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HKU weekly notice (from December 10 to December 17)

10 Dec 2010

 

HKU Faculty of Education Graduation Ceremony 2010
The Faculty of Education will hold its graduation ceremony on December 13, 2010 (Monday). Mr. Lester G. Huang, JP, Partner of P.C. Woo & Co. will be the guest of honour, while Professor Roland Chin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of HKU, will preside over the Ceremony. The Faculty has a total of 345 higher degree graduands, 170 undergraduands and 336 graduands of Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Studies and Postgraduate Diploma in Education this year.  One award, eleven prizes and four scholarships will also be presented to outstanding students on the occasion. 

Date: December 13, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 10:30am
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

For further enquiries, please contact Ms. Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / mobile: 9220 5840 / fax: 2540 6360 / email: qlpwong@hku.hk)

William Mong Distinguished Lecture: Internet-Scale Data Distribution: Some Research Problems
The increasing growth of the Internet, the Web and mobile environments have had a push-pull effect. On the one hand, these developments have increased the variety and scale of distributed applications. The data management requirements of these applications are considerably different from those applications for which most of the existing distributed data management technology was developed. On the other hand, they represent significant changes in the underlying technologies on which these systems are built. There has been considerable attention to this issue in the last decade and there is important progress on a number of fronts. However, there are remaining issues that require attention. In this talk, Professor Özsu will review some of the developments, some areas in which there has been progress, and highlight some of the issues that still require attention.

Speaker:  Professor M. Tamer Özsu, Professor of Computer Science and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo
Date: December 13, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 5pm - 6:15pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre A, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please contact HKU Faculty of Engineering by email at enggfac@hkucc.hku.hk or by phone at 2859 2803.

HKU Graduate School Award Presentation Ceremony
A total of 53 research postgraduate students of various disciplines will receive awards on December 14, 2010 (Tuesday) at the Award Presentation Ceremony of the Graduate School of HKU. The award recipients include six students for the Li Ka Shing Prize (2008-2009), 10 students for the Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student (2008-2009), and 37 students for the University Postgraduate Fellowships (2010-2011). Awardees who have received external prizes, such as the Croucher Foundation Fellowships/Research Studentships, Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Scholarships, Fulbright Hong Kong Junior Scholar Awards, HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund, and Hong Kong PhD Fellowships are also invited to attend the ceremony.

Date:       December 14, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time:     4:00pm
Venue:    Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

Officiating Guests:

• Professor Paul Tam, HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vice-President (Research) and Dean of Graduate School
• Mr Andrew Lee, Member of Board of Directors of The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Educational Development and Research
• Professor Nirmala Rao, HKU Associate Dean of Graduate School

For details of the event, please contact Ms Anna Wong of Graduate School, HKU (tel: 2517 6382; email: annaw@hkucc.hku.hk)

An Analysis of the phenomenon of Judicial Politicization in China: The Example of the Institution of Complaint Letters and Visits
Professor Xia Lian of Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University will cite the example of the institution of complaint letters and visits to analysis how the judicial system in the Mainland has been used to resolve political issues. The experience in Latin America and other countries in the last century will also be discussed.

Date: December 14, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Language: Putonghua

For enquiries, please contact Cecilia Man by email at cman@hku.hk

HKU and Peking University to sign MOU on joint Law double master's degree
The University of Hong Kong and the Peking University will sign an agreement to collaborate on a double master's programme in Law in 2011. Juris Master (JM) and Master of Laws (LLM) students at Peking University can study LLM and Master of Common Law at HKU, and vice versa. The Peking University delegation will be led by Executive Vice President and Provost Professor Lin Jianhua, joined by Dean of Law School Professor Zhang Shouwen and other law professors. HKU Vice-Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui will represent the University in the ceremony, with the presence of HKU Dean of Law Professor Johannes Chan and others.

Date: December 15, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 - 11:30am
Venue: 15/F KK Leung Bldg HKU
Language: Putonghua

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Rachel Li (Tel: 2859 2919 / Email: lirachel@hku.hk)

The University of Hong Kong Centenary Celebrations
2011 marks the 100^th anniversary of the University of Hong Kong and a series of exciting celebration activities have been planned for both the University community and members of the public. A briefing for the media will be held on December 15, 2010 (Wednesday), at which HKU Vice-Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, and Professor S P Chow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (University Relations), will outline the historical meaning of the centenary celebrations and introduce the centenary events calendar.

Commemorative group photo
Professor Lap-Chee Tsui and Professor S P Chow, together with staff and students, will take group photo with a 2.4m tall scale-model of the HKU 100 Logo.

Date: December 15, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:00pm - 1:20pm
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Steps, Sun Yat-sen Place, HKU

Media briefing

Date: December 15, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Venue: Room 218, Convocation Room, Main Building, HKU

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 (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk

Economic and Social Rights: The Role of Courts in China
Compared to the average lower-middle income country, China has done relatively well on most social and economic indicators. Chinese courts however have generally played a limited, and rather ineffectual, role in implementing economic and social rights (ESR). The UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has strongly urged China to make greater use of the courts in implementing ESR. In this lecture, Professor Randall Peerenboom, Professor of Law, La Trobe University will consider what the role of the courts could and should be in implementing ESR in China.

Date: December 15, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Venue: Council Chamber, 8/F ., Meng Wah Complex, HKU

For enquiries, please contact Cecilia Man by email at cman@hku.hk

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