The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is back, and throughout this coming weekend, from Friday afternoon, Radio 3 will be broadcasting the colour, action, and music, 'live'. Steve James will be with you, live from the Hong Kong Stadium, for his 2-5pm session. On Saturday Carolyn Wright will be reporting live for Luisa Tam. Between 12 and 6pm our team of James Ross, Steve James, and Alyson Hau, will be sharing the airwaves with your regular hosts, Michael Lance and Andy Dembina. On Sunday morning The Pop Fugitives will be coming to you live from the stadium between 9am and 1pm. James Ross and Todd Harding will be with you throughout the afternoon, until 4pm, when Peter King will take the reins, as we move closer to the 2023 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens final. The live rugby action will be called for Radio 3 by Mike Weeks, Rowan Varty, and Richard Cooke.

Due to Radio 3's live coverage of The Sevens, there will be some changes to our regular Sunday pm schedule, which may be subject to last minute alteration.

Pinoy Life will be having a week off. Ron and Aileen will be back next week. From 6-7pm our programming will be as normal, so after the 6 o'clock news you can enjoy Hong Kong Heritage and episode three of The Climate Book, in Book Club. We will be live once again from the Hong Kong Stadium at 7.05pm until 9, with Peter King and the team, for coverage of the climax of this year's Hong Kong Sevens.

For this week only, Saptahik Sandesh साप्ताहिक सन्देश will be broadcast at 9.05pm, followed by Hong Kong Ki Shaam ہانگ کانگ کی شام after the 10pm news. Pete's Private Collection will only be available on the Radio 3 archive this week, but will return next week at its regular on-air time of 9.05pm. And finally, Sunday Late with Kevin Lewis will start at 11.10pm this week, taking you through until 2am on Monday morning.

Game On!

RTHK's TV service will bring you a live broadcast this coming Monday of a major international forum at the University of Hong Kong, on science, education, the environment, and sustainability. The HKU President's Forum -- Science and Society will feature globally renowned thought leaders including Professor Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate in Physics and former US Secretary of Energy, and Professor John Hennessy, a computer architecture pioneer and former President of Stanford University. The topics will include how science can influence government policy for the good of society; climate change and a more sustainable future; and what's described as "the deep learning revolution". The session will be introduced by HKU president and vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang.
Watch it on RTHK TV32, from 9am until 12 noon - Monday April 3rd, with a repeat at 2pm on Saturday April 8th.

Have you got what it takes to be a voice@rthk.hk? Let’s find out. Radio 3 is looking for new on-air presenters. If you think you have the talent, drive, passion, and energy for radio, then let’s hear your voice@rthk.hk. Click on any of the blue links here to visit the 'voice' webpage which contains more details, tips, recording advice, and instructions for submitting your audio. You wil need to record a one-minute long message on your phone or digital recorder telling us something that’s unique and interesting about yourself. Remember, though... energy! Make us want to listen to you. Talk about any special interests and skills you have, and email it to us with a brief written introduction. So mic up... speak up... and go!'

For all the details and some tips, visit the VOICE page HERE

We'll contact you if we feel you really could be a voice@rthk.
The deadline for submissions is Saturday April 15th.

Good luck. We can't wait to hear you.

Selected Radio 3 programmes and programme segments are now available on Spotify. Join us there to listen easily, whenever you like, to our new and already growing collection of podcasts.

Operation Santa Claus (OSC) continued to promote the spirit of helping and caring to benefit those in need in the city, raising more than HK$16.7 million in donations, and overcoming another year of challenges. The funds raised by this year’s OSC campaign will be shared amongst 15 beneficiaries across the city that serve more than 12,000 people and support disadvantaged communities, including charities serving the causes of children and youth, the community, the environment, medical, elderly, and those with physical and mental disabilities.

This year’s theme of ‘Sports and All’ featured a wide range of exciting fundraising activities. Over 60 corporate and school donors, and thousands more continued showing their generous support to the campaign. OSC celebrated the conclusion of this year’s campaign by announcing four awards to noteworthy corporations and schools for their fundraising efforts. They are:
● Top Corporate Fundraiser – Morgan Stanley
● Top School Fundraiser – DSC International School
● Most Creative Corporate Fundraiser – HKSH Medical Group
● Most Creative School Fundraiser – Shung Tak Catholic English College

Since its inception in 1988, OSC has raised more than $369 million for various charities in Hong Kong. Video highlights from OSC’s beneficiaries and award-winning donors are available here: https://oschk.org.

This week the Sunday Escape will be broadcast live from the Rugby Sevens, meaning that Paul and Carolyn will be at Hong Kong Stadium, bringing you all the excitement of the event and playing all the best in new music, as well as some party tunes to celebrate the weekend. On the new music front there are tracks from The Beths, Jungle and Grace Mitchell plus there’ll be songs from newly-released albums by boygenius, The New Pornographers, The Hold Steady, and A Certain Ratio. That’s all accompanied by commentary on the matches, interviews from the weekend, and hopefully even some reasonable biscuits too!

Tune in every Sunday from 9am to 1pm.

This week on VCT we're off to Chicago with Tommy Dorsey, and St Louis with the mighty Earl Hines. 

We've got a terrific side from Teddy Joyce in 1934 and a number one song of sin from Eddy Howard.  All this, plus the... dancing tambourine!

Every Sunday morning from 8.30 to 9

Join us this Sunday morning at 8.15 for #Hashtag Hong Kong, our weekly focus on matters affecting civil society, where we hear from representatives of NGOs, associations, non-profit groups and statutory bodies. They talk about their work, and the bigger issues they deal with. They also share their choice of music with you to end each programme.

This week's #Hashtag Hong Kong comes from Si Si Liu, Director of the Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres. She talks about women's rights, particularly concerning those with grassroots backgrounds. 

(Sunday mornings 8.15-8.25)