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HKU weekly notice (from April 21 to April 29)

21 Apr 2011

 

HKU Project WATERMAN lecture "Real-time Beach Water Quality Forecast for Hong Kong"
The Project WATERMAN will organise a series of public lectures at the Hong Kong Central Library during April to September 2011.  The lectures will cover topics in related to beach water quality forecast, 3D environmental impact assessment, and fisheries management and red tide forecast. The first lecture titled "Real-time Beach Water Quality Forecast for Hong Kong" will be given by Prof. Joseph Hun-wei Lee, the Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN.  The lLecture will introduce the basic principles of the WATERMAN beach water quality forecast system and how it benefits citizens and beach goers.  Ms. Anissa Sean-Yee Wong, JP, Permanent Secretary for the Environment / Director of Environmental Protection of HKSAR Government, and Ms. Florine Tang, Executive Manager, Charities, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be the Guests of Honour.

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the event.

Speaker: Prof. Joseph Hun-wei Lee
Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN of HKU
Vice-President for Research & Graduate Studies, HKUST
Date: April 26, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library,
66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese (with simultaneous English translation)

For programme enquires, please contact Miss Hung at 2859-2663. For media enquiries, please contact Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 / email: pychoy@hku.hk

HKU Conference "Recognition and the Politics of Identity and Inclusion in the 21st Century"
The two-day conference is part of HKU's Emerging Strategic Research Theme on Diversity Studies and seeks to explore the changing dimensions of the politics of identity and inclusion and their implications for governance and the protection of minority communities in plural societies.

Keynote Speech:
Ms. Gay J. McDougall, United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues
The Right to Be Me: Equality Wars on the Ground

Panel Topics:
- Religion and the State: Fissured Discourses on Secularism, Accommodation and Tolerance
- Inclusion and Recognition: A Rights-Oriented Approach
- Legal Pluralism and Cultural Diversity
- Unraveling Prejudice: The Rights of Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Addressing Marginalisation and Inequality
- Diversity and Inclusion in Education
- National, Multiple and Fluid Identities: The New Politics of Identity and Recognition
- Citizenship and Belonging in Diverse Societies
- Investing in the Future: Towards Inclusive Societies

For the full conference programme, please visit: http://www.law.hku.hk/diversity/?page_id=17.

Date and time:
April 28, 2011 (Thursday), 8:15 am - 6:30 pm
April 29, 2011 (Friday) 9:00 am - 6:15 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

Please register online at www.law.hku.hk/diversity/ to reserve a place.    

For enquiries, please email Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk

Workshop on China's Changing Regional Development: Trends, Strategies and Challenges in the 12th Five Year Plan Period
As the 12th Five Year Plan is being drawn, it is imperative to examine China's changing pattern in regional development as it is expediting economic transformation and integrating further with the global economy. The conference aims to understand the changing strategies and patterns of China's regional development and explore the trends that are becoming increasingly prominent in its 12th Five Year Plan Period (2011-2015).  Key issues to address include:

(a) the governance of economic and regional development in China's major economic regions,
(b) the rapid development of infrastructure and its relations with urban and regional development,
(c) the growth of key economic sectors such as the producer services, and
(d) the policy rationale behind readjustments in China's spatial and regional development strategy and its relationship with national development planning.

Organizers:
Dept. of Politics and Public Administration, HKU
Dept. of Geography, HKU
Date: April 29, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 9am to 6pm
Venue: Council Chamber, 8/F., Meng Wah Complex, HKU
Language: Putonghua

For enquiries, please contact L F Chan by email at chanlf@hkucc.hku.hk

HKU weekly notice is sent to its subscribers on Friday afternoons. If you want to receive the event highlights, please regieter with Ms Helen Ho by email at hmsho@hku.hk.