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    Presenters:Brian Wong and CM Chan

    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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    12/12/2025

    Lando Norris' first F1 World Drivers' Championship win / Wig requirement dropped for some UK courts / Under-16s social media ban kicks-off in Australia / Hong Kong’s Taoist festivals

    On Friday's programme, we talked about McLaren's Lando Norris' first F1 World Drivers' Championship win. A former racing driver discussed the significance of Norris becoming Britain's first world champion since Lewis Hamilton.

    We then turned our attention to the courtroom, where barristers in the UK have won the right to ditch a traditional headpiece: the wig.

     

    After the break, we took a closer look at how people are coping with the world's first social media ban that was earlier implemented in Australia, targeting under 16s.

    And finally, we concluded the show by talking to a historian about a once-in-a-decade Taoist festival to ward off angry spirits.

    9:05am-9:22am:

    Lando Norris' first F1 World Drivers' Championship win

    Speaker: Nick Marsh, former racing driver and team owner

    9:22am-9:30am:

    Wig requirement dropped for some UK courts

    Speaker: Ronny Tong, Barrister

    9:32am-9:50am:

    Under-16s social media ban kicks-off in Australia

    Speakers: Florin Serban, social media scholar and lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University

    Thomas Chiu, Associate Professor of AI and STEM Education at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    9:50am-10:00am:

    Hong Kong’s Taoist festivals

    Speaker: Lawrence Pang, historian

    12/12/2025 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    12/12/2025 - Lando Norris' first F1 World Drivers' Championship win

    12/12/2025 - Wig requirement dropped for some UK courts

    12/12/2025 - Under-16s social media ban kicks-off in Australia

    12/12/2025 - Hong Kong’s Taoist festivals

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    Pause of US military aid to Ukraine / Beijing "Two Sessions" meeting update

    Presenters:Brian Wong and CM Chan

    On today's Backchat, we talk about the deepening rift between the US and Ukraine.

    This comes as US President Donald Trump paused military aid to the war-torn country, following a clash with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
    In a televised address following the announcements, French President Emmanuel Macron called these developments the beginning of a "new era", adding that France would not rule out sharing its nuclear deterrence to protect European allies against the "Russian threat."
    In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry described Macron’s speech as "out of touch" and "contradictory", in an intensifying war of words between the two countries. Is the international order shifting? We'll ask the experts.
    After 9:45, we bring you the latest from the "Two Sessions" meeting, currently under way in Beijing.


    9:05am-9:45am: Withdrawal of US military assistance to Ukraine

    9:05am-9:45am: Kenneth Houston, Lecturer in International Relations at Mahidol University (Thailand)

    9:05am-9:45am: Peter Beattie, Associate Professor and Programme Director, MSSCc in Global Political Economy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


    9:50am-10:00am: Beijing "Two Sessions" meeting update

    9:50am-10:00am: Einar Tangen, Senior Fellow at the Taihe Institute

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    07/03/2025 - Pause of US military aid to Ukraine

    07/03/2025 - Beijing "Two Sessions" meeting update