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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 calling us on 233 88 266, find us on Facebook - Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, or email [email protected] Listen live on Radio 3's homepage - www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3 The Backchat podcast is available after each live broadcast

China's climate goals / Basic Housing Units Bill / Million-year-old skull and human evolution

54 mins; October 01, 2025

National Day celebrations / Cathay Pacific's typhoon contingency

55 mins; September 30, 2025

InvestHK connecting mainland businesses / Typhoon Ragasa Tseung Kwan O damage

55 mins; September 29, 2025

Transport licensing regimen changes / Meta's AI glasses / AI deepfake law proposals

54 mins; September 28, 2025

Policy Address review - Tourism / China's K talent visa

55 mins; September 25, 2025

Policy Address review - Immigration / Study on women homelessness / Homing abandoned pets

54 mins; September 24, 2025

Policy Address review - Healthcare / Youth crime situation / Space economy

55 mins; September 23, 2025

Super Typhoon Ragasa / Policy Address review - Fertility

55 mins; September 22, 2025

Policy Address review - Pet friendly measures / Innovation

55 mins; September 21, 2025

Policy Address review - Education / Hong Kong Laureate Forum

55 mins; September 18, 2025

Policy Address review – Northern Metropolis / Digital Health Asia conference

55 mins; September 17, 2025

Policy Address fashion / Phauda flammans threat / Basketball betting legalisation / SAR’s bigger rol

55 mins; September 16, 2025

Charlie Kirk assassination / Portuguese PM’s Macau visit / Tightening HK smoking rules

55 mins; September 15, 2025

Local singer stars in global pop group / Smart pipes / Advanced maternal age

55 mins; September 14, 2025

10th Belt and Road Summit closing / Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show / Japan PM Shigeru I

52 mins; September 11, 2025

2025 IMD World Talent Ranking / Chinese medicine development

55 mins; September 10, 2025

Artificial sweeteners and cognitive decline / Hungry Ghost Festival / HKPC plastics conference

54 mins; September 09, 2025

Huanggang checkpoint redevelopment / Tech to boost film industry cashflow

53 mins; September 08, 2025

Belt and Road Summit / Low-altitude economy / TIME's Girls of the Year 2025

55 mins; September 07, 2025

Entry relaxations in snooker halls / Voluntary school drug testing / Global innovation index

55 mins; September 04, 2025

Beijing V-Day parade / Dental community care project / Life expectancy trends

55 mins; September 03, 2025

V-Day commemorations / Autononmous taxis in Hong Kong / Primary One class demand uptick

55 mins; September 02, 2025

Luxury property market / Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting

54 mins; September 01, 2025

CUHK Lancet cancer study / Hot air balloon festival

52 mins; August 31, 2025

"M" Mark Events / Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In exhibition

55 mins; August 28, 2025

OpenAI's GPT-5 model / Hong Kong Bar Association's "Absence of Corruption" conference / Drone Socce

54 mins; August 27, 2025

Student stress survey / Hong Kong Week 2025@Seoul / Tackling infertility using AI / Tseung Kwan O ra

55 mins; August 26, 2025

Youth vision health study / Architecture Photography Awards / CentreStage fashion exhibition / Japan

55 mins; August 25, 2025

Yachting development plans / Whole School Health Programme / Sarcopenia research findings

54 mins; August 24, 2025

Live Nation's new Whampoa concert venue / MTR's "Cat-Dog Carrying Scheme"

55 mins; August 21, 2025

New Wetland Park for HK / PolyU mentorship programme

54 mins; August 20, 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo's Hong Kong match / Ocean Park panda twin's first birthday / World Humanoid Robot

55 mins; August 19, 2025

Pregnant woman saved from aortic dissection / Future Science Prize

55 mins; August 18, 2025

Glaucoma screening project / Study on male behaviour and testosterone / Hong Kong's emerging artists

55 mins; August 17, 2025

Climate change and extreme weather / Suspected food tampering cases / HKU's GBA healthcare survey

54 mins; August 14, 2025

Subdural hematoma / 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games / EOC's family-friendly workplace recommendation

55 mins; August 13, 2025

Hong Kong's first hydrogen charging station / Master's programmes fee hike

55 mins; August 12, 2025

HKTDC mainland consumer survey / Ocean Park ride malfunction / Chengdu World Games / Animal waste bl

54 mins; August 11, 2025

Chikungunya cases / AI weather model "Mazu" / "Treasures of the Mughal Court" exhibition / Dukling j

55 mins; August 10, 2025

2025 smart city index / American Eagle's PR stunt / World Transplant Games

55 mins; August 07, 2025

New police mobile app / Kai Tak Sports Park new outdoor facilities / Shanghai data centre developmen

55 mins; August 06, 2025

Record-breaking rainstorms / Space economy development

54 mins; August 05, 2025

AI talent race / Data Summit 2025 / Underwater performing arts

55 mins; August 04, 2025

Stablecoin regulations / Flambé cooking accidents

55 mins; August 03, 2025

National Games countdown / EOC's employee mental health guide / HK Cat Expo / Carbon emission reduct

55 mins; July 31, 2025

Elderly mental health study / Hong Kong Football Festival / Russian earthquake / We WATCH healthy li

54 mins; July 30, 2025

Policy Address consultation / Black Rainstorm

54 mins; July 29, 2025

Proprietary Chinese medicine / Nigerian community outreach / Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra programme

55 mins; July 28, 2025

China-EU Summit / Crab allergen study / Streamlining of cataract surgeries

55 mins; July 27, 2025

Low altitude economy development / Ryan Choi's World Fencing Championships victory / Artificial inte

55 mins; July 24, 2025

Wine and Dine Festival / China Internet Conference

55 mins; July 23, 2025

Australian PM's China visit / CUHK's new surgical tool treating ischemic strokes / Cloud seeding tec

54 mins; July 22, 2025

Tackling mild dementia / Combatting sexual harassment / Ting Yin-yung's calligraphy / Fostering a lo

54 mins; July 21, 2025

Asia+ Festival 2025 / Lo Pan Festival / Safety of children's raincoats

55 mins; July 20, 2025

New ride-hailing platform / Enhanced AI-powered publishing tool / Fitting rooms for the disabled / H

55 mins; July 17, 2025

ChinaJoy exhibition featuring GameDEVA / Hong Kong's new industrialisation drive / Rule of law educa

55 mins; July 16, 2025

DSE results announcement / Beijing supply chain expo / Pet welfare

55 mins; July 15, 2025

Possible hepatitis B cure / China's theme park boom / Oracle bone scripts exhibition / Chinese satel

54 mins; July 14, 2025

Construction industry manpower crunch / Liverpool FC's involvement in HK Football Festival 2025 / Be

54 mins; July 13, 2025

Proposal to reform end of life care / Vaccination recommendations / Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

55 mins; July 10, 2025

New ESG roadmap for logistics industry / Medical support for local athletes / Government plan to reg

54 mins; July 09, 2025

Jockey Club Cancer Survivorship Care Project / CUHK study on psoriatic arthritis / Brics summit in R

55 mins; July 08, 2025

Data breach incidents / Commercial real estate market updates / EOC's Racially Friendly Campus Recog

55 mins; July 07, 2025

WHO recommendations on sugar and smoking / "Interstellar object" discovery / DAB's birth rate propos

55 mins; July 06, 2025

Hiking safety / Southbound driving / Hong Kong Association for External Friendship

55 mins; July 03, 2025

Have AI bots gone rogue? / Red bugs spotted across HK / WestK Shanghai Week 2025

54 mins; July 02, 2025

Performance venue repositioning / Cruise tourism

53 mins; July 01, 2025

China's Mars mission / The rise of AI / Children's book featuring ethically diverse women / Psychiat

55 mins; June 30, 2025

"Summer Davos" Tianjin summit / Organic Watermelon Festival / Adverse childhood experiences study /

54 mins; June 29, 2025

National Security Law anniversary / Hong Kong's home prices

54 mins; June 26, 2025

Obesity prevalence report / Silver economy development / IPO performance

55 mins; June 25, 2025

Web3 development / Hotel investment boost / Wonders of Imperial Carpets exhibition

55 mins; June 24, 2025

Basic Housing Units / Labubu craze / Microplastics awareness survey / Month of Portugal

55 mins; June 23, 2025

QS World University Rankings / Horseshoe crab conservation

55 mins; June 22, 2025

2025 Global Muslim Travel Index / Transport infrastructure development / Intangible Cultural Heritag

55 mins; June 19, 2025

2025 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking / HKTDC Export confidence index / Dual immunotherapy treatmen

54 mins; June 18, 2025

Xiaohongshu's Hong Kong office opening / Boosting Chinese medicine development / CUHK's energy-savin

54 mins; June 17, 2025

AG600 "Kunlong" amphibious aircraft / Air India crash / Breast milk bank

55 mins; June 16, 2025

Israel-Iran conflict / China-Africa ties / Centre Street Soeng5 Lok6 Festival

54 mins; June 15, 2025

International Conference on Roads and Railways 2025 / Hong Kong Streetathon / Digital Education Week

55 mins; June 12, 2025

Maritime fuel bunkering / MPF enhancement proposals / Football frenzy

55 mins; June 11, 2025

Pianist Aristo Sham's Cliburn Competition win / Botulism cases / July 1 freebies

54 mins; June 10, 2025

Fish restocking exercise / Students' mental health / Basketball betting

55 mins; June 09, 2025

Slope safety / Chat with Mahesh Harilela / Boao Forum for Asia

54 mins; June 08, 2025

South Korea's new president / Chinese opera for deities / Elderly mental health initiative

55 mins; June 05, 2025

Government takeover of Tai Lam Tunnel / Retail sales / Hajj pilgrimage

54 mins; June 04, 2025

Tianwen-2 space mission / Free breast cancer screening / Renewable fuel adoption trends / "Comic Fun

55 mins; June 03, 2025

Concert economy / Home price rebound / Paragliding tips

54 mins; June 02, 2025

Manchester United's Hong Kong tour / Tariffs and business confidence

54 mins; June 01, 2025

Silver ecomomy / Occupational health and heat / Gut health

55 mins; May 29, 2025

International Organisation for Mediation establishment / "Quit in June" anti-smoking campaign / Airp

54 mins; May 28, 2025

Digitised penalty ticket system roll-out / International Healthcare Week / Inflight food recycling i

55 mins; May 27, 2025

MTR Tseung Kwan O line disruption / ASEAN Summit

54 mins; May 26, 2025

Updated blood donation requirements for females / Japanese star Kōki's Hong Kong tourism campaign /

55 mins; May 25, 2025

Global Prosperity Summit 2025 / Elderly pain alleviation study / Schizophrenia Awareness Week

55 mins; May 22, 2025

Latest privacy protection advice / HKJC's global rebrand / Tourism hotspot development

55 mins; May 21, 2025

Circular fashion initiatives / Hung Shui Kiu transit system / Audible traffic signal revamp

54 mins; May 20, 2025

CE John Lee's Middle East visit / China's renewable energy development / AFTEC creativity project

55 mins; May 19, 2025

Liquor import surge / Measures to strengthen logistics sector

54 mins; May 18, 2025

Shorter pet quarantine / Dental care for the underprivileged / China's ties with Latin American nati

54 mins; May 15, 2025

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