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HKU weekly notice (from December 21 to December 27, 2013)

20 Dec 2013

 

Season's Greetings!

Dear Friends of the Media,

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Wishing you happy holidays and a wonderful 2014!

Communications and Public Affairs Office

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 Occupying Central vs. Securing Hong Kong: A Dialogue
Since inception of the social movement on January 16, 2013, much has been discussed about OC on conception and justification. Few thoughts have been given to its actual conduct and likely impact. This dialogue between the founder of OC and a China-Hong Kong security expert engages the audience in a free flowing exchange over how to conduct mass sit-in with due regard to rights of OC, welfare of the people, security of Hong Kong, and sovereignty of China. Suggestions from the audience are welcome and practical solutions will be proposed.

Date: December 23, 2013 (Monday)
Time: 1:00pm
Venue: CPD2.42, Centennial Campus, HKU

Speakers: Dr. K.C. Wong (Xavier University) and Mr. Benny T.Y. Tai (HKU)

Dr. K.C. Wong
Associate Professor Kam C. Wong, J.D. (Indiana), Ph.D. (Albany) teaches at the Department of Criminal Justice, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he once was the chairperson. Concurrently, he is a Faculty Fellow at the School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York ¬ Albany, New York, where he received the Remington Award for Distinguished Work in Law and Social Science. An Inspector of Police with the Hong Kong Police, Dr. Wong was awarded the Commissioner's High Commendation. Professor Wong was a former Managing Attorney of the Legal Service Corporation in Michigan and Corporate Counsel for Everex, a public listed company. He was the Director of the Chinese Law Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and served as the vice-president (1999 to 2000) to Center for Criminology and vice-chair (2000 to 2002) to the Hong Kong Society of Criminology. Currently. He is an Honorary Fellow with the Center for Criminology at Hong Kong University.

For enquiries, please contact Executive Assistant Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 39172309.

University Museum and Art Gallery exhibition: “Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities"
The exhibition presents traditional Chinese costumes, baby carriers and silver ornaments drawn from the collection of Mei-yin Lee. It demonstrates the wealth of colours, techniques and styles found in the on-going traditions of Chinese minority groups. The display is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, and the production of both exhibition and book has been generously supported by the HKU Museum Society in celebration of the Museum’s 60th and Society’s 25th anniversaries respectively.

Elaborately embroidered costumes and baby carriers, most of which originate with the Miao, Dong, Shui and Zhuang ethnic tribes of the south-western Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi are decorated with richly coloured, stitched and sewn ornamentations - and sometimes silver applications - indigenous to the particular culture and long-lived traditions they derive from. As some ethnic minorities lack a written script, the symbolism and colour-coding found in their textiles form a visual language that presents an important cultural and anthropological development and heritage still in practice today.

The exhibition will be held at 1/F T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), 90 Bonham Road from 15 December 2013 to 9 February 2014.

UMAG’s opening hours are from 09:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday. The Museum is closed on University and public holidays.

Two public talks will be held in January
Introduction to Chinese Ethnic Minorities with Mei-yin Lee (李美賢)
Date: January 11, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 3pm to 4:30pm
Place: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU
Speaker: Mei-yin Lee (李美賢) (in Cantonese)

Embroidered Identities: Ornately Decorated Textiles and Accessories of Chinese Ethnic Minorities with Mei-yin Lee (李美賢)
Date: January 18, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 3pm to 4:30pm
Place: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU
Speaker: Mei-yin Lee (李美賢) (in Cantonese)

Please visit www.hkumag.hku.hk or call 2241-5500 for more information.

For media enquiries, please contact UMAG Communication Officer: Miss Elena Cheung, tel: 2241 5512, email: elenac@hku.hk .