Media

HKU weekly notice (from October 19 to October 25, 2013)

18 Oct 2013

 

Public Forum on 2013 Long Term Housing Strategy: Building Sustainable Homes?
The forum, jointly organised by Affordable Housing Research Network (AHRN) and the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning (CUSUP) of the Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP), will be held at HKU on October 19, 2013 (Saturday).

The 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. The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung will be the First Speaker, followed by Professor 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.

Details of the forum are as below:

Date: October 19, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 3:45 to 6:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre T1, Lower Ground 1, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

For enquiries about the forum, please contact Ms Mao Jie at 2219 4604.

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

Mr Leo Goodstadt to meet the media on his new book on HK’s “New Poverty”
Former head of HK government’s Central Policy Unit Mr Leo Goodstadt will meet the media on October 24 (Thursday) at the University of Hong Kong on his new book Poverty in the Midst of Affluence: How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity.

In the last volume of his series on Hong Kong’s economic, social and political development, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a ‘new poverty’ in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises. The book offers a review of what went wrong with the government’s policy making and its management of both financial and social affairs. It also attempts to identify of flawed policies and defective decisions, and analyses in detail the performance of HKSAR’s first three Chief Executives from Tung Chee-hwa to Leung Chun-ying and their political teams.

Details of the media briefing are as follows:

Date: October 24, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 11 a.m.
Venue: HKUP Bookshop, G/F Run Run Shaw Heritage House (adjacent to Run Run Shaw Tower), Centennial Campus, HKU (map: http://www.cpao.hku.hk/media/heritage_house_map.pdf )

For media enquiries, please contact 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 Masterpiece
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) from October 18 to December 15, 2013 in the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong.

Exhibition details :

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

For media enquiries, please contact  Miss Elena Cheung (HKU University Museum and Art Gallery) tel.: 2241 5512; email: museum@hku.hk or  Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2857 8555 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk .