Operation Santa Claus 2023 is now inviting funding applications. The annual charity fundraising drive, jointly organised by Radio Television Hong Kong and the South China Morning Post,is looking forward... for the 36th time... to supporting a number of worthy causes. So far, Operation Santa Claus has raised more than 369 Million Hong Kong Dollars, for over 338 wonderful charity projects.
If you are a Hong Kong registered NGO, and you think Operation Santa Claus might be able to help you realise a great project, then visit our website here for more details.
The application submission deadline is Monday July the 17th at midday.

On today’s Money Talk James Ross will be joined by Enzio Von Pfeil, a capital preservation specialist for individuals, and Hao Zhou, Chief Economist at GTJAI.
In ‘Your Money’ Carolyn Wright will talk to Sophia Chong, Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, on the return of large scale in-person events and what that says about HK reopening to the world.
Peter Kim, Managing Director and Investment Strategist, KB Securities will bring us his views from South Korea.

Every weekday 8:00am-9:00am, except public holidays.
Find us on Facebook, on Twitter @MoneyTalkRadio3, or email us at moneytalk@rthk.hk 
Also, if you have any questions for our guests, you can Whatsapp us on 6899 8518 for a real-time answer.

On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about Hong Kong's labour shortage -- and if throwing more money at talent is the best way to address the problem.

A recent survey by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce has found that more than a third of companies in their study had either downsized, closed or were planning to move all or some of their operations elsewhere due to a lack of staff.

It says Hong Kong should import more workers, but cautions that while offering bigger paycheques is one obvious solution, it may not be the best idea.

The Federation of Trade Unions, meanwhile, is concerned that the government may not be doing enough to retain civil servants – after the Executive Council proposed a 2.87 percent pay rise for senior staff, and a 4.65 percent increase for junior and middle-ranking staff.

In the global battle for talent, is cash the only solution? What else can the government, and local companies do to hire and retain staff? After 9:45am, we will look at what exchange students who've come here to study are taking away from their experience.

Let us know what you think. You can leave a message here on our Facebook page, email us at backchat@rthk.hk, or give us a call on 23388266.

On Thursday’s Brunch with Noreen, we're bringing you '講。香港'/ ‘Talk about Hong Kong’, and this week Angie Man will talk about staying cool. At 11.10 we're hearing about an upcoming production called "PROJECT AFTER 6: Mou Man Tai” by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation. We'll be chatting with Lindsey McAlister, the Founder of HKYAF and the director of the musical, along with cast members Leah Yoo and Richard Lai. Get in touch with your song requests and comments on Facebook.  

James Ross plays two hours of GHOM from the last five decades, and from around the world. In the mix this week, we have the latest from Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd & Madonna, OneRepublic, and Jax Jones & Calum Scott, plus #1s from Lenny Kravitz, A Taste Of Honey, and the current chart-topper from the US Billboard Hot 100. We’ll also have classics from ELO, Big Country, The Pretenders (photo), and The Eurythmics, with oldies from Sam & Dave, Cliff Richard, Paul Jones, and The Ronettes… and much more.

Saturday 6.10-8pm

Selected Radio 3 programmes and programme segments are now available on Spotify. Join us there to listen easily, whenever you like, to our new and already growing collection of podcasts.

Discover Radio 3's ever growing collection of podcasts here.
Updated daily, it includes all of our popular weekly programme segments, our news output, and several of our completely home made audio books, specially adapted for us by their authors.