Media

HKU weekly notice (from April 12 to April 17, 2014)

11 Apr 2014

 

HKU Centre for Chinese Law to hold forum on
'One Country Two Systems’ and Central Government Policy towards Hong Kong

The Centre for Chinese Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong will hold a  forum on “One Country Two Systems’ and Central Government Policy towards Hong Kong” tomorrow (April 12). At the forum, issues including the introduction of universal suffrage in the election of the Chief Executive in 2017, and the relationship and interaction between Hong Kong and Mainland China in the political, economic and social dimensions will be discussed.

The discussion will be chaired by Professor Johannes Chan, Dean of Law; and Professor Albert H.Y. Chen, Chan Professor in Constitutional Law.  Other speakers include:

Professor Zou Pingxue, Associate Dean, Law School of Shenzhen University

Mr Andrew Fung Ho Keung, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Policy Research Institute

Professor Sonny Lo Shiu Hing, Professor and Head of Department of Social Sciences, the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Dr Peter T.Y. Cheung, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong Kong

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the event.  The details are:

Date: April 12, 2014 (Tomorrow)
Time: 9:30 am to 12:45 pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, the University of Hong Kong
Language: Chinese (Putonghua and Cantonese)

Please contact Ms Zita Kwok (Email: zitakwok@hku.hk ) to reserve a seat.

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

“Flawed Mind” Dialogue with People from the Psychology Field
To promote psychology to the public, Psychology Student Society, Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) invite the public to join a free journey to explore the wonderland of psychology (PsyJourney) from late-March to mid-April.

Flawed Mind – Dialogue with People from the Psychology Field will be held on April 12 (tomorrow) at HKU. This public talk surrounding the topic focusing on flawed mind will mark the end of one-month-long PsyJourney. Through sharing of different aspects of flawed mind by experts from the psychology field, audience will hear theories behind different types of flawed mind, and daily examples from this thinking defect. This public talk will be conducted mainly in Cantonese, and Chinese translation will be provided on the PowerPoint slides presented by English speaker. Debriefing notes will be provided to the audiences to further enhance their understanding of relevant knowledge.

Speakers:
Dr. Jeff Saunders

Dr. Saunders is an associate professor in Department of Psychology in University of Hong Kong. Graduated as a Ph.D. student in cognitive science in the Brown University, Saunders has been conducting research and education in cognitive psychology field and is specialized in computational modelling, visual perception, as well as perception and action. Recently, Saunders has been one of the lecturers of the Hong Kong Young Brain Scientist Program.

Mr. Indie Chung

Mr. Chung is a visiting lecturer and curriculum developer in Hong Kong Polytechnic University as well as the founder of Life Insight, an organization focusing on market research and education consultancy. Chung is an alumnus of the University of Hong Kong, and was graduated from the University of Oxford as a British Chevening Scholar in Psychology and Research. He has been a speaker or consultant at organizations such as JPMorgan, Hong Kong Jockey Club, MTR Corporation, Maxim's Group and Immigration Department.

Press members are cordially invited to attend.Details of the “Flawed Mind”

Date: April 12, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: Rm 726, 7/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong

Media enquiry :

Chairperson of Psychology Society SSS HKUSU Howard Wong  (tel：51383733; email: psysoc@hku.hk)

HKU and CUHK to hold the Vice-Chancellor's Cup Soccer Match
The annual Vice-Chancellor's Cup between the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will be held this Sunday (April 13) at the stadium soccer pitch of the Stanley Ho Sports Centre. HKU President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson and CUHK Vice-Chancellor Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung will officiate at the kickoff ceremony. 

The soccer match has been held for the eleventh year since it was first played in 2003 to commemorate the collaboration of the two universities during the SARS ordeal. Members of the press are cordially invited to cover the event:

Date: April 13, 2014 (Sunday)
Time: 10am to 12noon
Venue: Stanley Ho Sports Centre, 10 Sha Wan Drive, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong

For media enquiries, please contact Communications and Public Affairs Office Ms Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555 / 9022 7446 email:rhea.leung@hku.hk ).

Seminar Series on Electing the Next Chief Executive of the HKSAR in 2017: Proposals for Electoral Reform 
The Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong (“CCPL”) will host a seminar series to all those who have proposed models for electing the Chief Executive in 2017 to come and explain their proposals to the public with a view to further elucidating their proposals and to offer insights as to why their models are appropriate for Hong Kong at this juncture. The seminars will each comprise presentations by 3 to 4 proposers of their own models, followed by Questions and Answers from the audience. The purpose of this series is to offer a platform for engagement with members of the university community on the various proposals that have been publicized since the announcement of the public consultation exercise.

Date: April 16, 22, and 29, 2014
Time: 5:30 to 7:30pm
Venue: 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

(Sessions conducted in Cantonese – Simultaneous Interpretation available to a limited number of pre-registered participants.)

Date: April 7, 2014 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Venue: 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, University of Hong Kong

(Session conducted in English)

For the list of participants, please visit:http://www.cpao.hku.hk/media/Poster_Pol_Series_April_2V2.doc

Please register with Ms Joyce Fung in advance at email：joycef@hku.hk. For enquiries, please contact Ms Sharron Fast at email: sfast@hku.hk  (Tel: 3917 1938).

From World History to World Literature: China, the South, and the Global 60s
This lecture will explore the connection between world literature and world history. Taking the world historical event of the global 60s as an example, this lecture will reconsider the place of China in that event from the perspectives of literary communities that may be considered the South to the Chinese North, such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and through this process, propose a new conception of world literature.

Date: April 15, 2014
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong

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; or Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) Tel: 2857 8555 email:rhea.leung@hku.hk.

Deacons Archives Exhibition
Deacons is Hong Kong's oldest and largest commercial law firm. It has deposited its archival records permanently at HKU. The collection contains the bulk of the early surviving records of Deacons and its predecessors, including client files, deeds and papers, legal documents, accounting records, letter books, photographs, etc. The date range of the collection is from 1846 to 2007.

Deacons Archives is organized into 65 series, with over 160 boxes of records occupying about 35 linear metres of shelf space. The documents on display are various types of records relating to HKU, wills of local renowned entrepreneurs, land lease and land sale deeds, and other intriguing records ranging from the 1900s to the 1960s.

Date: April 4 to April 28, 2014
Opening Hours:  09:00 to 22:00 (Monday –Friday); 09:00-19:00 (Saturday); 10:00 – 19:00 (Sunday and Public Holidays)
Venue: Special Collections 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Free Admission

For media enquiries, please contact:  
Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903
For details of the exhibition, please contact: 2859 2207 (Special Collections, Main Library)

University Museum and Art Gallery exhibition: “Surviving Evil: The Pictorial Language of Sara Atzmon”
The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre, the University Museum and Art Gallery and Goethe-Institut Hong Kong are organising a major exhibition in Hong Kong of artworks by Sara Atzmon, a Shoah (Holocaust) survivor who was born in Hungary and now resides in Israel. Ms. Atzmon’s artworks, many of which are large-scale, highly impactful paintings, reflect the artist’s memories of her horrible experiences during the Shoah. In 1944, Ms. Atzmon was first deported to Auschwitz and from there she was sent to Bergen-Belsen under terrible circumstances.

As an adult, Ms. Atzmon became a talent painter dedicated to use her, often very dramatic and explicit, paintings, to bring awareness to the cruel times in our fairly recent past, and to educate a young generation to treasure and practice tolerance, and foster understanding and compassion between people of different religions and cultural backgrounds.

Exhibition period: February 26, 2014 (Wednesday) to May 4, 2014 (Sunday)
Opening Hours:  09:30 to 18:00 (Monday – Saturday); 13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong 
Tel: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry)
Free Admission

For media enquiries, please contact:
Miss Elena Cheung (Communication Officer), Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk       

For details of the exhibition, please contact:
University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Tel: 2241 5500, Email: museum@hku.hk.