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:

July 05, 2022 Plastic bag levy of $2; and Hong Kong Palace Museum
8:30am-9:15am: A planned increase of the plastic bag levy
8:30am-9:15am: Ivy Chan, Assistant Public Affairs Manager, Greener Action
8:30am-9:15am: Edwin Lau, Founder and Executive Director, The Green Earth
9:00am-9:15am: Sze Lai-shan, Deputy Direc...
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58min
July 04, 2022 Priorities and challenges for the new administration / Covid update
On Monday’s Backchat: the priorities and challenges for the new administration.
President Xi Jinping, on his two-day visit to Hong Kong, was expected to attend the swearing in ceremony on Friday for John Lee, the new Chief Executive, amid celebration...
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58min
June 30, 2022 One Country, Two Systems; What lessons Hong Kong can learn from Covid-19
8:30am-9:15am: One Country, Two Systems
8:30am-9:15am: Ronny Tong, Executive Councilor
8:45am-9:00am: Allan Zeman, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group
9:00am-9:15am: Dr Pan Pey-chyou, Former Vice Chairman, Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
9:15am-9...
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58min
June 29, 2022 Quarantine hotel room scalping; music industry under Covid-19
8:30am-9:15am: quarantine hotel room scalping
8:30am-9:00am: lawmaker Doreen Kong
8:30am-9:00am: Ronald Wu, Ex Officio Member, Hong Kong Association of Travel Agents
9:00am-9:15am: Eddy Tong, Deputy Chief Executive, Consumer Council
9:15am-9:30am...
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58min
June 28, 2022 Women's abortion rights in the United States; Greater Bay Area doctors
8:30am-9:15am: US abortion rights
8:30am-9:15am: Chris Exline, Former Chair of Republican Abroad
8:30am-9:15am: Kendall Johnson, Professor of American Literature, School of English, University of Hong Kong
9:00am-9:15am: Evelyn Tsao, Solicitor and ...
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58min
June 27, 2022 Reopening the border; Covid-19 in Macau
8:30am-9:15am: reopening the border
8:30am-9:00am: Mark Michelson, Chairman, Asia CEO Forum at IMA Asia
8:30am-9:00am: Dr George Cautherley, Vice Chairman, Hong Kong International Chamber of Commerce
9:00am-9:15am: Malik Peiris, Chair of Virology at...
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58min
June 24, 2022 New arrangement for HKDSE; New Executive Council line up
8:30am-9:15am: New arrangement for HKDSE
8:30am-9:15am: Mervyn Cheung, Chairman, HK Education Policy Concern Group
8:30am-9:00am: Chan Kui-pui, Principal, Delia Memorial School (Glee Path)
9:00am-9:15am: Dr John Tse, Executive Director of the Hong ...
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58min
June 23, 2022 Transmission cable bridge fire in Yuen Long; delay of the Kai Tai Sports Park’s opening
8:30am-9:15am: Transmission cable bridge fire in Yuen Long
8:30am-8:45am: Claire Chan, Vice-principal, Chinese YMCA Primary School in Tin Shui Wai
8:30am-8:45am: Priscilla Ng, RTHK reporter living in Yuen Long
8:40am-9:00am: Chan Siu-hung, lawmaker...
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58min
June 22, 2022 "Lying flat" among youth Hong Kongers; capsized Jumbo restaurant
8:30am-9:15am: ‘lying flat’
8:30am-9:00am: Sze Lai-shan, Deputy Director, The Society for Community Organisation (So-Co)
8:30am-9:15am: Angus Chan, Researcher, Ming Wai Youth Office
8:45am-9:00am: Dr Rizwan Ullah, member, Youth Development Commissi...
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58min
June 21, 2022 Chief Executive-elect John Lee's cabinet; obesity and pandemic
8:30am-9:15am: Chief Executive-elect John Lee's cabinet
8:30am-9:15am: John Burns, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor of Politics and Pub-lic Administration at the University of Hong Kong
8:30am-9:00am: Alan Lung, Co-convenor of the Path of De...
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58min

FAQs about Backchat:

How many episodes does Backchat have?

The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.