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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

Russian attack on Ukraine

32 mins; February 27, 2022

Budget 2022-23

32 mins; February 23, 2022

Future of aviation

32 mins; February 22, 2022

Welfare of vulnerable groups

32 mins; February 21, 2022

Postponed CE Election / Beijing Winter Olympics

27 mins; February 20, 2022

Dormitories for domestic helpers / Latest on Beijing Winter Olympics

26 mins; February 17, 2022

Russia-Ukraine tension; Winter Olympics

26 mins; February 16, 2022

Pharmaceutical pollution in rivers; and Winter Olympics 2022

27 mins; February 15, 2022

The Budget 2022-23; Winter Olympics

27 mins; February 14, 2022

Valentine's Day / Beijing Winter Olympics

27 mins; February 13, 2022

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy / Winter Olympics

26 mins; February 10, 2022

The subsidy for the unemployed; Winter Olympics

27 mins; February 09, 2022

Rise in food prices / food security

26 mins; February 08, 2022

Calls to postpone the DSE exam; Winter Olympics

27 mins; February 07, 2022

The growing covid outbreak/ Winter Olympics 2022

27 mins; February 06, 2022

2022 Winter Olympics; and forecasts for the Year of the Tiger

62 hours 0 mins; February 03, 2022

Tourism and travelling during the pandemic / Handing out lai see

61 hours 59 mins; January 30, 2022

Children protection in Hong Kong; looking ahead to the Winter Olympics

61 hours 59 mins; January 27, 2022

Efforts to control the spread of the Omicron / Incinerator in Tuen Mun

62 hours 0 mins; January 26, 2022

Education amid Covid-19

62 hours 0 mins; January 25, 2022

Investing environment and business opportunities / The proposed $10,000 consumption voucher

61 hours 59 mins; January 24, 2022

Growing fifth Covid-19 wave

61 hours 59 mins; January 23, 2022

Adoption and foster care for kids in Hong Kong and Secondary school suspensions

62 hours 0 mins; January 20, 2022

Hong Kong’s vaccination drive, and the Covid hamster cull

61 hours 59 mins; January 19, 2022

The pandemic’s impact on the environment; and potential health risk of BPS

61 hours 59 mins; January 18, 2022

Government bureau overhaul; and volcano eruption near Tonga

62 hours 0 mins; January 17, 2022

Response to the latest anti-epidemic fund; and Prince Andrew

61 hours 59 mins; January 16, 2022

Covid-19 updates; Boris Johnson party apology

62 hours 0 mins; January 13, 2022

Hong Kong supply chain hit by Covid restrictions; and pig heart transplant

61 hours 59 mins; January 12, 2022

School closures and Covid jabs for young kids

62 hours 0 mins; January 11, 2022

Covid-19 impact on businesses; and Novak Djokovic’s court victory

62 hours 0 mins; January 10, 2022

Growing Omicron threat

62 hours 0 mins; January 09, 2022

Housing issues; and Novak Djokovic

62 hours 0 mins; January 06, 2022

Covid restrictions

62 hours 0 mins; January 05, 2022

New Legco term; and road safety

62 hours 0 mins; January 03, 2022

fifth Covid-19 wave; and bus fare increase

61 hours 59 mins; January 02, 2022

Cross-border travel; and New Year’s resolutions

62 hours 0 mins; December 30, 2021

NFTs; and Christmas tree recycling

61 hours 59 mins; December 29, 2021

Expanding child abuse scandal; and why you should eat less meat

61 hours 59 mins; December 28, 2021

Covid-19 updates; and food truck

61 hours 59 mins; December 27, 2021

Christmas shopping; and dog licensing

62 hours 0 mins; December 23, 2021

Free transports; and free phones for the elderly

61 hours 59 mins; December 22, 2021

Covid-19 updates; and Pavilia Farm residential development

62 hours 0 mins; December 21, 2021

A look at the new Legislative Council

62 hours 0 mins; December 20, 2021

Legco Election

62 hours 0 mins; December 19, 2021

Omicron; new butterflies species

62 hours 0 mins; December 16, 2021

Election arrangements; and Causeway Bay fire

62 hours 0 mins; December 15, 2021

Teaching history to school children; and ethnic minority children learning Chinese

62 hours 0 mins; December 14, 2021

Covid-19 updates; and driving duties for domestic helpers

62 hours 0 mins; December 13, 2021

Water security; and health code

62 hours 0 mins; December 12, 2021

Social welfare spending cuts; and LeaveHomeSafe app

62 hours 0 mins; December 09, 2021

Cross-border reopening; and university degree in gaming design

62 hours 0 mins; December 08, 2021

Private subsidised housing; and takeaway packaging

62 hours 0 mins; December 07, 2021

Covid-19 updates; and transitional housing

62 hours 0 mins; December 06, 2021

Sports and national identity; and clock tower

61 hours 59 mins; December 05, 2021

Health code; and love scam

61 hours 59 mins; December 02, 2021

Drug abuse; and world’s most expensive cities

62 hours 0 mins; December 01, 2021

Macau gaming industry; World Aids Day

61 hours 59 mins; November 30, 2021

Omicron variant; and wild boars

62 hours 0 mins; November 29, 2021

'Fake news'; and elderly drivers

62 hours 0 mins; November 28, 2021

61 hours 59 mins; November 25, 2021

Air quality; and merging schools

62 hours 0 mins; November 24, 2021

Lantau Tomorrow Vision; Australia reopening

62 hours 0 mins; November 23, 2021

LeaveHomeSafe app; Protests in Europe against Covid-19 measures

62 hours 0 mins; November 22, 2021

Work visas for domestic helpers; Shek Kip Mei underground reservoir

62 hours 0 mins; November 21, 2021

Wild pigs; and Hong Kong cyclothon

62 hours 0 mins; November 18, 2021

Cargo industry; and public toilets

62 hours 0 mins; November 17, 2021

US-China relations; and pay trend survey

61 hours 59 mins; November 16, 2021

Covid-19 updates

62 hours 0 mins; November 15, 2021

CPC’s central committee; and wild boars

62 hours 0 mins; November 14, 2021

Hong Kong poverty alleviation; M+ Museum

61 hours 59 mins; November 11, 2021

Surging fuel costs; Voting at the borders

62 hours 0 mins; November 10, 2021

Plans for the Hong Kong Stadium; and hepatitis C screening

62 hours 0 mins; November 09, 2021

Reopening the border; and China’s spacewalk

62 hours 0 mins; November 08, 2021

Buffaloes; and child abuse

62 hours 0 mins; November 07, 2021

Covid booster shots; Central harbour-front development

62 hours 0 mins; November 04, 2021

COP26 climate summit; and students’ mental health

62 hours 0 mins; November 03, 2021

Hiking safety

62 hours 0 mins; November 02, 2021

Overseas property sales; and Road safety

62 hours 0 mins; November 01, 2021

Carbon neutrality; and Facebook

62 hours 0 mins; October 31, 2021

Tightening quarantine and vaccine update; HK airport logistics park in Dongguan

62 hours 0 mins; October 27, 2021

Regulation of social medial; quarantine facilities for domestic helper; mandatory use of Leave Home

62 hours 0 mins; October 26, 2021

Proposed legal aid reform; new marine species found in HK waters

62 hours 0 mins; October 25, 2021

Covid-19 updates; e-cigarettes ban

61 hours 59 mins; October 24, 2021

Housing shortage; and Group B Strep infections

62 hours 0 mins; October 21, 2021

Look back at 6th Legco term; Possible return of the cross-harbour swimming race

62 hours 0 mins; October 20, 2021

Pay trend survey; and Disneyland ticket prices

62 hours 0 mins; October 19, 2021

Health code; and upgrade of Sai Wan Ho

62 hours 0 mins; October 18, 2021

Minimum size for private flats; China’s latest space mission

61 hours 59 mins; October 17, 2021

Shrinking student population; and panic buying

62 hours 0 mins; October 14, 2021

Covid-19 worldwide; and typhoons

62 hours 0 mins; October 12, 2021

Biodiversity and environmental protection

62 hours 0 mins; October 11, 2021

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