Presenters：Brian Wong and John Bruce
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).
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Presenters：Brian Wong and John Bruce
On Friday's Backchat, we talked about how the government is trying to foster a younger generation of billiards players by relaxing the age restriction at a handful of pool halls.
Afterwards, a chief inspector discussed police efforts to stamp out etomidate abuse among students, as the new school year gets underway.
And finally, we talked with tech experts about how a cluster involving Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou was able to take the number one spot on a global ranking for innovation.
9:05am-9:17am: Entry relaxation in snooker halls
Speaker:
Vincent Law, Chairman of the Billiard Sports Council
9:17am-9:25am: Voluntary school drug testing
Speaker:
Kelvin Cheung, Narcotics Division, Hong Kong Police Force
9:25am-10:00am: Global innovation index
Speakers:
Emil Chan, Founding Chairman of the Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing
William Gazeley, Co-Founder of IRAI Labs
