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主持人：Brian Wong and Paul Zimmerman

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 - Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, or email backchat@rthk.hk

Listen live on Radio 3's homepage - www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3

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30/12/2025

New LegCo term priorities / Indian cybersecurity app controversy / Humanoid robot development

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

New LegCo term priorities

Indian cybersecutiy app controversy

Manufacturing robot development

29/12/2025

Epstein files release / First wheelchair user traveled to space / Protections against "super flu"

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

More on current redacted Epstein files

First wheelchair user to go to space

Protections against "super flu"

26/12/2025

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25/12/2025

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24/12/2025

2026 Population Census / Oscars award show moving to YouTube / Couple Christmas spending survey / PSG ordered to pay Kylian Mbappé 60 million euros

足本 Full (HKT 09:00 - 10:00)

2026 Population Census

Academy Awards moving to YouTube

Couple Christmas spending habits

Kylian Mbappé's €60 million payout

23/12/2025

Home Ownership Scheme flats set for 2026 / Kai Tak Sports Park ranked third globally in ticket sales / Changes in the city's sparrow population

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

Home Ownership Scheme flats launch

Kai Tak Sports Park record ticket sales

Changes in the city's sparrow population

22/12/2025

UN funding cuts / AI education funding

足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

UN funding cuts

AI curriculum school grant

19/12/2025

Central-Kowloon bypass / AI smart vest to help ADHD children / Japan's megaquake advisory

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Central-Kowloon bypass opening

World's first AI‑empowered smart vest.

Recent Japan earthquake

18/12/2025

Privacy watchdog's guidance on deepfake technology / US-Venezuela tensions / HIV testing month

足本 Full (HKT 09:00 - 10:00)

AI-generated deepfake technology warning

US-Venezuela tensions

HIV testing month

17/12/2025

Sydney's Bondi beach shooting / Viral copypasta trend on Threads

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Syria - The fall of Bashar al-Assad / Chinese medicine usage in psychiatry

主持人：Brian Wong and Paul Zimmerman

On today's Backchat, we’re looking into the latest developments in Syria.

Syrian rebels officially announced that they had ousted President Bashar-al Assad, marking an end to 50 years of iron fist family rule, with Russian news agencies reporting that the deposed leader and his family have fled to Moscow.

The removal of Assad comes after over 13 years of civil war, which killed half a million people and forcibly displaced 12 million in what remains one of the largest such crises in history.

Uncertainty remains as to the country’s governance, although former jihadist leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani now seems to exercise the role of de-facto leader, with several countries urging the new leadership to respect the rights of minorities.

What socio-economic implications do these developments have on the wider Middle East conflict? Can post-Assad Syria retain its secular system? And will religious minorities be protected?

In the last part of the programme, we speak to a psychiatrist on the role of Chinese medicine in helping patients with mild mental health issue, following the introduction of a new programme.

9:05-9:50am: Syria - The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad

9:05am-9:50am: James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

9:05am-9:50am: Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney

9:30am-9:50am: Moamen Gouda, Professor of Middle East Economics at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

9:50am-10:00am: Chinese medicine usage in psychiatry
9:50am-10:00am: Dr .May Lam, Founder & President of the Hong Kong Mental Wellness Association