Media

HKU weekly notice (from October 12 to October 19, 2013)

11 Oct 2013

 

Public Forum on 2013 Long Term Housing Strategy: Building Sustainable Homes?
This forum aims to provide a platform for the government, academics and urban sector professionals and the community to exchange views on the Long Term Housing Strategy Consultation Document recently announced by the government.

It is jointly organized by the Affordable Housing Research Network (AHRN) and the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning (CUSUP) of the University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP).

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung will be the First Speaker, followed by Prof Rebecca Chiu, Director, Affordable Housing Research Network and Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, HKU. It will end with a Roundtable Discussion led by representatives of the professional institutes and an open discussion. The details are as follows:

Date:   October 19, 2013 (Saturday)
Time:   2:45 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre T1, Lower Ground 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

For further details, please contact Mao Jie at maojie09@hku.hk or phone no. 2219 4604.

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 .