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TRASH TALK explains the ins and outs of recycling in Hong Kong. Don’t just throw away household items - listen to TRASH TALK and discover tips and tricks that make your trash disposal and recycling better for our planet! Join our host Marcy Trent Long every week for this thoughtful journey through Hong Kong’s world of trash.
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Hong Kong Person - Boris His own personal website- Boris Sky Boris may talk with friends or share some opinion. It is also the second radio show after RTHK dim sum. Library and Information Service
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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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Chief Executive John Lee said cooperation between Hong Kong and Shanghai was entering a new phase as the CE met with the city's mayor for a major conference on Friday. Speaking at the sixth plenary session of the Hong Kong-Shanghai Co-operation Conference, Lee said the two cities would sign 20 cooperation documents and reach consensus on 65 project…
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Police on Friday said they arrested 61 people, including five minors, in the past month for allegedly selling drugs online. It said the suspects, aged between 14 and 59, are suspected of involvement in 43 cases. Officers said they seized 128 kilogrammes of drugs, including cannabis buds, cocaine and magic mushrooms, as well as electronic cigarette …
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The police on Friday said they arrested a man on suspicion of possessing firearms without a licence. Officers found 18 guns, 11 knives, and four daggers at a self-storage facility in Sha Tin, and arrested the 67-year-old suspect on Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing, Superintendent Cheung Ting-fung said the man had previously held licences for…
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks across a range of complex issues. The top US diplomat is due to spend several hours with Wang across closed-door meetings at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and a working lunch as the two sides try to maintain progress in ties. As the pair settled into their openin…
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Audit's report on dental services / Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" painting sold to HK buy
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On Friday's Backchat, we're talking about the Audit Commission's latest report on public dental services. The auditor found that the daily number of appointment quotas at public dental clinics dropped by 50 percent from 40,322 in 2018-19 to 20,337 i...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China and the United States to manage their relationship "responsibly" as he went on a charm offensive in Shanghai, ahead of talks with top central government officials in Beijing. Blinken's visit to Shanghai has seen him sample local food, watch a basketball game and stroll along the city'…
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Immigration officials on Thursday said they expect Lo Wu will be the busiest border crossing during the mainland's "Golden Week" holiday next week. On Tuesday, Chief Executive John Lee projected almost six million arrivals and departures for the week, with some 800,000 mainland tourists expected to come to Hong Kong. The Immigration Department said…
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Hong Kong will host a FIE Foil World Cup for the first time next month. The Hong Kong leg, at AsiaWorld-Expo, will mark the last Foil World Cup of the season, with up to 400 elite foilists from 30 countries and regions coming to compete. Among them are men's world number one Nick Itkin and women's world number one Lee Kiefer, both from the United S…
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The Transport Department said some high-speed rail services to and from the mainland were cancelled on Thursday due to bad weather conditions. Trains G6527, G6515, G6529, G6535, G6528, G6516, G6530 and G6536 to Guangzhounan (Guangzhou South) were cancelled. Meanwhile, the destination of train G6510 and the departure station for train G6511 were cha…
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The Environment and Ecology Bureau clarified that shops could still use plastic containers to pack takeaway food, after a supermarket chain was found using paper food boxes to pack sushi, much to the irritation of some customers. A photo went viral online, showing Japanese discount retailer DON DON DONKI using non-plastic, non-transparent container…
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Flexible working trends / China Space Day
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On Thursday's Backchat, we’re asking if flexible working is becoming the new normal.Singapore has just announced that employers must consider employees’ requests for four-day weeks and work from home from December onwards.First introduced in resp...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser", a painting of a young woman left unfinished when the Austrian artist died, was bought by a Hong Kong buyer at auction on Wednesday for 30 million euros (US$32 million) despite open questions about its subject and previous ownership. The work was long thought to have been lost when in fact it was hanging in …
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Edgar Cheung and Siobhan Haughey were named the "best of the best" at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards on Wednesday, both of them claiming the honour for the third time. The nominated athletes swapped their tracksuits for dresses and suits to walk the red carpet at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai for the annual event dubbed the Os…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China for a three-day visit as the two countries try to keep relations on an even keel amid differences. Blinken landed in Shanghai on Wednesday afternoon where he will meet students and business leaders. He'll later head to Beijing and hold talks with top Chinese officials there. The two sides ar…
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China has condemned the latest package of US military assistance to Taiwan. The US Senate on Tuesday passed US$95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The package included US$8 billion for the island. In Beijing, the Taiwan Affairs Office said the aid seriously violates US commitments to China and sends a wrong signal to the "Taiwan indepe…
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Unionists on Wednesday called on the government to improve labour protection, boost benefits for public servants and increase the city's minimum wage. Nine labour and civil service unions issued a "Labour Day Declaration" ahead of May 1, with 10 policy suggestions, including an end to further labour imports and improving occupational safety. The ch…
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The number of emergency dental appointment slots at government clinics has fallen by almost half since the pandemic, the Audit Commission said on Wednesday, as it called for improvements to services. In a report, the government auditor said there was an annual quota of around 40,000 appointment slots at the city’s 11 public dental clinics in the ye…
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The China Manned Space Agency on Wednesday introduced the crew for the Shenzhou-18 mission, the latest in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The trio of astronauts will be led by Ye Guangfu, a fighter pilot and veteran astronaut who took part in the Shenzhou-13 mission in 2021. Ye, along with Li Cong and Li Guangsu are sc…
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Serious flu cases in children and adults / Parkour stunts
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On Wednesday's Backchat, we're talking about serious flu cases and calls for citizens to be vaccinated.The medical sector is urging members of the public to get their flu jabs after an eight-year-old unvaccinated girl, infected with the influenza A ...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Extreme weather and waste reduction / Hong Kong's updated children growth charts
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On today's Backchat, we're talking about extreme weather and waste reduction, which were key themes of Earth Day on Monday.This year's Earth Day came amid a series of weather events recorded around the world over the past few days.Authorities in ...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Professor Thomas Chung and Dr. Jimmy Ho - Shui Hau Village Restoration project,
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This week on Trash Talk, Marcy Trent Long speaks with one of the recipients of the Lantau Conservation Fund, Professor Thomas Chung and Dr. Jimmy Ho from CUHK, about their project to restore a centuries old village in Hong Kong.By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Single use plastic ban / MTR 45th anniversary exhibition
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On Monday's Backchat, we're talking about the ban on single use plastic.Starting Monday — which is Earth Day — catering premises will no longer be able to provide disposable expanded polystyrene tableware, which includes single-use plastic straws, s...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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On Friday's Backchat, we're talking about escalating tensions between Iran and Israel.Last week, Iran fired over 300 drones and missiles in retaliation to its foe's strike on a diplomatic compound in Damascus earlier this month, killing 16, includin...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Government spending / Making Hong Kong a Halal-friendly destination
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On Thursday's Backchat, we're talking about how to make the best use of public funds at a time when all government departments are being asked to tighten their belts.Legislators have been meeting all week in a Special Finance Committee session to qu...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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Hong Kong's increasing divorce rates / ESF's 4.8% school fee increase
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On Wednesday’s Backchat, we're be talking about the increasing divorce rate in Hong Kong. Divorce applications rose 25% last year and splitting couples had to wait longer to have their cases heard in Family Court, with the average waiting time reach...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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"Job hopping" among foreign domestic helpers / DSE app glitches
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On Tuesday's Backchat, we're talking about calls to tackle "job-hopping" among foreign domestic helpers. Authorities last year announced that a revised employment agencies' code of practice would be published this quarter, as some employers are stru...By Radio Television Hong Kong
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