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HKU weekly notice

06 Oct 2017

 

Launching Ceremony of Bachelor of Finance in Asset Management and Private Banking
The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong will hold a Launching Ceremony of Bachelor of Finance in Asset Management and Private Banking Programme on October 10, 2017 (Tuesday).

Newly launched in the academic year 2017 – 18, the undergraduate degree programme is the first of its kind in Asia that focuses on Asset Management and Private Banking. The market- and career-oriented curriculum provides students with the latest and practical knowledge of the financial services industry, and equips them with skills vital for a successful career in the rapidly growing AMPB profession.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the Launching Ceremony. Details are as follows:

Date:           October 10, 2017 (Tuesday)
Time:           6:20 pm (Media registration - 6:00 pm)
Venue:         Convocation Room, 2/F, Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Officiating guests are:

• Mr Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, The Government of Hong Kong SAR
• Ms. Amy Lo, Chairman, Executive Committee of Private Wealth Management Association
• Professor Ian Holliday, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), HKU
• Professor Hongbin Cai, Dean of Business and Economics, HKU
• Professor Anna Wong, BFin(AMPB) Programme Coordinator, Professor of Practice in Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, HKU

For RSVP and/or media enquiries, please contact:

Helen Wong
Assistant Director
Communications and External Relations
HKU Faculty of Business and Economics
Tel: +852 6199 6988 / +852 3917 4311
Email: hgewong@hku.hk

Anita Handayani
Manager (Corporate Communications)
Communications and External Relations
HKU Faculty of Business and Economics
Tel: +852 3917 4488
Email: anitah@hku.hk

Belt & Road Lecture by the Faculty of Education, HKU “American Vision and Chinese Mission: Will President Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Create a ‘Pacific’ New World Order?”
Chinese culture and Confucian philosophy inspired the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.  They envisioned that the new republic would keep “honest friendship with all nations and entangling alliances with none”.  Over the years, this founding vision has gradually changed. China has seemingly adopted the American vision as its mission in the world.  With the BRI, China intends to rejuvenate its Confucian culture and the commercial glory of ancient Silk Road civilisation.

Being sponsored by the University Grants Committee Funding Scheme for Theme-based Public Lectures, the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) presents the Belt & Road Lecture entitled “American Vision and Chinese Mission: Will President Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Create a ‘Pacific’ New World Order?” to be delivered by Professor Patrick Mendis, Associate-in-Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, USA.

In the Lecture, Professor Mendis will explore the less-known Confucian influence on the enduring American foundation for a deeper understanding of the evolving Sino-American relationship and its challenges for Hong Kong and the world.

Members of the media are welcome to cover the event and the schedule is as follows:

Date: October 11, 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, P4, Graduate House, HKU
Language: English

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel.: 3917 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).

UMAG exhibitions
1. Fibres of Life: IKAT Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago Following the footsteps of a vanishing craft

Period: Now till November 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Looking at Peter Ten Hoopen’s Pusaka Collection from a scholarly point of view, it is worth acknowledging how it illustrates the concept of ‘unity in diversity’, which the young state of Indonesia chose as its motto upon independence. Here, the interwoven-ness of styles from its islands matter, as do their marked individuality and idiosyncrasies. Moreover, it allows for the study not just of the people’s finery, but also of their daily attire, which is lamentably absent in most collections.

An ironic illustration of the effect of this collecting method comes from Ili Mandiri on Flores. As its dark red bridewealth sarongs have been prized and venerated by the local population, this is what most sophisticated collections have aimed to obtain. The simple but lovely indigo sarongs for everyday use have been almost entirely ignored by collectors. Hence they nearly always end up worn to shreds and very few survive — rarer now than the precious and respected, hence eagerly collected, bridewealth sarongs.

What knowledge is conserved about ikat textiles and their use in the Indonesian archipelago consists primarily of the records of missionary and scientific fieldwork, predominantly compiled by non-Indonesians. The coverage is thin— many weaving regions are covered by only one or two sources, and several regions have never been studied in any detail. Much traditional knowledge is being lost, especially in the more remote island regions in the Indonesian archipelago, which require concerted effort if any trace of their culture is to survive.

Venue: 1/F T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Hong Kong by Guo Zhiquan: Cityscapes in Ink

Period: Now till November 12, 2017 (Sunday)

Born in Leshan (Sichuan Province, China) in 1942, Guo graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and has exhibited widely in China. This is his first solo show in Hong Kong. Guo is a member of the Henan Artists Association, the Chinese Academy of Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy, and he is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, as well as the East & West Artists Association. He worked as the Dean of the Fine Arts Department of Luoyang University in 1986, where he specialised in landscape paintings, as well as bird-and-flower work and art criticism.

Guo is regularly the subject matter of art critics. For example, in 1993 Muxun LU, a renowned Chinese contemporary theorist, wrote an article titled ‘Boundless World Shaped by the Soul of Mountains and Rivers’, engaging with the artist’s exemplary landscape paintings. Subsequently, Guo exhibited at the National Art Museum of China and Tsinghua University, among other more academic institutions, and his work has been reviewed and praised by many established critics.

Venue: 2/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 Communications Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk
UMAG Programme Assistant Miss Chelsea Choi, Tel: (852) 2241 5509, Email: cchelsea@hku.hk