform and modernisation.

Chief Executive John Lee has called on all sectors of the community to learn from, embrace and integrate the spirit of the plenum into everyday life. He was speaking on Monday after attending a seminar led by senior mainland officials, who also held a public explanatory session at the convention centre.


The city's leader highlighted Hong Kong's unique role in the deepening of national reforms, pledging to strengthen the SAR's status as a talent hub, as emphasised by the plenum resolution.


After 9:30, we're talking about the arrest in France of the Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, over accusations of weak supervision of the encrypted messaging platform which had allowed criminal activity to take place.


9:05am-9:45am: Third plenum seminar



9:05am-9:30am: Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (Shanghai)

9:05am-9:30am: Wendy Hong, Lawmaker

9:30am - 10:00am: Arrest of Telegram CEO

9:30am-9:45am: Steve Vickers, CEO of Steve Vickers & Associates

9:30am-10:00am: Joshua Chu, Technology Lawyer and Director and Head of Legal & Risks at CITD