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The opening ceremony of SSI will be held at 11am tomorrow (July 27) at the Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU. Officiating at the ceremony will be Mr Yip Chee-kuen, Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Professor John Malpas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU, and Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Science.
SSI has now come to its fifth year. Through plenary lectures, specialist demonstrations, hands-on science workshops, and scientific projects on a variety of integrated science topics, students can learn about everyday science in an interactive and creative way and are given an opportunity to interact with University teachers and students.
In addition to enhancing students' science knowledge, the programme also provides students with an early experience of university life through recreational activities and accommodation at HKU's residential hall.
This year, SSI features three lectures by distinguished scholars under the theme "Energy: Past, Present and Future".
Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the opening ceremony and the public lectures. Details are as below:
The opening ceremony:
Date: July 27, 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 11:00am
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU
Officiating guests: Mr Yip Chee-kuen, Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Professor John Malpas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU, and Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Science
Lectures:
"Sources of Energy in the Universe"
Speaker: Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of Science, Chair Professor of Physics, The University of Hong Kong
Date: July 27, 2006
Time: 2 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
"Energies Around Us"
Speaker: Dr Vaclav Smil, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, Canada
Date: July 28, 2006
Time: 9.15 am
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
"Transition from Fossil Fuel Based Energy to Renewable Energy"
Speaker: Dr Michael K H Leung, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Date: July 29, 2006
Time: 9:15 am
Venue: LE1, Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, Library Extension (New Wing), HKU
For further enquiries, please contact Miss Brenda Yeung at HKU's Faculty of Science at 2241 5286, Ms Cherry Cheung at HKU's Senior Press Officer of External Relations Office or the Faculty of Science Office at 2859 2683. For further details of the Summer Science Institute, please go to http://www.ssi.hk.
HKU's Faculty of Science to organise summer programme for secondary school students
26 Jul 2006
Over 140 upper-form science students from 73 local and overseas secondary schools will join the 5-day Summer Science Institute (SSI), organized by the Faculty of Science of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) from tomorrow (July 27) to 31, 2006.
The opening ceremony of SSI will be held at 11am tomorrow (July 27) at the Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU. Officiating at the ceremony will be Mr Yip Chee-kuen, Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Professor John Malpas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU, and Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Science.
SSI has now come to its fifth year. Through plenary lectures, specialist demonstrations, hands-on science workshops, and scientific projects on a variety of integrated science topics, students can learn about everyday science in an interactive and creative way and are given an opportunity to interact with University teachers and students.
In addition to enhancing students' science knowledge, the programme also provides students with an early experience of university life through recreational activities and accommodation at HKU's residential hall.
This year, SSI features three lectures by distinguished scholars under the theme "Energy: Past, Present and Future".
Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the opening ceremony and the public lectures. Details are as below:
The opening ceremony:
Date: July 27, 2006 (Thursday)
Time: 11:00am
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU
Officiating guests: Mr Yip Chee-kuen, Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Professor John Malpas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU, and Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Science
Lectures:
"Sources of Energy in the Universe"
Speaker: Professor Sun Kwok, Dean of Science, Chair Professor of Physics, The University of Hong Kong
Date: July 27, 2006
Time: 2 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
"Energies Around Us"
Speaker: Dr Vaclav Smil, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, Canada
Date: July 28, 2006
Time: 9.15 am
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
"Transition from Fossil Fuel Based Energy to Renewable Energy"
Speaker: Dr Michael K H Leung, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Date: July 29, 2006
Time: 9:15 am
Venue: LE1, Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, Library Extension (New Wing), HKU
For further enquiries, please contact Miss Brenda Yeung at HKU's Faculty of Science at 2241 5286, Ms Cherry Cheung at HKU's Senior Press Officer of External Relations Office or the Faculty of Science Office at 2859 2683. For further details of the Summer Science Institute, please go to http://www.ssi.hk.
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