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RTHK's English-language current affairs programme that takes "The Pulse" of Hong Kong ... and the world around it.

"The Pulse" is presented by locally and internationally known journalist and writer Steve Vines.

Its focus? The latest events and trends that affect Hong Kong - from the corridors of power and business boardrooms, to the streets and dai pai dongs.

"The Pulse" is politics. What's happening in the Legislative Council and on the streets right now.

"The Pulse" is the media, informing us how well or badly our press and broadcast organisations diagnose and reflect the society around us.

"The Pulse" is insightful, in-depth reports and interviews on current issues - examining those issues in depth, looking behind and beyond the news.

Its focus is on the timely. The Now.

Keep your eye ... and your finger ... on "The Pulse".

If you want to discuss anything you've seen in "The Pulse", or anything in the public eye right now, or just to talk about the show, why not join in the debate on our English-language discussion board in the "Discussion Zone"?

The programme is aired every Friday evening on ATV World at 18:55, and on TVB Pearl at 01:00.

Initial webcast: Friday HKT 2100 - 2130

Archive available 15 minutes after live webcast.

There are plenty of ways to get into debt. Getting out of it is tougher. If you think paying off those credit card bills is daunting enough you can still be thankful that at least a certain breed of debt collectors aren't knocking at your door. Close to 10,000 incidents of harassment by debt collectors are reported to the police every year. In 2002, the Law Reform Commission proposed the introduction of a debt collectors' licensing system to reduce the numbers of cases of debt collectors using triad-like behaviour to threaten victims. The Security Bureau rejected the proposed control. This week, legislators unanimously supported Albert Chan's motion urging the government to adopt it.

A survey conducted last month by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups found that more than half of those interviewed have had summer jobs. Of the 1084 young people interviewed, around 50 said they had encountered some form of fraud when looking for work. Among the most common examples are companies that claim to be model agencies or advertising companies looking for models and voice-over talent. Some encourage youngsters to hand over a considerable sum of money to take their training courses.

This week, Director of Immigration Simon Peh told reporters that some people planned to come to Hong Kong to disrupt the Olympic equestrian events in August. He believed most of these people were terrorists from various regions but stressed that the intelligence was changing constantly. Within hours, Peh's comments were refuted by the government which said there was no intelligence to suggest Hong Kong was a likely terrorist target, and that the security level was moderate. Risk assessor Steve Vickers is in the studio to discuss the likelihood of terrorist incidents.

On Wednesday this week, Legco's Public Works Subcommittee approved the proposal for a grant of $21.6 billion to build and manage the West Kowloon Cultural District. A Legco Finance Committee will further discuss the funding on July 4th. That may be good news for many in the arts scene, but practitioners of one old performing arts tradition aren't happy that the development is likely to contain no venue devoted to their art.