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    Presenters:Janice Wong and Danny Gittings

    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

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    23/02/2026

    Lunar New Year tourism data / Oyster reef restoration project / 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship / Legal aid for Tai Po fire victims

    On this programme, we looked at how the retail, hotel and food and beverage sectors performed over the Lunar New Year holiday in Hong Kong. With the first day of the holiday alone seeing over 150-thousand visitors, we heard from an expert on how the tourism boost was able to give Hong Kong and the GBA region a shot in the arm to start the Year of the Horse.

    We then talked with a lead scientist of an initiative to restore reefs. He's leading a team to boost coastal bio-diversity in Hong Kong waters.

    After the break, we spoke to the organisers of the upcoming international ice hockey tournament that will take place in Discovery Bay.

    And finally, the Director of the SAR's Legal Aid Department told us about his priorities for 2026, including measures to help those affected by the Tai Po fire.

    9:05am-9:20am: Lunar New Year tourism data

    Speaker: Glenn McCartney, Associate Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management, The University of Macau

    9:20am-9:30am: Oyster reef restoration project

    Speaker: Eddie Game, Lead Scientist & Director of Conservation (APAC), The Nature Conservancy

    9:32am-9:45am: 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

    Speaker: Sherman Chan, Chairman of the Hong Kong, China Ice Hockey Association

    9:45am-10:00am: Legal aid for Tai Po fire victims

    Speaker: CM Chan, Director of Legal Aid

    23/02/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    23/02/2026 - Lunar New Year tourism data

    23/02/2026 - Oyster reef restoration project

    23/02/2026 - 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

    23/02/2026 - Legal aid for Tai Po fire victims

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    Washington DC plane crash / Impact of US tariffs on the shipping industry

    Presenters:Janice Wong and Danny Gittings

    On Thursday’s Backchat, we’re talking about last week’s tragic collision between an American Airlines jet and a US Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC which killed 67 people.

    Investigators are still working to determine the cause of America’s worst aviation disaster in more than 20 years and how the two aircraft were allowed to get so close to one another.
    While US President Donald Trump suggested his predecessors’ diversity policies could be to blame, the accident has re-ignited debates over the safety of some of the world’s most congested airports.
    So what do we know so far about this accident? Have our skies become too congested? We’ll ask the experts.
    In the second part of the programme, we discuss the short-lived suspension of parcel services from mainland China and Hong Kong to the United States, following US President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on China.


    9:05am-9:30am: Washington DC plane crash

    9:05am-9:30am: Anthony Brickhouse, US based aviation safety expert

    9:05am-9:30am: Ronald Bazman, retired air traffic manager at Burlington Air Traffic Control Tower and Approach Control


    9:30am-10:00am: Impact of US tariffs on the shipping industry

    9:30am-10:00am: Aditya Halan, Chief Technology Officer at Floship

    9:30am-10:00am: Alan Lung, political analyst and Co-convenor (International), The Path of Democracy

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    06/02/2025 - Impact of US tariffs on the shipping industry