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    主持人:Azam Khan and Mike Rowse

    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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    2025
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    US tariffs / Diving safety

    主持人:Azam Khan and Mike Rowse

    US President Donald Trump earlier rolled out sweeping tariffs targeting most countries, including some of America’s closest allies. Analysts have called this move the most protectionist action taken by a US government in a century.

    Despite growing criticism at home and abroad, President Trump is defending his position, arguing that the policies of other countries have been "unjust" to the United States.
    Tariffs are hitting as high as 34 percent on goods from China, 24 percent on products from Japan, and 20 percent on the European Union. This dramatic yet expected shift has sent shockwaves through global markets and sparked fierce criticism from the affected nations.
    Beijing is already retaliating with 34 percent additional tariffs on US imports. In a statement published by the Xinhua News Agency, the central government urged the US to stop using tariffs as a "weapon to suppress China’s economy and trade", adding that Washington was undermining the rules-based multilateral trading system.
    Meanwhile, here in Hong Kong — which is recognised as a separate customs territory from the mainland — Financial Secretary Paul Chan said that there will be no countermeasures implemented for now. He also reassured investors that the SAR remains committed to keeping the flow of capital free, despite US pressure.

    In the latter part of the show, we spoke to a veteran diver, after a Hong Kong woman died in the Philippines during a highly demanding technical dive.



    9:05am-9:46am: US tariffs

    9:05am-9:46am: Andrew Leung, International & Independent China strategist and former Director General of Social Welfare

    9:15am-9:30am: Regina Ip, Executive Councillor and lawmaker



    9:46am-10:00am: Diving safety

    9:46am-10:00am: Harry Chan, veteran diver

    香港電台第三台

    08/04/2025 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    08/04/2025 - US tariffs

    08/04/2025 - Diving safety