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香港大學每週活動推介（2012年10月27日至11月2日）

2012年10月26日

 

 蘇格蘭阿伯丁大學HKU Tartan餽贈儀式
為紀念兩校源遠流長的聯繫， 蘇格蘭阿伯丁大學特意為香港大學委約設計一款新的蘇格蘭方格花紋（tartan），並藉此標誌著雙方合作將一直延續下去。10月29日(星期一)將在港大校園舉行餽贈儀式。 

“HKU Tartan”的設計靈感來自港大的徽號，方格花紋的不同顔色與徽號相互呼應，同時帶出港大在慶祝百周年之際時刻前瞻遠望的訊息。 

蘇格蘭阿伯丁大學校監衛奕信勳爵及校長Ian Diamond教授將聯同港大校長徐立之教授主持餽贈儀式。港大與阿伯丁大學的歷史淵源可以追溯至港大前身、香港西醫書院。香港西醫書院由白文信爵士（Sir Patrick Manson）於1887年創立，白文信爵士與香港西醫書院另外四位要員均為阿伯丁大學畢業生。 

“HKU Tartan” 餽贈儀式詳情如下：

日期:2012年10月29日（星期一）
時間:早上11時45分至下午12時15分
地點:香港大學大學道一號校長寓所

傳媒查詢，請聯絡港大傳訊及公共事務處助理總監(傳媒)徐佩瑩小姐 (電話︰2859 2606/電郵︰pychoy@hku.hk )或港大傳訊及公共事務處經理(傳媒)尹慧筠小姐 (電話︰2859 2600/電郵︰melwkwan@hku.hk)。

港大工程學院舉行百周年傑出講座
香港大學 (港大) 工程學院將於10月29日(星期一)舉行第五場「工程學院百周年傑出講座」，沈向洋博士，FIEEE，FACM將擔任主講嘉賓，主講題目為『Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge and Interaction』。作為微軟全球副總裁，沈向洋博士主要負責搜索產品的開發。他將介紹必應對話模式詳情，通過創新功能演示必應對話模式，特別是將社交內容和實體理解應用於完成用戶搜索任務。他亦將分享將必應對話模式建設成消費網絡服務行業具有競爭力的品牌過程中遇到的挑戰和機遇。

講座將由港大首席副校長錢大康教授主禮，而贊助機構為偉易達集團。

日期： 2012年10月29日 (星期一)
時間： 下午5時45分 接待
下午6時30分 講座
地點： 香港大學黃麗松講堂

講座將以英語進行。

傳媒查詢，請聯絡港大傳訊及公共事務處徐佩瑩小姐﹝電話︰2859 2606 / 電郵︰pychoy@hku.hk﹞、港大傳訊及公共事務處經理尹慧筠小姐﹝電話︰2859 2600 / 電郵︰melwkwan@hku.hk﹞或港大工程學院林梅君小姐﹝電話︰2859 2435 / 電郵︰lamkelly@hku.hk ﹞。

 癌症康復者及本地大學生<生命教育培訓及晚期病患者服務計劃>成效報告及計劃發展新聞發布會
於２０１２年暑假期間，香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系、香港大學行為健康教研中心、東區尤德夫人那打素醫院臨床腫瘤科及香港社會企業計劃有限公司合作為本地大學生義工及癌症康復者提供生命教育培訓課程，並在課程完結後安排他們為晚期癌症患者進行探訪及陪伴服務。

此計劃希望藉著院校、醫護及社企三方的專業知識交流與合作，提倡大學生對生命教育認識之重要性以及加強理論實踐、以服務為本的學習過程。此外，課程亦鼓勵癌症康復者「助人自助」，以自身經驗幫助受癌病困擾的病友，除有助康復者提高個人的心理質素，亦同時讓其他癌症患者得到支援。同時，此計劃亦希望引起社會大眾對寧養服務的關注，期望更多人認識寧養服務，使晚期病患者的身、心、社、靈都能得到適切的照顧。 

現安排院校、醫護、社企及學生義工代表出席新聞發布會，介紹計劃的成效及學生義工們的學習經驗，詳情如下：

日期：2012年11月1日（星期四）
時間: 下午3時至4時
地點：香港大學行為健康教研中心（薄扶林沙宣道5號2樓）

出席嘉賓 :

•         何天虹博士（香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系助理教授;香港大學行為健康教研中心總監）
•         王蓓恩小姐（香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系教學顧問）
•         楊美雲醫生（東區尤德夫人那打素醫院臨床腫瘤科部門主管）
•         宋崧醫生   （東區尤德夫人那打素醫院臨床腫瘤科副顧問醫生）
•         蕭貞建先生（東區尤德夫人那打素醫院臨床腫瘤科寧養中心助理社會工作主任）
•         嚴俊民先生（香港社會企業策劃有限公司創會主席）

 
傳媒查詢：香港大學行為健康教研中心蔡佩筠小姐 (電話:2831 5163/ 電郵: amychoi@hku.hk); 或香港大學行為健康教研中心成卓茵小姐 (電話:2831 5216/ 電郵: singcy@hku.hk)

China’s New Economic Elites: Family Histories and Social Change
David S. G. Goodman, University of Sydney and Nanjing University
The emergence of the new rich in China has had a significant impact on local power structures. While the interaction of politics and economics is well understood, local elites and power relations may also be shaped through the influence of families in given localities.  Fieldwork in Lanzhou, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Zhongshan, Nanjing, Suzhou and Kunming has proceeded from analysis of contemporary economic and political leadership in each locality to develop historical perspectives on elite formation. Research has highlighted the significance of family background back to before 1949 in the emergence of contemporary economic elites; the extent to which the new economic elites have parents in the party-state, and grandparents in the pre-1949 ruling class; and the importance of historically-based family narratives to individual behaviour.

 The details of the seminar are as follows:

Date: November 1, 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Room CPD-LG.17, Centennial Campus

 About David S. G. Goodman
David S. G. Goodman is Academic Director of the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney; and Professor in the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University. A graduate of the University of Manchester, Peking University, and the London School of Oriental and African Studies, his research concentrates on social and political change in China, particularly at the local level. Current projects include a study of China's current new economic elites (with Beatriz Carrillo and Minglu Chen); and an examination of relations between local elites and the CCP in North China during 1939-1940. Recent publications include (with Bryna Goodman) Twentieth Century Colonialism and China (Routledge 2012); (with Beatriz Carrillo) China's Peasants and Workers (Edward Elgar, 2012); and (with Minglu Chen) Middle Class China (Edward Elgar, 2013). He is currently completing Class and Social Stratification in China for publication by Polity Press in 2013.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Cheng tel: 3917 2049 or by email at luci@hku.hk

Public lecture: Free Speech, Reputation and Media Intrusion: British Law Reform and What It Means for Hong Kong and Beyond
By Anthony Lester QC, Blackstone Chambers
One of the biggest challenges of media law reform in Britain has been to formulate a balanced legal policy fit for a global media world. The lecture will examine recent media law developments and lessons which might be drawn from the British experience in Hong Kong and beyond.

Lord Lester QC is a British Parliamentarian and practising barrister specialising in public law. He has argued many leading cases on free expression in Europe and England and has been instrumental in the abolition of a number of antiquated speech offences and the campaign to reform the English law of libel.

His 2010 private member's Bill prompted the Coaltion Government to introduce the 2012 Defamation Bill currently progressing through Parliament. This process takes place against the background of the News International phone hacking scandal and Lord Justice Leveson's Inquiry, and an ongoing debate about the balance to be struck between free speech and reputation and the future of media regulation.

Date: November 2, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU
Language: English

Please register online or email Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk to reserve a place. For enquiries, please contact Ms Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2941.

Media Enquiries : Ms Velentina Ma of Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU at velentinam@hku.hk, tel : 2219-4012 / 9123 0252.

Seminar on The Means and Ends of Social Enterprise in the USA
SPEAKER: Professor Robert A. Katz, Professor of Law and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

ABSTRACT:
In the USA, the term "dual mission" or "double bottom line" enterprise denotes a for-profit business that advances a social mission while generating acceptable returns for its owner-investors. Professor Katz will consider three sets of questions raised by such entities, which are also known as for-profit social enterprises:
- How can a dual mission business sustain itself financially without drifting from its social mission?
- What sort of social mission does or should a social enterprise pursue?
- How can law and legal structures facilitate the creation and growth of successful social enterprises?

Date: November 2, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Alan Tang by email at alantsl@hku.hk or by fax at 2517 0806.

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