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HKU weekly notice (from March 11 to March 18)

11 Mar 2011

 

HKU "Service 100" KickoffOver 500 primary school students invited to experience a day's campus life
Over 500 primary school students will experience a day's university life at HKU tomorrow (March 12) to celebrate the University's Centenary with students, staff and alumni. The students, coming from Primary Four to Six and various background including grassroots and ethnic minorities, will spend a day taking part in activities led by HKU student and alumni volunteers. They will attend a mini High Table at Loke Yew Hall, listening to a lecture by HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Roland Chin entitled "History of Internet". They will also be taken on a campus tour, visiting the Stephen Hui Geological Museum, and join discussions and activities in tutorials led by HKU volunteers.

Date: March 12, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 11:45am to 12:30pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

For more details about the event, please visit: http://www.cpao.hku.hk/media/110312.doc

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy, tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Melanie Wan tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk

An Evening of Poetry in Hong Kong: Presenting Kit Fan, Winner of the International HKU Poetry Prize 2010
 The HKU School of English is pleased to announce that Kit Fan has been selected as the winner of the 2010 HKU Poetry Prize for his manuscript "Paper Scissors Stone". The Prize Presentation will take place on March 15, 2011, at HKU, in a ceremony organized in conjunction with The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011. Kit Fan will be joined by renowned poets Louise Ho and Leung Ping-kwan for an evening of conversations and poetry readings. Born and educated in Hong Kong, Kit Fan now lives in York. His poems are widely published in UK literary magazines such as "Poetry Review", "Poetry London", "Poetry Wales", and "The London Magazine" and he won a "Times" Stephen Spender Prize for Translation in 2006. Kit Fan's book of poems, "Paper Scissors Stone", will be released in March 2011.

The event is co-organized by the School of English and the Faculty of Arts, and is supported by the Hong Kong University Press, HKU Culture & Humanities Fund and The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011.

Date: March 15, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Fung Ping Shan Art Gallery, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

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

For enquiries, please contact Phyllis Mak by email at kpmak@hku.hk or by phone at 2859 8048

Pearl for the World project - The Third Stage Exhibition and Public Talk
The third phase of the project is themed "100-year sustainable development plan for HKSAR". Visitors are invited to a miniature tour on maps outlining the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), and the Central HK Harbour Front Region, connected by a proposed shuttle Automated People Mover (APM) train tunnel to be constructed under the harbour. Exhibits include models on the proposed underground multi-functional HUBS development of WKCD and the Central HK Harbour Front Region, and a APM train tunnel, proposed in line with the APM train used inside the HK International Airport. A physical model of the city centre of HKSAR, and selected graphics and images, developed in line with the theme of the project will also be exhibited.

Pearl for the World project brings forward a generic sustainable development framework for the entire HKSAR for the coming 50 years and beyond. The project particularly addresses Hong Kong's ever increasing population which is predicted to reach 9 million by 2040 as advised by the government. 

Members of the press are cordially invited to a press conference for a preview of the exhibits. Professor K P Cheung, Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture and principal investigator of the project, will give a briefing on the blueprint, to be followed by a tour of the exhibits and a public talk.

Date: March 16, 2011 (Wednesday)

Exhibition and briefing
Time:  11 am, open to public till 6 pm
Venue: The Student Square, in front of the Main Library, Pokfulam Road, HKU.

Talk
Time: 1 pm to 2 pm
Venue: Room LE3, Library Extension 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. 

Centenary Distinguished Lecture "The Protein Universe and Daily Life" by Professor Kurt Wüthrich, Recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002
The determination of the human genome and the genomes of a large number of other species carry great promise with regard to improving the quality of life worldwide. New advances are expected in many different fields, including agriculture, nutrition and healthcare. However, realization of these advances will have to be based on detailed knowledge of the proteome and other gene products of the organisms of interest, in addition to the genomic DNA sequences. Professor Wüthrich's research team is specialized in the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for studies of the molecular structure of proteins, which is a well-established basis for rational, structure-based drug design. Currently we use NMR alongside with protein crystal structure determination in the recently developed field of structural genomics. This lecture will present strategic aspects and selected results of the exploration of the protein universe with these techniques.

Moderator:
Dr Sarah Liao Sau-tung, Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor on Environmental and Sustainability Matters, HKU
Panelists:
- Professor Lee Hon-cheung, Chair Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, HKU
- Mr Lo Yuk-lam, Vice President, Sinovac Biotech Company Limited
- Professor Sun Hong-zhe, Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKU

Date: March 18, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English

For further information, please visit: http://www.scifac.hku.hk/event/lec/ProfWuthrich/

For enquiries, please contact Faculty of Science by email at science@hku.hk

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