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 04, 2022 The pandemic-hit public transportation system
On Friday's Backchat: The pandemic-hit public transportation system
Hong Kong has hit another record 56,827 new coronavirus infections, bringing the city’s total
tally to more than 350,000.
144 more Covid-related deaths were reported, with 124 of th...
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32min
March 03, 2022 Coronavirus lockdown elsewhere
9:00am-9:30am: coronavirus lockdown
9:00am-9:30am: Alex Katsanos, Partner, Head of Business Advisory, Arcadis Hong Kong & Macau
9:00am-9:30am: Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
On Backchat, we'll be talking about the experi...
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32min
March 02, 2022 Hong Kong students’ early summer holiday
9:00am-9:30am: Hong Kong students’ early summer holiday
9:00am-9:30am: Belinda Greer, Chief Executive Officer, English Schools Foundation
9:15am-9:30am: Dion Chen, Chairperson, Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council; Principal of Ying Wa Col...
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32min
March 01, 2022 Proposed rental enforcement moratorium
9:00am-9:30am: proposed rental enforcement moratorium
9:00am-9:30am: Danny Lau, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association
9:00am-9:30am: Hannah Jeong, head of Valuation Advisory, Colliers
On Tuesday's Backchat, we...
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32min
February 28, 2022 Russian attack on Ukraine
On Monday's Covid Update and Backchat: the latest on the pandemic; and the Russian attack
on Ukraine.
Authorities on Friday reported 21,979 new Covid-19 notification cases and 47 deaths. All but
four of the new cases are local infections.
The governme...
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32min
February 24, 2022 Budget 2022-23
9:00am-9:30am: Budget 2022-23
9:00am-9:30am: QGO – David Webb, founder and editor of Webb-site.com
9:00am-9:30am: Phone – Vera Yuen, Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong
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32min
February 23, 2022 Future of aviation
9:00am-9:30am: future of aviation
9:00am-9:30am: Brendan Sobie, Independent aviation analyst
9:00am-9:30am: Achim Czerny, Associate Professor, Department of Logistics and
Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On Wednesday’s Backchat: ...
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32min
February 22, 2022 Welfare of vulnerable groups
9:00am-9:30am: vulnerable groups under the pandemic
9:00am-9:30am: Eni Lestari, Founder of the Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers
9:00am-9:30am: Jeff Rotmeyer, Founder & CEO of Impact HK
After 9, on Backchat we'll be talking about vulnerable ...
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32min
February 21, 2022 Postponed CE Election / Beijing Winter Olympics
On Monday’s Covid Update: the latest on the pandemic; and CE election to be postponed.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam says the government will consider rolling out city-wide Covid-19 testing when capabilities are strengthened, with support from mainland ...
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27min
February 18, 2022 Dormitories for domestic helpers / Latest on Beijing Winter Olympics
On Friday’s Covid Update, and Backchat: the latest on the pandemic; and dormitories for domestic helpers.
Hong Kong reported a record of more than 6,100 covid-19 cases and 24 more deaths on Thursday. There are also another 6,300 preliminary positive c...
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27min

FAQs about Backchat:

How many episodes does Backchat have?

The podcast currently has 2,732 episodes available.