8:30am-9:15am: democrats

8:30am-9:15am: Clement Woo Kin-man, Chairman of Tai Po South Area Committee and former member of Tai Po District Council

8:30am-9:15am: Lo Kin-hei, Chairman of the Democratic Party

8:30am-9:15am: John Burns, Emeritus and Honorary Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU

8:30am-9:15am: Alan Lung, Co-convenor, Path of Democracy

9:15am-9:30am: Kamala Harris southeast asia tour

9:15am-9:30am: Alejandro Reyes, Director of Knowledge Dissemination and Pro-fessor at Asia Global Institute, HKU


On Friday's Backchat, Democrats; and the US vice-president’s Southeast Asian tour.
CE Carrie Lam says the value of political parties should be called into question if they have no plans to take part in elections.
She said, "according to my understanding, the existence value for a political party or group is to discuss, debate and participate in politics... If a political group says it will never take part in Hong Kong's elections and will not join the political system, then that's a bit strange.”
Lam reiterated that Hong Kong's elections allow people with various views to take part, as long as candidates are patriotic.
What does the government want Legco elections to be like? What is the future for the Democratic Party - could they go the way of the PTU? Meanwhile, the list of candidates running the Election Committee is out. What do we learn from the result?
After 9.15am, we’re discussing Kamala Harris’s trip to Singapore and Vietnam. How did it go?On Friday's Backchat, Democrats; and the US vice-president’s Southeast Asian tour.
CE Carrie Lam says the value of political parties should be called into question if they have no plans to take part in elections.
She said, "according to my understanding, the existence value for a political party or group is to discuss, debate and participate in politics... If a political group says it will never take part in Hong Kong's elections and will not join the political system, then that's a bit strange. 
Lam reiterated that Hong Kong's elections allow people with various views to take part, as long as candidates are patriotic.
What does the government want Legco elections to be like? What is the future for the Democratic Party - could they go the way of the PTU? Meanwhile, the list of candidates running the Election Committee is out. What do we learn from the result?
After 9.15am, we’re discussing Kamala Harris’s trip to Singapore and Vietnam. How did it go?