Leading personalities of print, television and radio, Tim Hamlett and
Claudia Mo, are the long established presenters of the current affairs
programme: "Media Watch". The show takes an inside look at developments
in the vigorous media industry, which both records and reflects the
political, economic and social health of Hong Kong as a Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. And the media
in its broadest sense is covered, with news and features on the
Internet, technological innovation and the film industry. Film critic
Gary Pollard provides a weekly review of what's on at the movies, and
there's a regular round-up of what the Chinese language press is
reporting and saying.

The programme will be aired on TVB Pearl every Thursday at HKT 1900 -
1930.


Live webcast: Thursday HKT 2100 - 2130

Archive available 15 minutes after live webcast.

In the Chief Executive's 8th Policy Address this week he talked of boosting Hong Kong's creative industries, including the film industry, but the speech was short of concrete proposals. Claudia Mo talks to film producer Nansun Shi and vice-chairman of the MPIA Ma Fung-kwok

We have a profile of three English cartoonists and illustrators based in Hong Kong, all of whom recently had books out, ranging from political satire to scenes of Hong Kong and China. Cartoonists: Gavin Coates and Harry Harrison, and illustrator Lorette Roberts

Chinese New Year ’ s approaching, and it ’ s a time when many turn to Almanacs or fortune telling books. But now more and more of these books are finding a Western audience. We talk to fortune-tellers and publishers about the changing market.

Movie Watch: Oliver Stone's new historical epic “ Alexander ” opens here this week. Geoffrey Wong reviews it.