Media

HKU weekly notice (from April 27 to May 3, 2013)

26 Apr 2013

 

Sexual Orientation Anti-Discrimination Law Forum
This forum re-examines the debate on sexual-orientation antidiscrimination legislation in Hong Kong. It will consist of four panels, centered on business, the relationship between religion and sexuality, European/international law, and domestic law respectively. It aims to bring together politicians, judges, legal scholars, and people in the business community to discuss the pros and cons of consultation and legislation.

Date: April 27, 2013(Saturday)
Time: 10:00 am to 5:15 pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
 
For enquiries, please contact Flora Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2941.

Landscape Theatrics: Urban Forum through Interactive Performance
A group of Architecture and Landscape Architecture students of the University of Hong Kong is joining students from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to engage community members in an interactive performance for an exploration of the city’s urban future through projections and collective storytelling. The Landscape Theatrics: Urban Forum through Interactive Performance will be held tomorrow (April 27) in the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), Shek Kip Mei.

The performance is part of a Landscape Theatrics course of HKU. Given the rising concerns over the politics of public space, the project uses Tai Kok Tsui as the stage and presents an outdoor Forum Theatre performance that addresses issues of urban renewal of the neighbourhood.

Details of the performance are as follows:

Date: April 27, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: Rooftop, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC), Shek Kip Mei
(*In case of bad weather, the performance will take place at the 2/F public area)
Free admission

For interviews or enquiries: please contact Mr Chan Yin-lun, HKU Division of Landscape Architecture, at email: chanyinlun@hku.hk, or tel: 5100 4307. Set-up for the performance will start after noon on April 27, please contact Mr Chan for interviews in advance.

HKU Faculty of Dentistry to launch Oral Health Program for Indonesian Domestic Helpers
The Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Consulate of Indonesia in Hong Kong will launch a joint 2-year oral health campaign for Indonesian domestic helpers on April 28, 2013 (Sunday).

The details of the Opening Ceremony of the “Oral Health Program for Indonesian Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong”, including press briefing, are as follows:

Date:  April 28, 2013 (Sunday)
Time:  9:30 am – 10:30 am  (please register from 9:00 am – 9:30 am)
Venue:  Ramayana Hall, Indonesia Consulate General Building, 127-129 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

The Opening Ceremony will be followed by a demonstration of a consultation in the Dental Mobile Clinic. The whole-day Dental Mobile Clinic will provide free check-ups and basic treatment, advice on any necessary further treatment and a list of NGO-clinics, tailored oral hygiene instructions, and child/elder oral care education to 250 Indonesian domestic workers who have been nominated by their employment agencies.

Media contact:
Mr Au Oi Sing, Communications and Development Officer, HKU Faculty of Dentistry; Tel: 2859 0454; E-mail: singau@hku.hk .

HKU to release Graduate Employment Survey 2012
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS) will release its Graduate Employment Survey 2012 on April 29, 2013 (Monday).

Mr Herman Chan, HKU Director of Careers and Placement, will explain the survey findings in a media briefing and a summary of the findings will be sent to the media and posted on HKU media website at http://www.hku.hk/press/ after the briefing.

Details of the media briefing are as follows:

Date:  April 29, 2013 (Monday)
Time:  2:30pm
Venue:  Room 902, 9/F, Knowles Building, HKU

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 .

Special Exhibition: Mineral Treasures of China
Although China has abundant mineral resources with a long mining history, mineral collecting has not been a tradition in China for long. Only recently beautiful mineral specimens from China have been emerging on the international mineral collector’s market. Over 50 world-class mineral specimens are on display from the private collection of Dr. Guanghua Liu representing the most spectacular mineral specimen finds in China in the last 30 years. Get a glimpse into the world of china minerals such as the remarkable fluorite varieties from Hunan and Scheelite associations from Sichuan as well as Hemimorphite and Mimetite specimens from Yunnan.

Date: April 27 to August 30, 2013 (Mon-Fri)
Time : 1pm to 6pm
Venue: Stephen Hui Geological Museum, HKU

Additional weekend opening hours from 10am to 6pm (Closed during other weekends and public holidays):April 27 and 28, May 18 and 19, June 15 and 16, July 20 and 21, and August 17 and 18. 

For further information, please visit:  ttp://www.earthsciences.hku.hk/shmuseum/news.php

For enquiries, please contact Sandie Ho by email at sandieho@hku.hk