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HKU weekly notice (from November 8 to November 15, 2014)

07 Nov 2014

 

Finding Consensus amidst Controversies - HKU stages the Big Debate on Retirement Protection
Retirement protection has been a controversial issue for decades in Hong Kong and the prospect of a consensus seems remote. The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong takes on a public policy analysis framework to pull divergent views together and engage stakeholders in a constructive dialogue to look for common grounds in finding a solution to reduce elderly poverty.

The “Public Policy Forum – Retirement Protection in Hong Kong: Rethinking an Age Old Controversy” to be held on November 10, 2014 (Monday) focuses on problem definition as an approach to identifying common grounds and thus opportunities for consensus building.  A problem is a formulation of the essence of an undesirable phenomenon that provides an anchor point for possible policy actions.  In rethinking the problem, the Faculty of Social Sciences has invited experts representing the wide spectrum of intellectual thinking and perspectives on the retirement protection issue in Hong Kong to join the Forum. They are Professor Nelson W.S. Chow, Mr Chua Hoi Wai, Professor Wong Hung, Professor Richard Y.C. Wong, Dr David Y.K. Wong, and Ms. Anna Wu. 

Date:      November 10, 2014 (Monday)

Part 1:      Press Briefing
Time:       3:00pm   
Venue:     Room 1110, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Speakers:

• Professor Christine M.S. Fang, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
• Professor Cecilia L.W. Chan, Head, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

• Professor Lam Wai-Fung, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

Part 2:     Public Policy Forum – Retirement Protection in Hong Kong: Rethinking an Age Old Controversy
Time:       4:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue:     Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact:
Miss Vanessa Sit, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU (Tel: 39171203 / 92678877; Email: vansit@hku.hk).
Ms. Melanie Wan, Communication and Public Affairs Office, HKU (Tel：28592600 Email: melwkwann@hku.hk).

Forum “The Umbrella Movement: Unfolding the Rule of Law”
The occupy movement has raised myraids of questions about the rule of law. In the forum, speakers will explore recent controversies about civil disobedience, the NPCSC decision of August 31, civil nomination and non-compliance with the court injunction. The presentations (in English) will be followed by an open discussion session.

Chair:
Professor Anselmo Reyes
Speakers:
Professor Albert Chen 陳弘毅 (on the NPCSC decision)
Professor Johannes Chan 陳文敏(on civic nomination)
Mr Eric Cheung 張達明 (on the injunction & rule of law)
Mr Ronny Tong SC 湯家驊 (on civil disobedience)
Professor Simon Young 楊艾文 (on prosecution policy)

Date: November 12, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Venue: Large Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Rachel Li at email: lirachel@hku.hk.

Talk on “Engaging Apparel as a Media to Care for the Needy”
The University of Hong Kong is hosting the Equal Opportunities Festival 2014 from November 5 to November 21, 2014 and a series of events will be held with the aim to enhance the awareness of equal opportunity issues among students and staff.

One of the events is a talk on “Engaging Apparel as a Media to Care for the Needy” to be delivered by Dr Frency Ng, Director of the Care Apparel Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, on November 13 (Thursday). In the talk, Dr. Ng will share her research related to care apparels for people with disabilities. All members of the public are welcome.

Dr Ng graduated with a Higher Diploma in Fashion & Clothing Technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and was awarded a Ph.D. from De Montfort University, UK, on the basis of research in the area of pressure garments. Dr Ng is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of Care Apparel Centre in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr Ng has published on topics of relevance to medical clothing, special clothing for the elderly and the disabled, and pressure garments for treatment of hypertrophic scars. She has initiated the efforts to create care apparels to suit the various needs of the elderly people and the people with disabilities, and set up the Care Apparel Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Date: November 13, 2014 (Thursday)
Time: 1 to 2pm
Venue: Lecture Room 07, G/F, Main Building, HKU

For more details of the Equal Opportunities Festival 2014, please visit the following website:  http://www.eounit.hku.hk/eofestival/2014/

For media enquire, please contact Ms Melanie Wan of the Communication and Public Affairs Office at 2859 2600 or email to melwkwan@hku.hk.

HKUL: Jorge Luis Borges - of Tigers and Labyrinths Book Exhibition
The Jorge Luis Borges - of Tigers and Labyrinths Book Exhibition will be held in the Special Collections area on the first floor of the Main Library, the University of Hong Kong. The exhibition will run from 10th November to 21st November 2014 (5:00pm)

In coordination with the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Hong Kong and Macau, the University of Hong Kong Libraries will exhibit a private collection of rare and first editions, photo books and book collections of the great Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.

Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina - died June 14 1986, Geneva, Switzerland), is by any account one of the greatest writers of  the Twentieth Century, standing alongside such immortal figures as James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Robert Musil, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Broch, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Fernando Pessoa, etc. 

Date: November 10 to 21, 2014
Venue: G/F & 1/F (Special Collections), Main Library, HKU

Media Contact:  Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903