Travel with Rivals

Travel television programme

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Travel with Rivals (Chinese: 跟住矛盾去旅行; Jyutping: gan1 zyu6 maau4 teon5 heoi3 leoi5 hang4) is a Hong Kong television travel programme premiered on 6 April 2016, produced by HK Television Entertainment and broadcast on ViuTV. The show brings together two people from different backgrounds, with conflicting core values, for a five-day trip to another part of the world.

## Episodes

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The first episode lasted one hour, with the first half-hour serving as a preview of the series.

No.| Destination| Original air date|  Viewers
(ratings / percentage) [1]

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1| "Warsaw, Poland"| 6 April 2016 (2016-04-06)| 8 / 12.50%
2| "Warsaw, Poland"| 11 April 2016 (2016-04-11)| N/A
3| "Warsaw, Poland"| 12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)| N/A

Guests: Leung Kwok-hung and Jasper Tsang Yok-sing[2][3]

Tsang, the founder of DAB in the pro-Beijing camp, is the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, while Leung, the chairman of League of Social Democrats in the pan-democracy camp, is a LegCo member.

4| "Hanoi, Vietnam"| 18 April 2016 (2016-04-18)| N/A
5| "Hanoi, Vietnam"| 19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)| N/A

Guests: Yip Chung-Sing and Amanda Tann[2]

Both Yip and Chan are teachers, with Tann being a famed cram school teacher. In the show, both taught English to underprivileged students in Vietnam.

6| "Florence, Italy"| 25 April 2016 (2016-04-25)| N/A
7| "Florence, Italy"| 26 April 2016 (2016-04-26)| N/A

Guests: Shiga Lin and Gloria Yip

Yip has a Cantopop singing career that has stretched for decades, while Lin hails from a new generation of Cantopop singers.

8| "Seoul, South Korea"| 2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)| N/A
9| "Seoul, South Korea"| 3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)| N/A

Guests: Ann Chiang and Roy Tsui[2]

Chiang is a Pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, while Tsui is an author. Neither Chiang or Tsui had any interaction with each other during the trip.

10| "Dublin, Ireland"| 9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)| N/A
11| "Dublin, Ireland"| 10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)| N/A

Guests: Zac Kao and Denise Ho[2]

Kao is an actor who is a devout Christian, while Ho is a Cantopop singer who has come out of the closet. In the show, both visited a formerly conservative Catholic country which has legalized same-sex marriage.

12| "Bali, Indonesia"| 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)| N/A
13| "Bali, Indonesia"| 17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)| N/A

Guests: Renee Dai and Siu Yam-yam[2]

14| "Tokyo, Japan"| 23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)| N/A
15| "Tokyo, Japan"| 24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)| N/A

Guests: Agnes Chow and Junius Ho[4]

Chow is a political activist, as well as the founder of Hong Kong political party Demosistō,[5] while Ho is also a political activist, known for his opposition to the Occupy Central movement in 2014, which Chow was a proponent of.

16| "Off-site Highlights"| 29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)| N/A

## References

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1. ^ Per AGB. Hong Kong's television viewing audience is adjusted on an annual basis. As of 2016, one ratings point equals to 73,240 people.
2. ^ a b c d e 【一地花生】最強矛激戰最強盾 [A Floor Full of Peanut Shells: The Strongest Rivalries]. HK Television Entertainment. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. ^ 【波蘭蜜友？】曾鈺成憶與梁國雄去旅行 讚「很會關心人、好錫小朋友」 [Friends In Poland? Jasper Tsang Recounts Trip with Leung Kwok-Hung, Praises Leung as a Caring Person, And Loving Kids]. Ming Pao. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
4. ^ Traveling Japan, Junius Ho Admits He Is Short-Fused. Agnes Chow: I Wait For His Anger To Explode (同遊日本 何君堯自言不易發火 周庭：期待叔叔爆炸一飛衝天)
5. ^ The party was founded on 10 April 2016, after the episode was filmed.

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