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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 - RTHK English News, or email backchat@rthk.gov.hk

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    23/10/2026

    APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting wrap-up / France protests / Hong Kong's first embodied AI research hub / Student innovations at InnoCarnival

    On this programme, we’re joined by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury to discuss the outcomes of the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, which concluded in Hong Kong earlier this week.

    Then, a political scientist explains what's driving the recent widespread civil unrest across France.
    After the break, we learn more about Hong Kong's first experimental hub for embodied artificial intelligence, set up by the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
    And finally, a team of secondary school students share their eco-friendly project that will be presented in the upcoming InnoCarnival.
    9:05am-9:20am: APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting wrap-up 
    Speaker: 
    Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and The Treasury
    9:20am-9:30am: France protests
    Speaker: 
    Emilie Tran, Associate Professor and Programme Stream Leader in Politics and Public Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

    9:32am-9:48am: Hong Kong's first embodied AI research hub

    Speaker:

    Sunny Tan, Lawmaker and Chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council
    9:48am-10:00am: Student innovations at InnoCarnival
    Speakers:
    Charissa Tsui, Sophie Wong, and Angie Tam from St Paul's Convent School

    23/10/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    23/10/2026 - APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting wrap-up

    23/10/2026 - France protests

    23/10/2026 - Hong Kong's first embodied AI research hub

    23/10/2026 - Student innovations at InnoCarnival

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    Measures to boost intellectual property economy / Private EV concession ending / German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's China visit

    Presenters:Azam Khan and Mike Rowse

    On this programme, we looked at the newly introduced Intellectual Property Academy announced in last week's Budget and how the institution could boost IP trading.
    After the break, we talked to an expert on electric vehicles after the financial blueprint revealed that the concession arrangement for private EVs would not be extended after it expires at the end of this month. 
    And finally, an academic joined us to recap German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's first official visit to China last week. 
    9:05am-9:30am: Measures to boost intellectual property economy
    Speakers:  
    James Lau, Intellectual Property Lawyer, East IP group 
    Kenneth Kwong, Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing and Associate Director of the Institute of Knowledge Exchange, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 
    9:32am-9:45am:  Private EV concessions ending
    Speaker: 
    Mark Webb Johnson, Chairman of Charged Hong Kong 
    9:45am-10:00am: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's China visit
    Speaker: 
    Carl Roland Vogt, Associate Professor of Global Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong

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    02/03/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    02/03/2026 - 2026-27 Budget: Intellectual Property Academy

    02/03/2026 - 2026-27 Budget: private EV concession ending

    02/03/2026 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's China visit