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    Presenters:Danny Gittings and Ada Wong

    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

    The Backchat podcast is available after each live broadcast

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    30/12/2024

    Tour group figures / Resumption of 3% accomodation tax / Restaurant performance throughout Christmas / Could Hong Kong ever host Formula 1?

    In the first 15 minutes of Monday’s programme, we’re be talking to a representative of the Travel Industry Authority as the city prepares to welcome 380,000 revellers for the New Year’s fireworks. Are we ready?

    At 9:20, we learn more about the 3% tax on hotel guests, which will resume on January 1. Will it have any effect on tourism?
    After 9:30, we get a restauranteur’s outlook on New Year’s Eve, after Christmas business was up 8% compared to last year. Is the sector back to pre-pandemic levels?
    And after 9:45, we speak to a former racing driver on whether Hong Kong could ever host the F1 Grand Prix.


    9:05am-9:20am: Tour group figures

    9:05am-9:20am: Samuel Ng, Director of Operations, Travel Industry Authority


    9:20am-9:30am: Resumption of 3% accomodation tax

    9:20am-9:30am: Vera Yuen, Lecturer in Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong


    9:30am-9:45am: Restaurant performance throughout Christmas

    9:30am-9:45am: JR Robertson, Founder of El Grande Concepts

    9:45am-10:00am: Could Hong Kong ever host Formula 1?

    9:45am-10:00am: Nick Marsh, former racing driver and team owner

    30/12/2024 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    30/12/2024 - Tour group figures

    30/12/2024 - Resumption of 3% accomodation tax

    30/12/2024 - Restaurant performance throughout the holidays

    30/12/2024 - Could Hong Kong ever host Formula 1?

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    Rising international school demand / Voluntary insurance scheme Chinese medicine expansion plans

    Presenters:Danny Gittings and Ada Wong

    On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about the rise in student numbers at international schools.

    The Education Bureau revealed student enrolment at international schools hit an 11-year high, up 18 percent since 2013. But student numbers at government and aided schools fell by 12 percent over the same period, as the city faces low birth rates coupled with many families taking up the UK’s BNO visa scheme.
    And studying in Britain is about to become more expensive for many Hong Kong students as the new government plans to add a 20 percent tax to private school fees. So will these higher fees encourage more families to keep their children in Hong Kong instead? And why are Hong Kong’s international schools becoming so popular?
    After 9:45, we're talking about plans to add Chinese medicine hospital services to the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme.

    9:05am-9:45am: Rising international school demand 

     

    9:05am-9:45am: Ruth Benny, Founder of Education Consultancy Top Schools

    9:15am-9:30am: Pauline Chow,  Chair of the Hong Kong Women Teachers’ Organization


    9:45am-10:00am: Voluntary insurance scheme Chinese medicine expansion plans

    9:45am-10:00am: Alex Lam, Chairman of Hong Kong Patients’ Voices


    RTHK Radio 3

    06/08/2024 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)