Media

HKU weekly notice (from June 28 to July 5, 2014)

27 Jun 2014

 

HKU to release 2014 third quarter Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast
A press conference is scheduled on July 3, 2014 (Thursday) to announce the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast", supplying headline macroeconomic indicators for Hong Kong's economy in the third quarter of 2014.

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: July 3, 2014 (Thursday)
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 . or Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) Tel: 2857 8555 email:rhea.leung@hku.hk.

HKU Department of Architecture Degree Show 2013-14 (June 21 to July 2)
The Degree Show is an annual exhibition of architectural thesis projects produced by the Master of Architecture Degree final year students in the Department of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong.  The projects represent the students’ visions of the built-environment, reflecting their concerns with social and cultural environments, and their determination to tackle contemporary issues in Architecture with new approaches.

With over sixty years of education history, the Department continues to promote public awareness of architecture, urbanism, heritage, the latest intellectual discourse, and research within the discipline. The Degree Show is an opportunity to introduce to the public the achievements of our graduating students.

Included in the Degree Show are graduation projects of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, projects of the Master of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies degree programmes.

The exhibition is held from June 21 to July 2, 2014 in the Department of Architecture on the third and sixth floors of Knowles Building from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm (Saturdays and Sundays inclusive).

For enquiries please contact the Department of Architecture at 2859 8992.

University Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition
1. “Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Colour”
An exhibition to showcase the works of contemporary master of colour, Venezuelan kinetic and op artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, and is the first time Carlos’ art pieces are on view in Hong Kong. Celebrated for his attention to light and colour, Carlos’ paintings and light installations are based on his advanced theories on the perception of colour. He has been ranked among other masters of colours including Seurat (1859–1891), Cezanne (1839–1906), Albers (1888–1976), Frank-Stella (b. 1936).

Period:  May 24 to August 17, 2014
Venue:  1/F T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

2.  “The Tank Man and the Changing Art and Craft of Photojournalism”
An exhibition to display the artworks of American photographer Jeff Widener including the "Tank Man", one of the world’s most iconic images in modern photo-journalism. This centrepiece will be presented in a small group of 12 photos all documenting the political events at Tiananmen Square in June 1989 from June 3 through June 29, 2014.

Jeff Widener is an American photographer who took the famous image of a lone man confronting a column of tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising, an image so iconic that it is known simply as “the tank man photo.” For that picture, taken while he was a photojournalist for The Associated Press, Widener was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Widener managed to sneak into Beijing for the two-week assignment. He secretively positioned himself to take the tank man photo and then had it furtively sent for transmission — and eventual front-page display in newspapers worldwide. At the Square, Widener documented the campaign of the students and other street protesters, and was almost killed when a stray rock thrown by a protester struck him in the face.

Date:  June 3 to June 29, 2014
Venue:  Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG)

University Museum and Art Gallery
Opening hours: 9:30am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday); 1pm to 6pm (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/umag.hku

General enquiries: tel: 2241-5500.
For media enquiries, please contact Communication Officer Ms Elena Cheung by email at elenac@hku.hk or by phone at 2241-5512.