Media

HKU weekly notice (from October 5 to October 11, 2013)

04 Oct 2013

 

HKU to release 2013 Fourth Quarter Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast
A press conference is scheduled on October 8 (Tuesday) to announce the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast", supplying headline macroeconomic indicators for Hong Kong's economy in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Sponsored by the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the forecasting project is managed and prepared by the APEC Studies Program of the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy.  It provides the community with reliable, transparent and useful forward-looking economic information to gauge the movements and effects of Hong Kong's activities on a quarterly basis.

The forecasting system has proved to be very useful in tracking the short-term fluctuations of the economy, particularly in predicting turning points of the business cycles.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the press conference, the details are:

Date: October 8, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Room 1&2, the United Conference Centre, 10/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

HKU to present Honorary University Fellowships to eight distinguished individuals
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to present Honorary University Fellowships to eight distinguished individuals this year, in recognition of their contributions to the University and to the community.

They are:
1.      Mrs Annie LIANG BENTLEY
2.      Dr Philip CHEN Nan Lok
3.      Ir Dr Joseph CHOW Ming Kuen
4.      Dr David FANG Jin Sheng
5.      Mr LUI Kwan Fat
6.      Professor SAW Swee Hock
7.      Dr James WONG Sai Wing
8.      Mrs Carol YU LOUEY Kwok Won

The ceremony will take place at 5:30pm on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 in the Rayson Huang Theatre on the main campus of the University.

At the ceremony, Dr the Hon David K P Li, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, will confer the Honorary University Fellowships to the above persons.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Melanie Wan (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

Sandro Botticelli’s Venus –
An Italian High Renaissance
The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau, the Italian Cultural Institute and the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong are honoured to present to the public one of Italy’s “national treasures” - Venus (ca. 1482) by Florentine Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510).

To mark the special occasion, an opening ceremony and a cocktail reception will be held prior to the exhibition. Details of public lectures and seminars as well as the outreach programmes to schools will also be announced soon.

Sandro Botticelli’s Venus – An Italian High Renaissance Masterpiece

Period:             October 18th through December 15th, 2013
Time:                9:30am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday;
                         1 pm to 6pm on Sunday
Venue:              University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong
Enquiry:              (852) 2241 5500
Admission:         Free admission
Details:             Sandro Botticelli, Venus, ca 1482.
Tempera and oil on Wood
H. 177cm x W. 71cm
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

For media enquiries, please contact  Miss Elena Cheung (HKU University Museum and Art Gallery) tel.: 2241 5512; email: museum@hku.hk or Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Melanie Wan (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk or Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2857 8555 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk .