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HKU weekly notice (from May 4 to May 10, 2013)

03 May 2013

 

Symposium on ‘Taking a Role in Creating an Inclusive Community: I am Ready’ (共融眼睛看世界 － 由你我開始)
The project is a part of the project ‘Together We Can Create an Inclusion Lens’ and funded by the HKU 81 Inclusion Fund.  It aims to promote social inclusion and to enhance participants’ disability awareness. Participants can reach distinguished speakers from wide various aspects:

• Mr. LAW Wai Cheung who has 4-limb paralysis will share how he views ‘social inclusion’ & ‘autonomous living’
• Ms. Trada IP who has visual disability will share the days with her guide dog (her guide dog is also our guest in the symposium!)
• Mr. Joseph KWAN, a distinguished architect who is the global chairman of RI International Commission on Technology & Accessibility, will share what is universal design
• Dr. Ferrick CHU, Head of Policy of Research Unit of Equal Opportunities Commission, will tell why equal opportunities are so important
• A LegCo member will share the road of how he has fought for social inclusion in the LegCo in the past decade

Details of the Symposium:
Date: May 4, 2013 (Saturday)
Time:10:00 am to 1:30 pm
Venue: CPD 3.28 (3/F, The Jockey Club Tower), Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: Cantonese

Enquiries can be made directly to Ms Ho (Tel: 65753185), Ms Lam (Tel: 6299 0257) or Ms Phyllis Wong (Tel: 3917 2072). For E-mail enquiry, please send to inclusion-lens@socwork.hku.hk.

Always in Our Hearts: Treasures of Professor Hsu Ti Shan
Professor Hsu Ti Shan, an eminent scholar from Yenching University, Peking, was appointed the professor of Chinese at the University in 1935, and served until his premature death in 1941. Despite his short term of six years, Professor Hsu was instrumental in shaping what would eventually become the School of Chinese. He was joined in this endeavour by Mr Ma Kiam, who lectured in Chinese history, and succeeded Professor Hsu when the University reopened after the war. Mr Ma's family has generously donated several of the exhibits that are on display for the first time, including manuscripts of Professor Hsu's writings.

This exhibition commemorates the 120th Anniversary of Professor Hsu Ti Shan's birth and the 85th Anniversary of the School of Chinese.

April 9 to May 11, 2013
Venue: Atrium, Ground Floor, Main Library, HKU
 
Main Library opening hours
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 11:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm

For enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan at cyrusc@hku.hk or 3917 4984.

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: http://www.earthsciences.hku.hk/shmuseum/news.php

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