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HKU weekly notice (from April 6 to April 12, 2013)

05 Apr 2013

 

HKU General Education F:A:C:E Fest: - Fascinating Arts and Cultural Experiences
Independent Creation – Music x Dance
Contemporary art has boundless forms and topics. Jing Wong, independent singer-songwriter, and Ong Yong Lock, creative director of a dance company, will share with in the event their creative journeys. They will also perform their latest works and have a music-movement jamming.

Speakers:
Jing Wong, Singer-Songwriter, People Mountain People Sea
Ong Yong Lock, Artistic Director, Unlock Dancing Plaza

Date: April 9, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Venue: Haking Wong Podium, HKU
Language: Cantonese

HKU General Education F:A:C:E Fest
Public Lecture: Arts, Youth, Time
What is the value of art? How can a book change the course of young people’s lives? The speakers will share how they were inspired by art and connect their youth with social changes.

Speakers:
Dr. Chow Yiu Fai,  Lyricist
Ms. Li Ying Ping, Director of Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre
Moderator:
Dr. Natalia Chan, Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong

Date: April 10, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: Room223, Knowles Building, HKU
Medium: Mandarin

HKU to release 2013 Second Quarter Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast
A press conference is scheduled on April 9 (Tuesday) to announce the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast", supplying headline macroeconomic indicators for Hong Kong's economy in the second quarter of 2013.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the press conference, the details are:
Date: April 9, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Room 1&2, United Conference Centre, 10/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty

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 (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

“A World without Welfare” by Mr. Leo F. Goodstadt
Hong Kong is among the world’s most prosperous and stable cities. Yet, the quality of its housing and its spending on social services are well below the other advanced economies. The gap between rich and poor is among the widest in the world and worsening, which officials and business leaders have tried to blame on the poor themselves. In this century, the government has increased the charges paid by the average family for health, education and welfare. Children and adults with disabilities, together with the elderly, suffer extraordinary waiting times for admission to care facilities. Access to modern medication is rationed by price, even for many life-threatening illnesses. This presentation will explain how this deterioration in the community’s wellbeing is the direct outcome of the government’s belief that welfare is a luxury Hong Kong can hardly afford.

Mr Leo F. Goodstadt is an honorary HKIHSS fellow, where he is currently finalising a book for publication later this year on poverty in Hong Kong. His past research has focused on the relationship between government and business in Hong Kong and on China’s transition from Maoism and the modernisation of its financial system in particular. He was head of the government’s Central Policy Unit from 1989 to 1997.

Date: April 10, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 4pm to 5pm
Venue: Room 201, May Hall, HKU
Language: English

For further information, please visit:
http://www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/news_events/events_calendar/index.html
For enquiries, please contact Yvonne Chan by email at yvechan@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk