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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.gov.hk
Listen live on Radio 3's homepage - www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3
On this programme, we chat with the head of the Squash Association of Hong Kong, China, which will launch an award scheme to support athletes competing in the upcoming Nagoya Asian Games.
A medical sector lawmaker then joins the show to tell us about the integration of nine Elderly Health Centres into the district health network, starting from October 5.
After the break, a representative from a local think tank will give us an update on the Northern Metropolis after the government awarded the first tender for a major land parcel of the mega-project.
And finally, we end the show by taking a closer look at research by the Polytechnic University which identified how different environments and mental tasks affect a stroke survivor's ability to walk while multitasking, using that data to create custom therapy.
9:05am-9:20am: Cash incentives for squash at Asian Games
Speaker:
Duncan Chiu, Lawmaker and chairman of the Squash Association of Hong Kong, China
9:20am-9:30am: Primary healthcare integration for the elderly
Speaker:
David Lam, Lawmaker (medical and health services sector)
9:32am-9:46am: First tender awarded for Northern Metropolis
Speaker:
Jason Leung, Assistant Research Director, Head of Land & Housing at Our Hong Kong Foundation
9:46am-10am: PolyU's research on stroke rehabilitation
Speaker:
Marco Pang, Chair Professor of Neurorehabilitation and Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at PolyU
Presenters：Azam Khan and Mike Rowse
On Monday's Backchat, we talked to the professors who were behind the first study on cancer led by a team of Chinese scholars that's been published on the prestigious Lancet medical journal.
They shared their findings on ways to prevent liver cancer through changes to lifestyle and diet.
After the break, we spoke to a representative from the Travel Industry Council about the SAR's first ever hot air balloon festival that will be held later this month.
She and a scholar specialising in tourism discussed how the event will be changing Hong Kong's skyline.
9:05am-9:30am: CUHK Lancet cancer study
Speakers:
Professor Stephen Chan, first author of the Commission’s report and Professor of the Department of Clinical Oncology at CU Medicine
Professor Vincent Wong, Head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at CU Medicine
9:32am-10:00: Hot Air Balloon Festival
Speakers:
Fanny Yeung, Executive Director of the Travel Industry Council
Haiyan Song, Associate Dean (Research) and Chair Professor in International Tourism at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
