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!

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.

On Wednesday’s Money Talk James Ross will be joined by both RTHK’s International Economics Correspondent Barry Wood and Stewart Aldcroft, an Asian Fund Management Industry Consultant. In ‘Your Money’ Carolyn Wright will be joined by Stephan Lutz, who is the CEO of Bitmex, to discuss the health of the crypto sector and as well as looking at the latest moves from regulators here in Hong Kong. Plus, Barry Wood will return later in the show to bring us the View from the US.

Now every weekday from 8:05-9:00am, except public holidays. You can email us at moneytalk@rthk.hk, and find us on Facebook. or Twitter @MoneyTalkRadio3.

On Wednesday's Backchat we're looking at how Hong Kong is doing in reviving its tourism industry.
Tour groups have returned to the SAR after quarantine-free travel was resumed with the mainland, but residents in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan are now complaining about crowded streets, noise and litter left by visitors joining so-called “budget tours”.
The executive director of the Travel Industry Authority, Annie Fonda, says the current situation isn’t ideal, and stakeholders are working to find a solution.
Overall, latest figures show that some 1.46 million tourists came to Hong Kong last month — more than eighty percent of them from the mainland. This is triple the number from January, but is still two-thirds down from pre-pandemic levels.
After 9:45, we'll speak to an expert about higher tuition fees at the English Schools Foundation.

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.

Every weekday after the 5pm news, Join Alyson Hau in the Common Room for the latest ‘BackStage’ celebrity interviews and hottest trending topics, intriguing discussions with students in ‘Open Space’, and hear the young voices of Hong Kong in 'Social Takeover’. Also, get inspired by guests with alternative career choices and unconventional life stories in ‘Off Campus’. And, you can learn more about sustainability and environmental issues every week in 'SportsFix’ and ‘Savvy Earth Savers'.
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