Sign up to save your podcastsEmail addressPasswordRegisterOrContinue with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in here.
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.
May 16, 2019Poverty Alleviation / Rat ProblemsOn Thursday's Backchat, poverty alleviation. CE Carrie Lam said in the recent Poverty Summit that broad participation is needed to address social issues effectively by making good use of the resources from corporations and the market. Meanwhile Secre......more59minPlay
May 15, 2019Fugitive Offenders Bill / Investing in online claw machinesOn Wednesday's Backchat, the Fugitive Offenders Bill. After another chaotic meeting, the different camps in Legco are looking for a way out of deadlock at the bills committee on extradition laws. Democratic Party lawmaker James To, who the pro-democr......more55minPlay
May 14, 2019US-China Trade War / Closure of Grappar’s CellarHugh Chiverton is back in the chair for next Tuesday's Backchat, and we're talking about the latest developments in the US-China trade dispute. Donald Trump said late last week that China "broke the deal" in trade talks, and later went ahead with ra......more59minPlay
May 10, 2019Extradition and Fugitive Offenders OrdinanceOn Friday's Backchat: Legco heads for a showdown over the controversial bill to allow criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland and elsewhere to stand trial as rival contenders from the pan-democratic and pro-establishment camp both insist they wil......more55minPlay
May 09, 2019Foreign-trained Doctors / Legal scholar Benny Tai's job at HKUOn Thursday's Backchat: Are foreign-trained doctors the solution to the growing shortage of physicians in Hong Kong? As the Medical Council tries once again to reach a consensus on relaxing the strict rules on overseas doctors working in Hong Kong, ......more59minPlay
May 08, 2019UN’s latest report on the global assessment of natureOn Wednesday's Backchat - we're talking about dire warnings of ecological disaster facing the planet. A new report for the United Nations by an international team of scientists says a million animal and plant species are now threatened with extincti......more59minPlay
May 07, 2019Controversies over the bill committeeOn Tuesday's Backchat: Fireworks over the government's controversial proposals to allow criminal suspects to be sent to the mainland and elsewhere to stand trial, as the pro-establishment camp tries to oust Democrat James To from presiding over com......more59minPlay
May 06, 2019Education Cost and its effects / 20,000 new public niches for ashesOn Monday's Backchat, why is education so expensive? Hong Kong is one of the most costliest places in the world for private education, and its only getting dearer, with fee hikes well above inflation, plus debentures and capital levies. It's the sa......more59minPlay
May 03, 2019May Fourth Movement in its 100th Anniversary / Storm Guidelines for EmployeesOn Friday's Backchat, we will talk about May Fourth Movement in its 100th anniversary.After 9.20, Storm guidelines for employees.Leave a message here, or email us at [email protected], or call us after 8.30 on 23388266....more59minPlay
May 02, 2019Working hours and 996 Schedule in China / Japan's new eraOn Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about working hours, and in particular what's known as the 996 schedule in the mainland. 996 means that employees are required to work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week, and it's a practice that's especially common......more59minPlay
FAQs about Backchat:How many episodes does Backchat have?The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.