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HKU weekly notice

02 Jun 2017

 

HKU to hold Long Service Awards Presentation Ceremony
to recognise about 300 staff members including two served for more than 45 years
The Long Service Awards Presentation Ceremony of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) for staff members will be held on June 6 (next Tuesday) in Loke Yew Hall. The President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson will officiate at the ceremony to present awards to staff members to thank them for their dedication, commitment and loyalty to the University.

This year, a total of about 300 staff members will be presented with the Long Service Awards, including two longest-serving colleagues who will be receiving the newly established 45-year award, while 10 colleagues receiving the 40-year award, 50 for the 35-year award, 128 for the 25-year award and 106 for the 15- year award.

Media members are cordially invited to cover the ceremony and interview two awardees, who have served the University for over 45 years, before the ceremony. Professor Lai Ching-lung, Simon K Y Lee Professor in Gastroenterology, Chair of Medicine & Hepatology of Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, and Mr Franky Lau Chi-hung, who has served more than ten Department Heads at the Department/ School of English, will share their life at HKU with media friends.

Details are as follows:
Interview awardees:
Date: June 6, 2017 (next Tuesday)
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

Awards Presentation Ceremony:
Date: June 6, 2017 (next Tuesday)
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

Media enquiries
Communications and Public Affairs Office Ms Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555/ 9022 7446; email: rhea.leung@hku.hk) or
Ms Julie Chu (Tel:(852) 2859 2437/ 9354 3898; email: juliechu@hku.hk)

HKUL Book Talk: Ch’ing Cash

Speakers: Dr Werner Burger
Moderator: Dr Florian Knothe
Date: 7 June 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Multi-purpose Zone, 3/F Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English

About the Speaker
Dr. Burger is a sinologist and world expert on Qing dynasty coins. He is German born, wrote his dissertation on Chinese numismatics at Munich University, and moved to Hong Kong some 50 years ago to do research and collect examples of minted coins from the Qing dynasty.

About the Book
Ch’ing Cash is his second large publication on Qing coins that lists complete production registers for all the existing mints, analyses the annual output of coins, and, thereby, measures the economic strength of the empire.

HKUL Website: http://lib.hku.hk/
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Media Contact: Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903

Exhibition: Sociology Capstone – Innovative. Integrative. Experiential.
Discover how our undergraduate capstone experience produces research that transforms both society and our students. This unique exhibition showcases our students’ work, and HKU Sociology’s vision for it’s undergraduate capstone programme.

HKU Sociology believes that Capstone should be something more than a ‘research project’ or ‘thesis’… we have designed our course to be distinctive, to encourage maximum creativity and innovation, and to push students to define and implement their own unique learning experience.

This exhibition presents outstanding examples of student work, interactive displays, and videos, and introduces our aspirations for the continued growth of our Capstone experience.

Date: 05/06/2017 to 30/06/2017
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:45
Venue: MC³@702 Creative Space, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

For further information, please visit:
https://sociology.hku.hk/events/sociology-capstone-exhibition-summer-2017/

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Executive Assistant Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2309.

The Stephen Hui Geological Museum to present the largest exhibition on private mineral collections in Hong Kong

Period:  Now till August 31, 2017

This exhibition will showcase over 200 precious minerals from 18 collectors from Hong Kong homes. Highlights are the infinite variety of minerals on display including one of the best gemmy single crystals of Tanzanite from Merelani Mine, a very rare large gem quality Aquamarine on Albite with large fluid inclusions from Balochi, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and a 18 cm large gemmy Rhodochrosite on Quartz from the famous Sweet Home Mine in Colorado, U.S.A.. The mineral display cabinet of the late Dr Stephen Hui Sze-fun with a selection from his private collection is also included.

Details of the Exhibition:
Venue:  1/F, Stephen Hui Geological Museum, James Hsioung Lee Science Building, Main Campus, the University of Hong Kong
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays, University and Public Holidays
Free Admission

Special Weekend Openings from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on:
June 10/11, 2017
July 15/16, 2017
August 12/13, 2017

General Enquiries:
Tel: (852) 22415472  / Email: shmuseum@hku.hk

Media Enquiries:
HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555/ 9022 7446; Email: rhea.leung@hku.hk)

UMAG exhibitions
Illustrious Illuminations II: Armenian and Georgian Christian Manuscripts from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century --- Exquisite manuscripts from the Caucasus

Period: Now till June 11 2017 (Sunday)

Armenian illustrated manuscripts are some of the most lavishly decorated codices of the Christian churches from the Middle East. The Gospels are paramount among these, primarily because of the Armenian community’s respect for the sacred texts, revering them in the same way that Greek and Russian Christians regard holy icons. Such texts were carried into war by Armenian rulers and individual copies of the Gospels were often given sacred names and believed to hold miraculous powers.

Few Armenian manuscripts predate the Middle Ages. Individual examples of manuscripts from the seventh century are among the earliest known. Since the eighth century, Arab domination within Armenia largely suppressed Christian artistic expression, and no work is known prior to the end of the Caliphate in the mid-ninth century. Although a few manuscripts survive from the later ninth and tenth centuries, extant Armenian illustrated manuscripts are not common until the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Examples from these early periods begin the exhibition’s chronological display, introducing the tradition of teaching the Gospel through both word and image. The show is then complemented by a set of Georgian Gospel leaves illustrating the Evangelists.

The UMAG is grateful to Robert McCarthy for his generosity in sharing these many fine works with the general public.

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

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