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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

Primary Healthcare Blueprint; newly-elected lawmakers

58 mins; December 19, 2022

Border reopening; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 18, 2022

New government scheme to import elderly care home workers; people's spending on Christmas gift;

58 mins; December 15, 2022

Nuclear fusion breakthrough; prospects for a tobacco-free future; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 14, 2022

Further easing of Covid measures; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 13, 2022

Streamlining development plans; Hong Kong Marathon; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 12, 2022

Relaxation of Covid-19 rules; Hong Kong International Darts Festival; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 11, 2022

Biodiversity; Hong Kong's first guide dog training school; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 08, 2022

Littering fine; Support for women going through menopause; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 07, 2022

How best to preserve Hong Kong‘s historic buildings; new locally-developed hepatitis B drug; World C

58 mins; December 06, 2022

Food and beverage industry; MTR train malfunction; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 05, 2022

Increases in the cost of living; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 04, 2022

Winter flu season; technology to boost efficiency of hybrid rice production; World Cup 2022

58 mins; December 01, 2022

Hong Kong's goal to eradicate AIDS; cross-harbour tunnel fares; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 30, 2022

Transitional housing project; Wedding spending survey; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 29, 2022

Waste separation bins management; second-generation BioNTech vaccine; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 28, 2022

Substantial increases in public transport fares; Malaysia new political set-up; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 27, 2022

Primary healthcare development; shingles; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 24, 2022

Gaming addiction; homeless in Hong Kong; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 23, 2022

Rise in electricity tariffs; sexuality education in secondary schools; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 22, 2022

Outcome of COP27; TKO-Nam Tin tunnel and bridge; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 21, 2022

Countryside facilities; public toilets; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 20, 2022

Turmoil in the cryptocurrency market; 8m-tall gummy bear installation; World Cup 2022

58 mins; November 17, 2022

World population hits 8 billion; new robots for high-rise building facades

58 mins; November 16, 2022

China-US relations; new guideline on equal access to justice for people with hearing disabilities

58 mins; November 15, 2022

Post Covid-19 conditions; Yau Ma Tei train derailment incident

58 mins; November 14, 2022

Changing face of social media; children and diabetes

58 mins; November 13, 2022

Hong Kong’s plans to go big on mega events; workplace inclusivity for workers with disability

58 mins; November 10, 2022

US midterm elections; carbon neutrality

58 mins; November 09, 2022

Relaxation of inbound tour groups; total lunar eclipse

58 mins; November 08, 2022

COP27; reopening of Hong Kong’s only Sikh temple

58 mins; November 07, 2022

Tobacco controls; Rugby development

58 mins; November 06, 2022

Tree management; Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

58 mins; November 03, 2022

Long waits for patients seeking specialist care; tropical Storm Nalgae

58 mins; November 02, 2022

Mental health and the economy; foster home care situation

58 mins; November 01, 2022

Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit; crowd control management

58 mins; October 31, 2022

Illegal wildlife trade; AI in tracking down stranded hikers

58 mins; October 30, 2022

Hong Kong's travel industry; microbots to help tackle ear infection in children

58 mins; October 27, 2022

Covid vaccine exemptions; corals in Hong Kong

58 mins; October 26, 2022

Policy Address – transport infrastructure; Wine and Dine Festival

58 mins; October 25, 2022

Policy Address – environmental policies

58 mins; October 24, 2022

Party Congress; East Kowloon transportation

58 mins; October 23, 2022

Policy Address 2022

58 mins; October 19, 2022

Chaos in UK politics; New Territories Cycle Track Network

58 mins; October 18, 2022

Minimum wage; Consumer Council's report on toothpaste

58 mins; October 17, 2022

Return of live music to bars and clubs; quality of life among South Asian older adults

58 mins; October 16, 2022

Look ahead to China’s 20th party congress; anti-drug education

58 mins; October 13, 2022

Patriotic education in Hong Kong; Japan tourism

58 mins; October 12, 2022

Chief Executive’s first 100 days; Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates

58 mins; October 11, 2022

Mental Wellness Among Elderly; New Booster Shot

58 mins; October 10, 2022

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF); plastic bag levy

58 mins; October 09, 2022

Calls for the "decolonisation" of Hong Kong; Reviving tourism

58 mins; October 06, 2022

Easing of Covid restrictions; widened poverty gap

58 mins; October 05, 2022

China’s space agency recruitment in Hong Kong; Reusable takeaway boxes

58 mins; October 04, 2022

Global financial forum; consumption voucher

58 mins; October 02, 2022

What‘s to become of Hong Kong’s Covid isolation facilities; Million-year-old skull discovery in main

58 mins; September 29, 2022

Recovery for the airline industry; effectiveness of Chinese medicine on the long-Covid

58 mins; September 28, 2022

How to stem child abuse; NASA's DART mission

58 mins; September 27, 2022

Beauty pageants; impact of the pandemic on children’s quality of sleep

58 mins; September 26, 2022

Easing of restrictions on inbound travellers

58 mins; September 25, 2022

Covid vaccination exemption system; non-invasive testing kit for cervical cancer

58 mins; September 22, 2022

Return of international sports event

58 mins; September 21, 2022

Budget deficit; students’ sustainable consumption behaviour

58 mins; September 20, 2022

Recycling industry; regional ozone and smog problems

58 mins; September 19, 2022

Baby bonus; tree management

58 mins; September 18, 2022

Latest Covid situation; and Hong Kong restaurant industry

56 mins; September 15, 2022

Shortage of teachers; rebuilding damaged coral reefs in Hong Kong

58 mins; September 14, 2022

Calls for new laws to regulate use of AI; air pollution Hong Kong

56 mins; September 13, 2022

Passing of Queen Elizabeth II

58 mins; September 12, 2022

Mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse; Chinese medicine and Long Covid

58 mins; September 08, 2022

Youth crime; Sau Mau Ping crane collapse

58 mins; September 07, 2022

Monkeypox; new arrangement at public dental clinics

58 mins; September 06, 2022

Britain’s next PM; rules and regulations for learning to ride a motorcycle

58 mins; September 05, 2022

Abandoned vehicles; Sai Kung hygiene black spot

58 mins; September 04, 2022

Extension of vaccine pass to young kids; Illegal kaito ferry

58 mins; September 01, 2022

Hotel industry; health benefits of learning a music instrument

58 mins; August 31, 2022

Tightened Covid restrictions for secondary schools; effectiveness of rent control law

58 mins; August 30, 2022

Anti-animal cruelty bill in Hong Kong; working conditions for sanitation workers

58 mins; August 29, 2022

Covid Update; call to ban plastic umbrella bags

58 mins; August 28, 2022

China’s extreme heatwave; Neon light signs

58 mins; August 25, 2022

The government's Strive and Rise Programme; elderly homeless

58 mins; August 23, 2022

Elderly welfare; Singapore to repeal law against gay sex

58 mins; August 22, 2022

Property market outlook; Covid update

58 mins; August 21, 2022

Job scams; Lion Rock Tunnel

58 mins; August 18, 2022

Animal welfare; Sparrow Census

58 mins; August 17, 2022

Public dental services in Hong Kong; Parkour accident

62 hours 0 mins; August 16, 2022

Covid vaccinations for children; sub-divided units in industrial buildings

58 mins; August 15, 2022

Working remotely; Government's clean-up campaign

58 mins; August 14, 2022

Challenges Hong Kong youth face; and Food Expo

58 mins; August 11, 2022

Stamp duty on home purchases; closure of Lin Heung Tea House

58 mins; August 10, 2022

Relaxation of the quarantine rules; Respiratory infection - Croup

58 mins; August 09, 2022

Fanling Golf Course; Sai Ying Pun harbourfront development

58 mins; August 08, 2022

Covid-19 and malaria; online apps cyber fraud

58 mins; August 07, 2022

Water quality in Hong Kong; New dress Casual Fridays for civil servants

58 mins; August 04, 2022

Putonghua education in Hong Kong; the need for more recreational facilities in Hong Kong

58 mins; August 03, 2022

Covid vaccines for babies; Food Expo

58 mins; August 02, 2022

Gender imbalance in Hong Kong; closure of classic eateries in Hong Kong

58 mins; August 01, 2022

Stage safety; return of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens

58 mins; July 31, 2022

Debate over euthanasia; Organic vegetables sold in Hong Kong

58 mins; July 28, 2022

A possible 2 dollar plastic bag levy; convention and exhibition industry under Covid-19

58 mins; July 27, 2022

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