Backchat

By RTHK.HK

Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's week-daily current affairs discussion programme, with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every Monday to Friday from 9.05am - 10am (HKT).

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The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.

Backchat episodes:

August 23, 2021 Covid-19 and business; Gurkhas retirees
8:30am-9:15am: Covid-19 and business
8:30am-9:00am: Inaki Amate (in photo), vice-chairman, European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
8:30am-9:00am: Prof Malik Peiris, Chair of Virology at HKU School of Public Health
8:45am-9:00am: Michael Tien, lawma...
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1h 2min
August 20, 2021 Promoting HK; Paralympics
8:30am-9:15am: promoting HK
8:30am-9:15am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist and former Director-General of Social Welfare
8:30am-9:00am: Chris Yeung, veteran journalist; political columnist
8:45am-9:00am: Allan Zeman, cha...
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1h 2min
August 19, 2021 Trams; and animal cruelty
8:30am-9:15am: trams
8:30am-9:15am: James Ockenden (in photo), Founder and Editor of Transit Jam; Producer of radio show ‘Wham Bam Tram!’
8:40am-9:15am: Cyril Aubin, Managing Director of Hong Kong Tramways
8:30am-9:00am: Prof Brian King, Associate Dean...
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1h 2min
August 18, 2021 Covid-19; plastic cutlery
8:30am-9:15am: Covid-19
8:30am-9:15am: Benjamin Cowling, Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, HKU
8:30am-9:00am: Paul Tambyah, President of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
9:00...
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1h 2min
August 17, 2021 Harbour reclamation; Afghanistan
8:30am-9:15am: harbour reclamation
8:30am-9:15am: Winston Chu Ka-sun, Founder and Vice-Chairman, Society for Protection of the Harbour
8:30am-9:15am: Paul Zimmerman, Southern District Councillor, CEO of Designing Hong Kong
9:00am-9:15am: Alice Mak, Fe...
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1h 2min
August 16, 2021 Street Protests; Standard Chartered Marathon
8:30am-9:15am: Street Protests
8:30am-9:15am: Alan Lung (in photo), Co-convenor, Path of Democracy
8:30am-9:15am: Emily Lau, former Democratic Party lawmaker
8:30am-9:15am: Professor Gordon Mathews, Professor of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong...
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1h 2min
August 13, 2021 Covid-19 / Election Committee
On Friday’s Backchat, Covid-19 updates; and Election Committee. Your hosts will be Hugh Chiverton and Danny Gittings.
Chinese authorities have approved trials for the mixed-use of Sinovac jab and a DNA vaccine developed by American biotech company In...
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1h 2min
August 12, 2021 PTU; Cathay pacific
8:30am-9:15am: PTU
8:30am-9:15am: Mervyn Cheung, Chairman, HK Education Policy Concern Group
8:30am-9:15am: Joseph Cheng, former Professor of Politics, City University of Hong Kong
8:45am-8:55am: Pan Pey-Chyou, Former Vice Chairman, Hong Kong Federatio...
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1h 2min
August 11, 2021 E-cigarettes; black sand on beach
8:30am-9:15am: e-cigarettes
8:30am-9:15am: Dr Judith Mackay, Honorary Professor in HKU School of Public Health and Senior Policy Advisor to World Health Organization
8:30am-9:00am: Henry Tong Sau-chai, Chairman, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
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1h 2min
August 10, 2021 Anti-sanctions law; water world
8:30am-9:15am: anti-sanctions law
8:30am-9:00am: Ho Lok-sang, Director, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University
8:45am-9:00am: Barry Wood, RTHK’s international economic correspondent
9:00am-9:15am: Felix Ch...
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1h 2min

FAQs about Backchat:

How many episodes does Backchat have?

The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.