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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).Have your say by cal... more
FAQs about Backchat:How many episodes does Backchat have?The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.
November 30, 2020Latest on Covid-19On Monday's Backchat, the latest on Covid-19.As of the end of last week, local authorities have reported more than 300 cases from the dance cluster.What should we do now to reduce the outbreak again? Close schools? Work from home?Rethink public tr......more1h 2minPlay
November 27, 2020Latest on Policy AddressFrom 9am-9:30am we continue the discussion with our panel guests after the Policy Address phone in. Vera Yuen, Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong KongAndrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist and ......more32minPlay
November 26, 2020Policy Address and foreign judges on CFAOn Thursday’s Backchat, the Policy Address; and foreign judges in the CFA. Chief Executive Carrie Lam declared on Wednesday that restoring Hong Kong's constitutional order and political system from chaos is one of her "urgent priorities", saying th......more1h 2minPlay
November 25, 2020Covid contact tracing-app and foreign judges on CFAOn Wednesday’s Backchat, Covid contact tracing-app and foreign judges on CFA.Bars and nightclubs are to be closed again as the authorities struggle to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections in Hong Kong, with 83 new cases expected to be confir......more1h 2minPlay
November 24, 2020Children as victims in internet sex crimes; latest on US electionsOn Tuesday’s Backchat, children as victims in internet sex crimes; and the latest on US elections and Donald Trump's legal actions.The number of cases involving young people blackmailed by online strangers using nude photos or videos has increased sh......more1h 2minPlay
November 23, 2020Latest on Covid-19 and vaccinesOn Monday’s Backchat the latest on Covid-19 and vaccines.An infectious disease expert said on Friday that a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections has arrived in Hong Kong with a surge in untraceable cases.The government have ordered to suspend face-......more1h 2minPlay
November 20, 2020Judicial reformOn Friday's Backchat, judicial reform. In an online legal forum on Tuesday, the deputy director of Hong Kong Macao Affairs Office Zhang Xiaoming called for a revamp in Hong Kong, saying that "Even in Western countries, judicial systems have to catch ......more1h 2minPlay
November 19, 2020Lantau Tomorrow Vision; Covid-19 and Taxi driversOn Thursday’s Backchat, paying for the Lantau Tomorrow Vision; and Covid-19 and Taxi drivers.A new popular public private partnership has been proposed to finance the controversial Lantau Tomorrow Vision project without depleting the government coffe......more1h 2minPlay
November 18, 2020The Basic Law 30th Anniversary Legal SummitOn Wednesday’s Backchat, the Basic Law 30th Anniversary Legal Summit. A senior mainland official has added his voice to calls for reform of the judiciary in Hong Kong, saying "even in Western countries" judicial systems have to catch up with the tim......more1h 2minPlay
November 17, 2020Yau Ma Tei Fire; overcrowded countryside8:30-9:00 Yau Ma Tei FireChura Thapa, Presenter of RTHK’s “Saptahik Sandesh" radio programmeAnthony Lam Chun-man, former President of the Insitution of Fire EngineersNatalie Chu, Yau Tsim Mong district councillor9:00-9:30Anna Fenton, Lanta......more1h 2minPlay
FAQs about Backchat:How many episodes does Backchat have?The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.