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    Presenters:Jim Gould and John Bruce

    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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    Homegrown AI scams / Escalator accidents

    Presenters:Jim Gould and John Bruce

    On Tuesday’s Backchat, we’re talking about homegrown AI scams.

    The police said on Sunday said that they'd broken up a syndicate and arrested 31 people suspected of swindling victims out of at least HK$34 million.
    Those who'd been targeted were said to be mostly from outside Hong Kong, including Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.
    Investigations showed that the syndicate used deepfake AI technology to gain victims’ trust and develop romantic relationships.
    And while this is not the first time such methods have been used in fraudulent practices, this operation was based in Hong Kong, raising concerns over the possible presence of other hidden scam centres in the city.
    After 9.45, we get a technician’s reaction to recent accidents involving escalator users.


    9:05am-9:45am: Homegrown AI scams

    9:05am-9:45am: Joshua Chu, Hong Kong-based cybersecurity lawyer

    9:05am-9:30am: Prof Emil Chan, Founding Chairman of the Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing

    9:30am-9:45am: Michael Gazeley, Co-founder and Managing Director of Network Box Corporation


    9:45am-10:00am: Escalator accidents

    9:45am-10:00am: Roy Lam, Principal Engineer of Lifthium Consultancy


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    07/01/2025 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    07/01/2025 - Homegrown AI scams

    07/01/2025 - Escalator accidents