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HKU weekly notice

23 Mar 2018

 

HKU to hold Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2017
to honour outstanding staff members
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold the HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2017 for academic and administrative staff members on March 26 (Monday).

The annual event is held to honour outstanding academics for their exceptional contributions in teaching and learning and in research, and to recognise staff members’ contributions to knowledge exchange with society. A new Professional Services Award has been introduced this year to honour those who have outstanding performance in professional services.

HKU Acting President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul K H Tam will officiate at the ceremony. Pro-Chancellor Dr the Honourable Sir David Li Kwok Po will be the Guest of Honour.

Eight categories of awards will be presented at the ceremony. They are the Outstanding Teaching Award, Early Career Teaching Award, Teaching Innovation Award, Outstanding Researcher Award, Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award, Knowledge Exchange Excellence Award and the inaugural Professional Services Award.

Date: March 26, 2018 (Monday)
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

For further information, please visit: http://www.hku.hk/award/.

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.

First public display of historical photos on Hong Kong's major infrastructure projects between 1972 to 1988
Historical photos taken between 1972 and 1988 by Heather Coulson, a leading construction and architectural photographer, about Hong Kong’s major infrastructure projects including the Cross Harbour Tunnel, Mass Transit Railway, Castle Peak Power Station, Plover Cove Water Reservoir, will be on display for the first time at the City Gallery from March 24 to May 16, 2018.

Exhibition: Infrastructure Imagination: Hong Kong City Futures, 1972-1988 is organised by the Division of Landscape Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) based on photographs drawn from the Heather Coulson Photograph Collection, generously donated to the HKU Libraries by Heather Coulson.

The exhibition is divided into four sections: 1) Mass Transit Railway, 2) Highways and Tunnels, 3) Electricity Networks, and 4) Water Works. Each section consists of displays of large-format photographs as well as scaled drawings that illustrate the physical configurations of selected projects. These are supplemented with video footage and archival records that document the construction boom in Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s.

Exhibition: Infrastructure Imagination: Hong Kong City Futures, 1972-1988
Period: March 24 to May 16, 2018
Venue: City Gallery
10am - 6pm Daily (closed on Tuesdays, except May 1)

Public symposium
A half-day symposium in which several engineers and architects involved with infrastructure construction in Hong Kong will reflect on their experiences and share insights with the audience.
Date: March 24, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 10 am to 1pm
Venue: City Gallery

Community workshop
A public forum in which members of the community are invited to discuss their memories of urban change and aspirations for the urban future.
Date: April 7, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
Venue: City Gallery

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Melanie Wan (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) Tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

UMAG exhibitions
From Two Arises Three: The Collaborative Works of Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney
A visual duet of traditional ink painting and photography

Period: Now till May 6, 2018 (Sunday)

Since 2009, Chang and Cherney have experimented with merging traditional ink with photography in a manner that remains true to the essence of traditional Chinese landscapes, while simultaneously bringing both media into the 21st century. At the edges where two worlds meet, where film grain and ink dots come together, the artists are able to look beyond specific cultures, definitions, borders and geographies.

The full range of traditional formats is represented in the exhibition—hanging scrolls, handscrolls, albums, individual prints and fans—while the collaborative pieces display a highly contemporary feel. By also presenting several individual works from each artist, a clearer understanding is gained of the journey that each artist has taken to their collaborative works.

Venue: 1/F & 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 Senior Communications Officer Ms Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk
UMAG Programme Assistant Miss Chelsea Choi, Tel: (852) 2241 5509, Email: cchelsea@hku.hk