On Tuesday's Backchat, we brought you the latest on Hong Kong's education landscape. After an eight-month race, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has been given the approval from the government to establish the city's third medical school. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau earlier said HKUST’s proposal ranked higher than the other two contenders – Baptist and Polytechnic universities – citing the Clear Water Bay institution's strengths in strategy, funding and research. We spoke to the university's Dean of Science and a patients' representative to find out more about the project.

After the break, we chatted with the director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum about its ancient Egypt exhibition. The showcase received an overwhelmingly popular response by the public, leading to some crowd management disruptions over last weekend.

Lastly, we dived into a charity swim event slated for November 27. "Make Waves for Hong Kong" will see some 30 swimmers relay swim around Hong Kong Island.

9:05am-9:30am: HKUST to run city's third medical school

Speakers:

Prof. Wong Yung Hou, HKUST Dean of Science and Vice-chair of the Planning Committee for the new medical school

Alex Lam, Chairman of Hong Kong Patients' Voices

9:32am-9:43am: Hiccup at Egyptian exhibition as crowd surges

Speaker:

Dr Louis Ng, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum

9:43am-10:00am: Make Waves for Hong Kong 2025

Speakers:

Maaike Steinebach, Founder and CEO of FemTech Future and Board Director at Splash Foundation

Ted Lee, Senior Advisor at PAG and a participant in the Splash Foundation's Make Waves for Hong Kong 2025