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HKU weekly notice (from September 9 to September 17)

09 Sep 2011

 

The Road to 1911: A Visual History - Photo Exhibition and Guided Tours
The "1911" exhibition, a programme to mark the centenary of The University of Hong Kong, features an extraordinary selection of 86 photographs brought together for the first time from collections worldwide by Liu Heung Shing, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo-journalist. The photographs, which date from the 1860s to the early 1920s, provide an insight into the origins of modern China, in which Hong Kong played a key role. They illustrate the social conditions and attitudes of the era, the atmosphere inside the imperial court in the dying days of the Qing Dynasty, the lives of the mighty and the poor, and various events that helped shape the transition of China from the empire to the republican era.

Exhibition
Date: 30 August-4 October 2011
Venue: University Museum and Art Gallery, 90 Bonham Road, Hong Kong

Guided Tours
Date/ Time :
September 10 (Saturday), 11am-12noon.
September 24 (Saturday) and 2 October 2 (Sunday) , 2pm-3pm

Language : Cantonese

Quota : 20

No registration required. Please queue at the entrance of the Art Gallery 10 minutes before the tour. 

For media enquiries please contact Ms Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU, tel: 2219-4012 / 9123-0252, email: velentinam@hku.hk

World Suicide Prevention Day 2011:
Symposium and Global Launch Press Conference - First Time in Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates a global mortality rate of suicide of 16.0 per 100,000 population, or one death every 40 seconds. Suicide rates in the Western Pacific Region have been steadily rising in recent decades. As one of the metropolitan cities in this region, Hong Kong has recorded 943 suicide cases or 13.3 per 100,000 people in 2010 (Coroner's Court, 2011 data). In recent years there have been significant changes in the geographical and demographic distribution of suicides. Research and resources are still limited and require development. Significant community efforts will be required to prevent suicide on a large scale.

On World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), September 10, 2011, the theme "Preventing Suicide in Multicultural Societies" will focus on culture and diversity in communities, whilst encouraging the development and implementation of suicide intervention strategies. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP) and The University of Hong Kong are pleased to invite press members to attend the WSPD symposium and the associated press conference (see enclosed link). During the press conference, IASP President Dr Lanny Berman, together with CSRP Director, Professor Paul S. F. Yip, will announce the latest international and local findings on suicide and discuss practices of suicide prevention in this region and beyond.

Date: September 10, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: Symposium 9am to 4.30pm
Press Conference 5pm to 6 pm

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, William MW Mong Block, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

Enquiry: Miss Sophia Chak (Tel: 2831 5232)

World Suicide Prevention Day Programme Book Link:

Centenary Commemorative Stamps - Issuing Ceremony
Pop Up Shop and Posting Box
Limited editions for sale: Stamp Sheetlets / Prestige Stamp Booklets / Presentation Packs / Datestamped First Day Covers / Postcards

Date: September 15, 2011 (Thur)
Time: 9am - 4pm (Issuing Ceremony at 10am)
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building

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.

Project WATERMAN Public Lecture on "Fisheries Management and Red Tide Early Warning System for Hong Kong"  
Starting from April 2011, the Project WATERMAN has organised a series of public lectures at the Hong Kong Central Library, covering topics related to beach water quality forecast, 3D environmental impact assessment, and fisheries management and red tide forecast. The two lectures on "Real-time Beach Water Quality Forecast for Hong Kong" and "3D Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)" were successfully held on April 26 and May 31, 2011 respectively. The third upcoming lecture, titled "Fisheries Management and Red Tide Early Warning System for Hong Kong", will introduce the basic principles of the WATERMAN fisheries management and red tide early warning system, and how it benefits Hong Kong fisheries and environmental management.

Speaker:       Professor Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN
Language:    Cantonese (with simultaneous English translation)
Date:           September 15, 2011 (Thursday)
Time:           6:30 to 8pm
Venue:         Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Interested parties please register at the following link before September 12, 2011:
http://www.waterman.hku.hk/lectures/

Enquires: 2859-2663

Inter-faith Dialogue: "Religion and violence: seeing it as it is"
Among the many consequences 9/11 has left behind, renewed religious mistrust and violence might prove the most costly. As religion influences history in many ways - not least by shaping decision-makers' worldviews - the collision between different religious worldviews has certainly contributed to further violence and war. But, do religions have any basis on which violence can be justified? Does any religious scripture authorize, promote or incentivise violence? If so, on which basis, and under which circumstances?

The Hong Kong representatives of three monotheist religions come together in this event to discuss their religions' common grounds and differences in relation to violence.

Date: September 15, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. May Kwok, Centre of Buddhist Studies, HKU (Email: cbsinfo@hku.hk  / Tel: 2241 5078).

ONC Conference on Law Reform "Does Law Reform need Reforming in Hong Kong?"
The Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) and ONC Lawyers are collaborating to organise the conference, inviting eminent international experts, to explore and discuss issues surrounding Hong Kong's law reform process, in particular:

- How is HK's law reform mechanism serving us?
- Do we need any change to our law reform machinery?
- Are there any lessons we could learn from England and other Commonwealth countries?
- What should the Government do to make our law reform mechanism serve our social and economic developmental needs?

Date: 17 September 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, University of Hong Kong

Please email Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk  for registration.

The Centenary of China's 1911 Revolution: Paintings and Woodcut Prints by Fong So
Mr Fong So's series of paintings and woodcut prints on the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution is an artist's interpretation and reflection of the lifetime of Dr Sun Yat-sen and his legacy.  It is an attempt by the artist to explore, through a series of artworks, what China has been through over the past century and what the future holds for Chinese people.  Special emphasis is given to the unique role played by Hong Kong during this period.

Date: September 17 (Saturday)

Open for Public Viewing
Time: 1pm - 6pm
Venue: Main Library, HKU

MEET THE ARTIST! Guided Tour
Time: 2pm - 3pm
Venue: Main Library, HKU 

Master Class
Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Convocation Room, 2/F, Main Building, HKU

(*There will be an opportunity for participants to take part in the process of making woodcut prints.)

Registration: http://100.hku.hk/fongsoexhibition

Enquiries: Ms Brenda Lau (2219 4726 / bhwl@hku.hk )

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