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HKU weekly notice (from Oct 27 to Nov 2, 2012)

26 Oct 2012

 

University of Aberdeen “HKU Tartan” presentation ceremony
A specially commissioned tartan will be presented to the University Hong Kong (HKU) by the University of Aberdeen in a ceremony on October 29 (Monday) as a gift to celebrate the historic links between the two Universities and the collaborations that will continue into the next century. 

The “HKU Tartan” is inspired by the HKU Shield, with colours referencing to different features of the Shield and embodying the modern outlook of HKU and its Centenary. 

Chancellor Lord Wilson and Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Diamond of the University of Aberdeen as well as Vice-Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui of HKU will be officiating at the Ceremony. 

The historic connection between the two Universities dated back to the period of the Hong Kong College of Medicine, founded by Sir Patrick Manson, a University of Aberdeen graduate, in 1887. All four senior officers of the Hong Kong College of Medicine were graduates of the University of Aberdeen. 

Details of the HKU Tartan Presentation Ceremony are as follows:

Date: October 29, 2012 (Monday)
Time: 11:45am to 12:15pm
Venue: The University Lodge, No.1 University Drive, the University of Hong Kong

For 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.

HKU Faculty of Engineering to hold Engineering Centenary Distinguished Lecture
The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold its fifth Engineering Centenary Distinguished Lecture on October 29 (Monday). The lecture entitled "Bing Dialog Model: Intent, Knowledge and Interaction" will be delivered by Dr Harry Shum, FIEEE, FACM. As the Corporate Vice President responsible for search product development at Microsoft Corporation, Dr Harry Shum will describe Bing Dialog Model in details and demonstrate it in action through innovative features, in particular by applying social contexts and entity understanding for user task completion. He will also share some challenges and opportunities in building Bing as a compelling brand in consumer internet services.

Professor Ronald T Chin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost will be the officiating guest at the lecture. The lecture is sponsored by VTech Holdings Limited.

Date: October 29, 2012 (Monday)
Time: 5:45pm (Reception)
6:30pm (Lecture)
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

The lecture will be conducted in English.

 For enquiries please contact Ms Trinni Choy, Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU (Tel: 2859 2606 / Email: pychoy@hku.hk ) or Ms Melanie Wan, Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU (Tel: 2859 2600 / Email: melwkwan@hku.hk) or Ms Kelly Lam, Faculty of Engineering, HKU (Tel: 2859 2435 / Email: lamkelly@hku.hk).

China’s New Economic Elites: Family Histories and Social Change
David S. G. Goodman, University of Sydney and Nanjing University
The emergence of the new rich in China has had a significant impact on local power structures. While the interaction of politics and economics is well understood, local elites and power relations may also be shaped through the influence of families in given localities.  Fieldwork in Lanzhou, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Zhongshan, Nanjing, Suzhou and Kunming has proceeded from analysis of contemporary economic and political leadership in each locality to develop historical perspectives on elite formation. Research has highlighted the significance of family background back to before 1949 in the emergence of contemporary economic elites; the extent to which the new economic elites have parents in the party-state, and grandparents in the pre-1949 ruling class; and the importance of historically-based family narratives to individual behaviour.

 The details of the seminar are as follows:

Date: November 1, 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Room CPD-LG.17, Centennial Campus

About David S. G. Goodman
David S. G. Goodman is Academic Director of the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney; and Professor in the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University. A graduate of the University of Manchester, Peking University, and the London School of Oriental and African Studies, his research concentrates on social and political change in China, particularly at the local level. Current projects include a study of China's current new economic elites (with Beatriz Carrillo and Minglu Chen); and an examination of relations between local elites and the CCP in North China during 1939-1940. Recent publications include (with Bryna Goodman) Twentieth Century Colonialism and China (Routledge 2012); (with Beatriz Carrillo) China's Peasants and Workers (Edward Elgar, 2012); and (with Minglu Chen) Middle Class China (Edward Elgar, 2013). He is currently completing Class and Social Stratification in China for publication by Polity Press in 2013.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Cheng tel: 3917 2049 or by email at luci@hku.hk

Public lecture: Free Speech, Reputation and Media Intrusion: British Law Reform and What It Means for Hong Kong and Beyond
By Anthony Lester QC, Blackstone Chambers
One of the biggest challenges of media law reform in Britain has been to formulate a balanced legal policy fit for a global media world. The lecture will examine recent media law developments and lessons which might be drawn from the British experience in Hong Kong and beyond.

Lord Lester QC is a British Parliamentarian and practising barrister specialising in public law. He has argued many leading cases on free expression in Europe and England and has been instrumental in the abolition of a number of antiquated speech offences and the campaign to reform the English law of libel.

His 2010 private member's Bill prompted the Coaltion Government to introduce the 2012 Defamation Bill currently progressing through Parliament. This process takes place against the background of the News International phone hacking scandal and Lord Justice Leveson's Inquiry, and an ongoing debate about the balance to be struck between free speech and reputation and the future of media regulation.

Date: November 2, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU
Language: English

Please register online or email Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk to reserve a place. For enquiries, please contact Ms Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2941.

Media Enquiries : Ms Velentina Ma of Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU at velentinam@hku.hk, tel : 2219-4012 / 9123 0252.

Seminar on The Means and Ends of Social Enterprise in the USA
SPEAKER: Professor Robert A. Katz, Professor of Law and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

ABSTRACT:
In the USA, the term "dual mission" or "double bottom line" enterprise denotes a for-profit business that advances a social mission while generating acceptable returns for its owner-investors. Professor Katz will consider three sets of questions raised by such entities, which are also known as for-profit social enterprises:
- How can a dual mission business sustain itself financially without drifting from its social mission?
- What sort of social mission does or should a social enterprise pursue?
- How can law and legal structures facilitate the creation and growth of successful social enterprises?

Date: November 2, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 18:30-20:00
Venue: Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Alan Tang by email at alantsl@hku.hk or by fax at 2517 0806.

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