Media

HKU weekly notice (from November 7 to 14, 2015)

06 Nov 2015

 

HKU to hold Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold an Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions on November 7, 2015 (Tomorrow). The Information Day aims to introduce HKU’s academic programmes and curriculum, campus facilities and student activities to members of the public, in particular secondary school students, teachers and parents. Information booths will be set up by the faculties and talks will be held on the wide variety of academic programmes offered. Teaching and learning facilities and halls of residents will be open to the public for a glimpse of HKU’s campus life.

Admissions Talks
JUPAS Admissions
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Venue: Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, LG/F, Centennial Campus
Non-JUPAS Admissions
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, LG/F, Centennial Campus

For detailed arrangements, please visit：http://www.infoday.hku.hk/.

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk; 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 Social Work and Social Administration to hold Palliative Social Work Satellite Symposium 2015
The Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong will hold the Palliative Social Work Satellite Symposium 2015 on November 10, 2015 (Tuesday).

With the theme “Harmony in Diversity: Special Foci in Palliative Social Work”, the half-day program covers topics related to the current situation of palliative care services in Hong Kong and Singapore, special care for couples facing palliative care and the latest local researches, as well as applications of arts-based activities in bereavement counselling, and experience sharing by frontline palliative social workers.

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the event with details as below:
Date: November 10, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm (Registration starts at 8:30am)
Venue: Auditorium, 1/F, the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Guests of Honour:
Professor Terry Lum (Head of Department, Henry G Leong Professor in Social Work and Social Administration, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU)

Symposium Programme:
Session 1: Quality Care to Special Losses
- Bridging the gap: How Palliative Social Work Contribute to Healthcare Services
- Learning from Diversity: Hospice and Palliative Care in Singapore and Hong Kong
- March together: Couples Coping with Cancer in Palliative Care Settings

Session 2: Creative Mindsets in End-of-Life Care
- Art of Healing: Use of Expressive Arts for Bereaved People
- Crying in Secret: Dealing with Disenfranchised Grief
- The Social Work Practice of Palliative Care: A Frontline Perspective

For more details, please contact Ms. Amy Choi (Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU; Tel: 2831 5163; email: amychoi@hku.hk), or Mr. Johnny Chan (Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU; Tel: 2831 5158; email: chankcj@hku.hk).

HKUL Book Talk - Diamond Hill
The first book ever on Diamond Hill presents the early days of the author’s humble upbringing shaped by a now-extinct community, and an account of life in general in Hong Kong in the 60s. Although autobiographic, most of the events revolved around the author and did not necessarily involve him. Diamond Hill was a place where people were poor but life was rich. The story is told not in chronological order but divided into chapters such as: neighbors and neighborhood, bus shops, schools, food we ate, games we played, and thugs and gangsters. Feng chi-shun’s sharp recollections of his childhood contain warmth, humor, and an abundance of insights into a low-income neighborhood that no longer exists.

About the author:
Feng, Chi-shun grew up in Hong Kong. His formative years were spent in Diamond Hill, a squatter village at the fringe of Kowloon. He went to La Salle College followed by medical school at HKU. He went to the US for specialist training in Pathology, and returned to Hong Kong 13 years later to work for the Department of Health, and later for St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr Feng is now retired, and spends his time writing newspaper columns and books.

Speaker:  Dr Feng Chi-Shun
Date: November 12, 2015 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 to 8:00pm
Venue:   Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language:  English
Registration: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2015_06.html

For enquiries, please contact Ms Marina S.T. Yeung, Public Relations and Development Assistant (Tel: +852 28598903 | Email: marinayeung@hku.hk)

Like.Follow.Comment.Repeat :A Mixed Media Exhibition
Like.Follow.Comment.Repeat is an art project that investigates how we present ourselves online, as well as, our online behaviors nowadays. Fundamentally, it takes images (profile pictures) and text (status) posted by the social media users as a starting point as a raw material, then develop into a series of mixed media works with usually found objects or merchandise from charity shops. Through these images and texts, it is not difficult to see collective behaviors, our influences by the mass culture, and the interconnectedness in modern society.

Artist bio:
Ko Lap Hang’s early works focus on using computer and electronic components to create installations, which has been publically shown in Brazil, Denmark, Hong Kong, Iceland, and United Kingdom. Lap Hang was granted a scholarship in 2008 from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his MA Visual Arts (Digital Art). The subject matter of his recent works focus on the critical view of social phenomenon, such as consumerism, self-consciousness, digital technology and Internet addictions etc.

Exhibition Opening Hour
Date: November 5 to December 15, 2015
Venue: MC³@702 Creative Space, 7/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Time: 10:30am – 6:00pm, Mondays to Fridays
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

More information about MC³@702 Creative Space:
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/HkuMccc
Website: http://www.sociodep.hku.hk/mccc.html

For further enquiries, please contact Miss Connie Ko: (852) 3917 2309
Email: socimccc@hku.hk

UMAG exhibitions
1. “Mexican Big Bang” Famous abstract painter Roberto Turnbull
to exhibit first time in East Asia
Period: September 9 (Wednesday) to November 29, 2015 (Sunday)

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), in collaboration with the Mexican painter Roberto Turnbull and with the support of the Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao, presents the “Mexican Big Bang: Paintings by Roberto Turnbull” exhibition from September 9 to November 29, 2015. The exhibition is a selection of 26 remarkable artworks to introduce the work of the famous abstract painter for the first time in East Asia, displaying the painterly and architectural styles and themes that influenced his works.

Painter, sculptor and engraver Roberto Turnbull was born in Mexico in 1959, and his work has been internationally shown and collected since 1983. His paintings are often collages that contain sketches—figurative and abstract in style. Half factual document, half utopia, sometimes a dream or nightmare, many of Turnbull’s depictions are characterized by warm and bright colours and geometric forms that relate his two-dimensional work to three-dimensional sculpture and architecture.

2. “Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912-1946)”
to display unique, historical documents of China’s past
Period: September 4 (Friday) to November 15, 2015 (Sunday)

“Mountains Ablaze: The Republic and the Sino-Japanese War (1912–1946)” is an exhibition detailing the history of China during the first half of the twentieth century from September 4 to November 15, 2015. Chinese history is world history --- the rich and wide-ranging selection of original archival documents such as manuscripts, letters, calligraphy and paintings that are rarely seen before will be on displayed to demonstrate not only the strength of its people but also that international connections, and public and diplomatic relations, are inseparable from China’s political and social developments.

This second sequence follows the first Mountains Ablaze exhibition: “Foreign Devils” and Chinese Patriots (1839–1911)’, which focused on the late Qing dynasty and Late Imperial China. Connected with the rise of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the present edition concentrates on the enormous efforts that went into building a republic and the foreign contact that influenced the politics of the day and China’s reception for years to come.

UMAG Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk

Admission: Free
Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk
Connect with UMAG on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umag.hku
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UMAG_HKU
Weibo: http://www.weibo.com/5411839295/profile?topnav=1&wvr=6

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk.