主持人:Janice Wong and Jenny Lam
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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9:00am - 9:45am: Lantau Road Improvement
9:00am - 9:30am - PHONE - Ryan Ip, Our Hong Kong Foundation Vice President and Co-Head of Research
9:00am - 9:45am - BH - Paul Zimmerman, CEO of Designing Hong Kong
9:00am - 9:45am - PHONE - Louise Preston, Chairman of Living Islands Movement
9:45 am - 10:00 am: New Cell Entry Mechanism for Covid
9:45am - 10:00am - PHONE - Dr. Xavier Wong, Assistant Professor of the Teaching and Research Division of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU
On today’s programme, we’re talking about a possible upgrade to the road network on Lantau Island.
The Secretary for Development, Bernadette Linn, has said the aim would be to promote sustainable development and secure better connections between the north and south sides of the island by improving transport infrastructure. The plan could involve bringing the old Tung Chung Road back into use and expanding sections of several other roads in stages, including South Lantau Road, Keung Shan Road and Tai O Road.
After 9:45, we’re going to be looking at a study led by scientists from the Baptist University on Covid-19 infection, which it's hoped could lead to more effective treatments for those with weak immune systems and who are unable to take the vaccine.
Let us know what you think on our Facebook page, Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, email us at backchat@rthk.hk, or give us a call on 233 88 266.
主持人:Janice Wong and Jenny Lam
8:30am-9:15am: Hong Kong's goal to eradicate AIDS
8:30am-9:15am: Jason Chan, Programme Manager (Testing & PLHIV Service), AIDS Concern
8:30am-9:15am: Professor Chen Zhiwei, Director, AIDS Institute; Professor, Department of Mi-crobiology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
8:30am-9:00am: Dr Patrick Li, Chairman, Advisory Council on AIDS
9:00am-9:15am: Ivy Hui, Program Director, the Society For AIDS Care
9:15am-9:25am: tunnel toll
9:15am-9:25am: Michael Tien, Roundtable Convenor and lawmaker
9:25am-9:30am: World Cup 2022
9:25am-9:30am: Atom Cheung, RTHK sports reporter
On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about Hong Kong's goal to eradicate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
The objective was laid out on Tuesday in a five-year strategy released by the Hong Kong Advisory Council on Aids, in line with the goal set out by the United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids, to end the disease as a public health threat.
So far in the first 9 months of this year, Hong Kong has recorded 307 new HIV infections, of which 53 involved a diagnosis of Aids.
And homosexual contact among men make up a high proportion of HIV infections, followed by het-erosexual contact and drug use via injection.
So what are the main challenges in eradicating AIDS as a public health threat? Can it be done over the next 8 years?
After 9.15am, we will look at the government's plan to revamp cross-harbour tunnel fares.
And at 9.25am, we'll be joined by RTHK sports correspondent Atom Cheung with the latest on the World Cup.