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    Presenters:Philip 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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    22/10/2026

    APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting / CUHK's Potato Turned Rice project / Cyclone risk in inland regions

    On this programme, we look back at the Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting that took place in Hong Kong. The two-day meeting that focused on fiscal policies, financing for digital infrastructure and exchanges among young finance professionals.
    After the break, a professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong tell us how they turned potatoes into rice to to boost food security and combat intestinal inflammation.
    And to wrap up the show, we learn how inland regions are facing more disaster risk caused by tropical cyclone rainfall.
    9:05am-9:30am: APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting
    Speakers: 
    Rock Chen, Lawmaker
    Kenny Shui, Vice President of Our Hong Kong Foundation
    9:32am-9:48am: CUHK's Potato Turned Rice project

    Speaker:
    Prof. Jack Wong, Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Life Sciences
    9:49am-10:00am: Cyclone risk in inland regions
    Speaker:
     
    E Deng, Research Fellow and Doctor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    22/10/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    22/10/2026 - APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting

    22/10/2026 - CUHK's Potato Turned Rice project

    22/10/2026 - Cyclone risk in inland regions

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    CUHK's AI-assisted system to detect diatbetic eye disease / Smart street-hail taxi system / Challenges faced by dual-income parents / Survey on retirement planning

    Presenters:Philip Wong and John Bruce

    On this programme, we learn how a research team from the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed a AI-assisted diabetes detection system that improve the accuracy of screening and referrals, which could shorten patient waiting times.

    After that, in another AI-innovation marvel, we find out about an AI-powered demand forecasting system designed for Hong Kong’s street-hail taxi network.

    After the break, we hear all about another study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong that discovered that dual-income parents, especially working mothers, were still facing a lot of challenges in Hong Kong.

    And finally, we look into a survey that found that around half of the city's residents believe they need at least HK$5 million to fund their retirement.

    9:05am-9:17am: CUHK's AI-assisted system to detect diabetic eye disease

    Speaker:

    Simon Szeto, Assistant Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    9:17am-9:30am:  Smart street-hail taxi system

    Speaker: 

    Jason Ma, Co-founder and Managing Partner at DASH

    9:32am-9:47am: Challenges faced by dual-income parents 

    Speaker: 

    Dai Haijing, Chairperson and Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    9:47am-10:00am:  Survey on retirement planning

    Speaker:

    Angela To, Vice-Chair of the Golden Age Foundation

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    15/07/2026 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    15/07/2026 - CUHK's AI-assisted system to detect diatbetic eye disease

    15/07/2026 - Smart street-hail taxi system

    15/07/2026 - Challenges faced by dual income parents

    15/07/2026 - Survey on retirement planning