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    Presenters:Azam Khan and Mike Rowse

    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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    11/03/2026

    Iran war updates / Hong Kong Science Museum's new exhibits / More snakes spotted in Tseung Kwan O

    On this programme, we looked at the conflict in the Middle East, after US President Donald Trump sent confusing signals hinting that the Iran war could end soon. At the same time, Mr Trump is saying that the US could hit the country “twenty times harder”.

    After the break, a curator from the Hong Kong Science Museum told us more about the three new permanent galleries in the museum that focus on how modern technology, such as AI, robotics, and biotechnology, shapes daily life and future innovations.

    And to wrap it up, a lawmaker and pest control experts gave us some tips on what to do if you see snakes, after some residents in Tseung Kwan O reported a spike in sightings.

    9:05am-9:30am: Iran War updates

    Speakers:

    Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and Professor at Columbia University

    Hussein Askary, Vice-President of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden

    James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

    9:32am-9:43am: Hong Kong Science Museum's new exhibits

    Speaker: Kenus Yan, Curator (Exhibition Enhancement), Hong Kong Science Museum

    9:43am-10:00am: More snakes spotted in Tseung Kwan O

    Speakers:

    Christine Fong, Lawmaker and Sai Kung District Councillor

    Francis Pazos, Chair of No Bed Bugs HK

    William Sargent, Snake catcher

    11/03/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    11/03/2026 - Iran war updates: part 1

    11/03/2026 - Iran war updates: part 2

    11/03/2026 - Hong Kong Science Museum's new exhibits

    11/03/2026 - More snakes spotted in Tseung Kwan O

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    WHO recommendations on sugar and smoking / "Interstellar object" discovery / DAB's birth rate proposals

    Presenters:Azam Khan and Mike Rowse

    On Monday's Backchat, we looked at the World Health Organization's call on governments to increase the prices of items like tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks to raise public revenue and cut chronic disease.

    We heard from experts about the feasibility of the suggestion, and whether more can be done in the SAR to safeguard public health.

    After the break, we blasted off into space, to learn more about an object that appears to be from beyond our solar system. The object appears to be zooming towards the sun and poses no threat to Earth. If confirmed, it would be the third visitor from beyond our cosmic neighbourhood to be detected.

    And finally, we spoke to a lawmaker about ways to boost the local birthrate, as the DAB held a roundtable meeting to discuss Hong Kong's population strategy.


    9:05am-9:30am: WHO recommendations on sugar and smoking

    Speakers:

    - Dion Chen, Member of the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food; Principal of Ying Wah College

    - Henry Tong, Chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH)


    9:32am-9:46am: "Interstellar object" discovery

    Speaker:

    - Joseph Michalski, Professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Hong Kong


    9:46am-10:00am: DAB's birth rate proposals

    Speaker:

    Nixie Lam, Lawmaker

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