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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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2026

25/09/2026

Report on Manpower Projection / Policy Address review - Healthcare / Building maintenance reform

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Report on Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection

Policy Address review - Healthcare

Policy Address review - Building maintenance reform

24/09/2026

Policy Address review - Financial initiatives / Fatal dog attack in Yuen Long / Upgrades of water supply network

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Financial initiatives (Part 1)

Policy Address review - Financial initiatives (Part 2)

Fatal dog attack in Yuen Long

Upgrades of water supply network

23/09/2026

Policy Address review - Trade / Redevelopment of Victoria Park tennis court / FIFA ASEAN Cup

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Trade

Policy Address review - Redevelopment of Victoria Park tennis court

FIFA ASEAN Cup

22/09/2026

Policy Address review - Social welfare / Tourism

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Social welfare

Policy Address review - Tourism

21/09/2026

Policy Address review - Aviation and transportation / President Xi Jinping's state visit to Egypt / World Alzheimer's Day

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Aviation and transportation

President Xi Jinping's state visit to Egypt

World Alzheimer's Day

18/09/2026

Policy Address review - Artificial intelligence / Birth

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Artificial intelligence

Policy Address review - Birth

17/09/2026

Policy Address review - Housing / Education

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Policy Address review - Housing

Policy Address review - Education

16/09/2026

2026 Policy Address and First Five-Year Plan preview / Cigarette packs to get plain look / LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

2026 Policy Address and First Five-Year Plan preview

Cigarette packs to get plain look

LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy

15/09/2026

HKU launches Wealth Management Academy / Study on dementia and songs / Coul AI destroy humanity? / CityU v CUHK brain multitasking study

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

HKU launches Wealth Management Academy

Study on dementia and songs

Could AI destroy humanity?

CityU v CUHK brain multitasking study

14/09/2026

Orbis v HKU anti myopia initiative / LCSD's "three major ball games" sports day / Belt and Road Summit recap

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Orbis v HKU anti myopia initiative

LCSD's "three major ball games" sports day

Belt and Road Summit recap

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2026-27 Budget review: tech and AI / US Supreme Court tariff ruling

Presenters：Brian Wong and John Bruce

On this programme, we talked to a lawmaker and a tech expert as Financial Secretary Paul Chan is seeking to pour in a total of 20 billion dollars for the development of two major tech hubs -- Hetao Hong Kong Park and San Tin Technopole. He's also announced in the Budget that a 10-billion-dollar Innovation and Technology Industry Oriented Fund is also expected to begin operations this year, alongside measures to support the industrialisation and application of AI in the city.

After that, we looked at America's global tariff hikes, as US President Donald Trump has announced that he's raising the global tariff to 15 percent, a day after the Supreme Court blocked much of his emergency tariffs.

9:05am-9:30am: 2026-27 Budget review: tech and AI

Speakers:

Witman Hung, Director of the Greater Bay Area Research Centre of the China Silk Road iValley Research
Institute

Duncan Chiu, Lawmaker (Technology and Innovation sector)

9:32am-10:00am: US Supreme Court tariff ruling

Speakers:

George Cautherley, Past Vice-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce - Hong Kong

Mark Michelson, Chairman of the Asia CEO Forum at IMA Asia