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Presenters：Philip Wong and Rainbow Leung

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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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

11/09/2026

Global Innovation Index / HIV test drive / HKUST develops innovative virus testing platform / UN adopts new world map

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Global Innovation Index

HIV test drive

HKUST develops innovative virus testing platform

UN adopts new world map

10/09/2026

Food Angel's 15th anniversary / Travel Industry Authority revokes licences of two agencies / Survey finds 30% of students want to work in sports / Dog dies in Korean Air cargo hold

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Food Angel's 15th anniversary

Travel Industry Authority revokes licence of 2 agencies

Survey finds 30% of students want to work in sports

Dog dies in Korean Air cargo hold

09/09/2026

113 schools scrapped exams for P1 students / China Masters badminton tournament / Premier League clubs break transfer records / The Hong Kong Creative Aging Arts Festival

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

113 schools scrapped exams for P1 students

China Masters badminton tournament

Premier League clubs break transfer records

The Hong Kong Creative Aging Arts Festival

08/09/2026

Hong Kong Fashion Fest / PolyU study on social frailty in elderly / Preserving printed books in the age of AI

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Hong Kong Fashion Fest

PolyU study on social frailty in elderly

Preserving printed books in the age of AI

07/09/2026

China's farmland protection law / Stingray sightings in Tai Po / CUHK's new discovery on biofertilizer

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

China's farmland protection law

Stingray sightings in Tai Po

CUHK's new discovery on biofertilizer

04/09/2026

HKUST workplace AI study / PolyU-Oxford MoU / 2026 Yidan Prize / Retirement expenditure survey

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

HKUST workplace AI study

PolyU-Oxford MoU

2026 Yidan Prize

Retirement expenditure survey

03/09/2026

Assessment of suspected fighting dogs / Lionel Messi retires from international football / Dolly Parton's legacy / Ombudsman's report on eTAX system flaws

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Assessment of suspected fighting dogs

Lionel Messi retires from international football

Dolly Parton's legacy

Ombudsman's report on eTAX system flaws

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

Presenters：Philip Wong and Rainbow Leung

On this programme, we speak with experts to find out what they expect from the SAR’s first Five-Year Plan and the Policy Address this year.

After the break, the chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health tells us why cigarette packs will have to get a plain look starting in March next year.

And finally, we turn our attention to golf as Liv Golf has recently filed for bankruptcy protection after losing the backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. How can the tour bounce back?

9:05am-9:30am: 2026 Policy Address and First Five-Year Plan preview

Speakers:

Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist; former Director General of Social Welfare

Roy Ying, Co-Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management's Advocacy and Policy Research Committee

9:32am-9:45am: Cigarette packs to get plain look

Speaker:

Henry Tong, Chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

9:45am-10:00am: LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy

Speaker:

Spencer Robinson, sports writer, broadcaster and commentator