With more participants than the Summer Olympics, the 19th (2022) Asian Games has begun, and will conclude on October 8th. From Monday, after a full weekend of action, Radio 3 will be bringing you twice-daily Monday to Friday updates (excluding October 2nd), with sports reporters Hailey Yip and Jamie Clarke.

Join Jamie at 9.55 each morning with the Backchat team, and then Hailey will be In the Common Room at 5.50pm

And... as always

GO! HONG KONG

On Monday's Backchat, we talk about Hong Kong's attractiveness to foreign expatriates and mainlanders.

According to the Immigration Department's latest figures, mainlanders account for 95% of applicants under the Top Talent Pass Scheme launched last December, a number some specialists attribute to the nation's increasing rate of university graduates.

And while the policy has borne fruit in attracting talented mainland counterparts, it seems to have fallen short of luring foreigners, with only 1,375 successful overseas applicants in contrast to 24,586 from the mainland. From high-rents to regional competition, not mentioning opportunities in neighbouring Greater Bay Area cities -- Hong Kong is in a race to attract foreigners, with business chambers highlighting the need to get more talents from overseas. Are foreign talents crucial to retaining Hong Kong's international stature?

Do we need more targeted immigration policies? And what can the private sector do to contribute? After 9:40, we will talk about an initiative by HKU offering free dental care to Hong Kong's underprivileged.

At 9:55, Jamie Clarke will give you the latest updates on the Asian Games.

Let us know what you think. You can leave a message here on our Facebook page, email us at backchat@rthk.hk, or call us on 23388266.

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On Monday’s Money Talk, Nitin Dialdas will be joined by Isaac Poole, the Global Chief Investment Officer at Oreana Financial and Dickie Wong, who is Head of Research, Kingston Securities.

In Your Money, Carolyn Wright will find out about the importance of the Community Business LGBT+ Inclusion Index, as well as the financial sector’s efforts to improve support for employees with Janet Ledger, the CEO of Community Business, and Rachael Orleans, who is Head of Talent and Career Development Experience & DEI Lead (APAC) at JP Morgan.

And Yanan Wu, Chairman and CEO at Surfin Group will bring us a View from mainland China.

Find us on Facebook, on X @MoneyTalkRadio3, or email us at moneytalk@rthk.hk
Also, if you have any questions for our guests, you can Whatsapp us on 6899 8518 for a real-time answer.

We all love to read, but how nice is it to have someone read to you? Every Sunday evening at 6.45 some of the world’s great voices will do just that, in Radio 3’s Book Club. 
Join us each week for classic novels, wonderful stories, and even some fascinating factual books… all read to you beautifully.

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Updated daily, it includes all of our popular weekly programme segments, our news output, and several of our completely home made audio books, specially adapted for us by their authors.