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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 backchat@rthk.hk Listen live on Radio 3"s homepage - www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3 The Backchat podcast is available after each live broadcast

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Backchat

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2024/07/11

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Ride-hailing licenses on the pipeline / Speeding up...

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2024/07/10

On today's Backchat, we're discussing plans to regulate online ride-hailing platforms by next year.Transport authorities are hoping to fill a long-standing legal loophole surrounding Uber-like services by issuing licenses while empowering the courts...

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Plans to import more non-local care home workers /...

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2024/07/09

On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about proposals to import more care home workers. The government has suggested increasing the quota by 8,000 to 15,000 within the next three years, citing an ageing population and a labour shortage. If approved,...

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UK elections / Accessibility issues faced by the blind

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2024/07/08

On Monday's Backchat, we're talking about UK election results and what to expect from its new government. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has become Britain’s new Prime Minister after his party’s landslide victory put an end to 14 years of Conserva...

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Israel-Hezbollah conflict / KMB's female bus drivers

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2024/07/05

On Friday's Backchat, Global Focus talks about the escalation in tensions at the border between Israel and southern Lebanon.UN diplomats have been hard at work trying to ease the situation between Israel and Hezbollah, as the Iran-backed group fired...

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Hospital Authority governance / Cybersecurity bill

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2024/07/04

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about the governance and operation of the Hospital Authority.The health body has just announced the appointment of a new review committee, following a spate of blunders in some public hospitals. From a woman h...

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Mainland travel permits for non-Chinese PRs /...

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2024/07/03

On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about the new mainland travel permit which can be applied for from next week. Non-Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macau will no longer need visas to visit the mainland, as Beijing announced an ex...

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ESG and fine particulates / Vocational training for...

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2024/07/02

On Tuesday’s Backchat, we’re talking about carbon neutrality. Over 500 businesses took part in the ESG Xchange climate summit last week, discussing ways through which business can contribute to Hong Kong’s carbon neutrality goals. This comes as envi...

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Arts development / Shipping congestion in Singapore

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2024/07/01

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US Presidential Election race / Streamlined airport...

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2024/06/28

On Friday's Backchat, we're talking about the US Presidential elections. Incumbent US president Joe Biden and predecessor Donald Trump are set to take to the stage for a 90-minute Presidential debate in a face-off expected to test both candidates' o...

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2024/06/27

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Financial support for cancer patients / Deadly...

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2024/06/26

- On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about support for breast cancer patients. The Breast Cancer Foundation has just launched a new care programme that will see breast cancer patients refunded HK$38,000 if a special test concludes that they need ...

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Light Public Housing applications / Oyster shell...

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2024/06/25

On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about light public housing. Hongkongers who have been on the waiting list for a public flat for at least three years are now able to apply for one of the 4,400 modular apartments currently available, with an estim...

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Calls to subsidise IVF treatments / Power glitches

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2024/06/24

On Monday's Backchat, we're talking about fertility rates and reproductive services. Some legislators are pressing the government to introduce new measures to support mothers struggling to have children, as birth rates over the past two years stood a...

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Malaysia's bid to join Brics / Summer jobs

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2024/06/21

On Friday's Backchat Global Focus, we're talking about Malaysia's plan to join the informal economic and trade group known as BRICS, after its founder members, which include China. The Southeast Asian nation may soon become the group's tenth member in...

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Kwun Tong railway development / Sleeper trains

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2024/06/20

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about plans to build a new MTR line in east Kowloon.Citing a lack of railway services in hilly areas of Kwun Tong, authorities have proposed a seven-kilometre-long elevated line which would connect Choi Hung Ea...

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Proposed university fee increases / Opening of the...

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2024/06/19

On today's Backchat, we're talking about the government's plan to raise university tuition fees for Hong Kong students. The HK$42,000 yearly fees for local public universities have remained unchanged for 30 years and are lower than in most other devel...

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Hydrogen development plans / Consumer Council's...

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2024/06/18

On today's programme, we're talking about hydrogen development.The government announced its new hydrogen development strategy, with 14 trial projects -- including using hydrogen to clean streets --said to be on the pipeline. Speaking at a ceremony...

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Post-COVID mental health / ICAC investigation into...

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2024/06/17

On today’s programme, we’re talking about post-COVID mental health, as an international conference exploring the theme has just concluded. Experts argue that whilst the pandemic is now over, its after effects are lingering on our mental health, with...

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EU election results / International Gastronomy Forum,...

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2024/06/14

On this week's programme, we're talking about the EU election results, as far-right parties made significant gains seconding the centre-right.In a move sending shock waves within his own camp, French President Emmanuel Macron called for snap legisla...

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