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HKU weekly notice (from April 6 to April 14, 2012)

05 Apr 2012

 

CADENZA community project AIMS-Active Interest Mentorship Scheme Promoting quality of life after retirement
In Hong Kong about 60 000 working adults enters retirement every year. Due to the baby boomer effect, the retirement rate will peak in 2018, with up to 300 000 people leaving their work position within a few years. Retirement is a completely new page in life, and successful adjustment to retirement is a critical first step for quality aging. Therefore adjustment and preparation to retirement is both a personal, familial and social issue.

In response to the big challenge, The University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Christian Service jointly launched a two year project, CANDEZA Community Project - Active Interest Mentorship Scheme (AIMS) with the sponsorship of Jockey Club Charities Trust from 2011. Using active interest as a positive entry point and making use of successfully retired people as mentors, AIMS assists the soon-to-retire people making active actions preparing for their imminent retirement.

In the press interview the AIMS team will report the preliminary research results. Mentors and mentees will also participate to share their personal experiences. Information of the coming activities of AIMS will be announced, including the First Hong Kong Active Interest Expo which will be conducted on Sunday April 15.

Details are as follows:
Date: 10 April 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 11am
Venue: Main Building Room 218 Convocation Room
Speakers:  
- Dr. Ng Siu Man, CADENZA Fellow & Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work & Social Administration, University of Hong Kong
- Mr. Anthony Geun, Consultant, Employee Development Service Hong Kong Christian Service

Albert Wong, George Yeung, Connie Chan, Babe Cheung, mentors & mentees

Enquiries: Trinni Choy, Assistant Director (Media), (tel.: 2859 2606, email: pychoy@hku.hk) or Melanie Wan, Manager (Media), (tel. 2859 2600, email: melwkwan@hku.hk), Communications & Public Affairs Office, The University of Hong Kong

2012 HKU Concert Series: "Pierrot Lunaire, 100 Years On"
Paul Zukofsky conducts The Hong Kong New Music Ensemble in a programme celebrating the 100^th anniversary of Schoenberg's seminal masterpiece, including short pieces by Webern and Berg from the 1910s.

Date: Wednesday 11 April 2012, 7:30pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, The University of Hong Kong

Free Seating. Seats are limited - first come first served.

Programme Enquiries: 2859 7045, music@hku.hk

Programme:

• Anton Webern: Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Opus 7 (1910)
• Alban Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 5 (1919)
• Anton Webern: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Opus 11 (1914)
• Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Opus 21 (1912)

 For media enquiries, please contact:
Ms Sharon Lu, HKU Music Department (sharonlu@hku.hk, 9040 0987)
Ms Trinni Choy, HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office (pychoy@hku.hk, 2859 2606)

HKU Landscape Tour -Walk through the HKU Campus with Prof C Y Jim
The "Landscape Tour" is one of the six guided tours of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Heritage Trails and is also the last in the series. Led by Professor C Y Jim, Chair Professor of Geography, the tour will be held on April 14 (Saturday).

Located in Pokfulam, HKU campus is graced with a variety of trees and flowering plants, such as Azaleas, champion tree Sweet Gum, Flame of the Forest and King Palm in the Main Building, which have witnessed the passing of time at HKU. This spring, Professor Jim will lead a walk through the Campus, from Main Building, Lily Pond and Robert Black College, and explain the features of and stories behind different trees found at the University.

Professor C Y Jim graduated from HKU, majoring in Geography and Geology. He is currently a Chair Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography, HKU, and is also known by the nickname "Dr Tree".

Members of the media are cordially invited to join the tour. Details are as follow:

Date：April 14, 2012 (Saturday)
Time:  3pm to 5pm
Assembly point：Entrance of Main Building, HKU

The tour will be conducted in Cantonese

For media enquiry, please contact Ms Carol Ho of the Communications and Public Affairs Office (Tel: 2219 4263, e-mail: carho@hku.hk)

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