8:30am-9:20am: increases in the cost of living

8:30am-9:20am: Sumana Rajarethnam, South-east Asia Director, Economist Intelligence Cor-porate Network

8:30am-9:00am: Dr Rita Li, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, HK Shue Yan University

9:00am-9:20am: Alok Jain, CEO & Managing Director, Trans-Consult Ltd

9:20am-9:30am: World Cup

9:20am-9:30am: Atom Cheung, RTHK sports reporter


On Monday’s Backchat, we’re talking about increases in the cost of living, after Hong Kong was ranked as the fourth most expensive city in the world in 2022.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, New York and Singapore jointly topped the rankings, with Tel Aviv coming third.

The EIU said the average cost of living was up 8.1% in 172 major cities worldwide – the fastest rate for at least 20 years, citing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising interest rates and exchange-rate shifts.

And at 9.20am, we'll be joined by RTHK sports reporter Atom Cheung with the latest on the soccer World Cup 2022.