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:

March 28, 2023 Mainland budget tours in Hong Kong / ESF tuition fee increment
On Wednesday's Backchat we're looking at how Hong Kong is doing in reviving its tourism
industry. Tour groups have returned to the SAR after quarantine-free travel was resumed with the mainland, but residents in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan are now complain...
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55min
March 28, 2023 Medical Recruitment Day in London / Castaway Pets
9:00am - 9:45am: Medical Recruitment Day in London
9:00am - 9:30am - PHONE - Dr. Ivan Hung, Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
9:00am - 9:30am - PHONE - Alex Lam, Chairman of Hong Kong Patient’s Voices
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55min
March 27, 2023 Global Warming/International Golf
9:00 - 9:45: Global Warming
9:00 - 9:30 - Edwin Lau, Executive Director of The Green Earth
9:00 - 9:30 - Betty Lau, Campaign Manager of Clean Air Network
9:30 - 9:45 - Nicole Wong, CEO of WWF Hong Kong
9:45 - 10:00: International Golf
9:45 - 10:00 - A...
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55min
March 23, 2023 Toll rates of road tunnels / New linkage with MTR fares
9:00am-9:45am: Toll rates of road tunnels
9:00am-9:45am: BH – Alok Jain, CEO & Managing Director of Trans-consult
9:00am-9:30am: Phone - Mr. Michael Tien, Roundtable Convenor and Legislative Councillor
9:00am-09:45am: Phone - Dr. Timothy D. Hau, Hono...
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55min
March 22, 2023 President Xi Jinping Russia trip / “Harbour-improvement” reclamation
9:00am-9:45am: President Xi Jinping Russia trip
9:00am-9:45am: Phone – Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International
Relations · East China Normal University
9:00am-9:45am: Phone – Mark O'Neill, author and journalist
9:00am-9:30am: P...
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55min
March 21, 2023 Regulating job-hopping for foreign domestic helpers / The workplace happiness index
On Wednesday's Backchat we're talking about the government's proposal to tighten up rules on ‘job-hopping’ for foreign domestic workers.
A public consultation is underway on whether employment agencies should be made to tell helpers that authorities ...
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55min
March 20, 2023 Lantau Road Improvement / New Cell Entry Mechanism for Covid
9:00am - 9:45am: Lantau Road Improvement
9:00am - 9:30am - PHONE - Ryan Ip, Our Hong Kong Foundation Vice President and Co-Head of Research
9:00am - 9:45am - BH - Paul Zimmerman, CEO of Designing Hong Kong
9:00am - 9:45am - PHONE - Louise Presto...
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55min
March 20, 2023 A Lack of Sleep and "Long Covid"/Return of International Cricket to Hong Kong
9:00am-9:40am: A lack of sleep and "long Covid”
9:00am-9:30am: Dr Joey Wing Yan Chan, clinical associate professor, department of psychiatry, CUHK

9:00am-9:30am: Dr Rachel Ngan Yin Chan, assistant professor, department of psychiatry, CUHK

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55min
March 17, 2023 Dog poisoning cases in HK / The arrangements on the free flight tickets
9:00am-9:45am: Dog poisoning cases in HK
9:00am-9:30am: Phone - Mia Fong, Founder of Gamma.hkg
9:00am-9:45am: Phone - Amanda Whitfort, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law HKU
9:00am-9:45am: QGO – Dr Fiona Woodhouse, SPCA Deputy Director in Welfare Ser...
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55min
March 16, 2023 A possible bus fare hike / Health risks posed by dried meat snacks
9:00am-9:45am: A possible bus fare hike
9:00am-9:30am: Phone - Mr. Michael Tien, Roundtable Convenor and Legislative Councillor
9:00am-9:45am: BH – Alok Jain, Managing Director of Trans-consult Asia
9:00am-09:45am: Phone - Dr. Timothy D. Hau, Honora...
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55min

FAQs about Backchat:

How many episodes does Backchat have?

The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.