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HKU weekly notice (from November 29 to December 6, 2014)

28 Nov 2014

 

Dr Ambrose So Shu Fai’s calligraphy exhibition at HKU “Infusing the Past with the Present”

Dr Ambrose So Shu Fai is invited by the HKU Foundation to exhibit more than twenty pieces of his calligraphic works at the HKU Foundation Chamber. The exhibition is made possible with the generous support of Mr Colin Lam Ko Yin.

An opening ceremony will be held with details as follows:

Date:       December 2, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time:      5:30pm
Venue:   HKU Foundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, HKU (map)

Guests of Honour:

• Professor Peter Mathieson (President and Vice-Chancellor, HKU)
• Professor Rosie Young (Chairman, HKU Foundation)
• Mr Colin Lam, Professor C F Lee and Dr Patrick Poon (Deputy Chairmen, HKU Foundation)
• Dr Ambrose So Shu Fai (Director, HKU Foundation)

“Infusing the Past with the Present”: Calligraphy by Ambrose So Shu Fai

Period: December 3 to December 22, 2014
Time: Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 6:00pm; Sunday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: The HKU Foundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, Pokfulam, HKU (map)

All are welcome.

For media enquiries, please contact Communications and Public Affairs Office: Assistant Director (Media) Ms Trinni Choy, tel: 2859 2606, email: pychoy@hku.hk; or Senior Manager (Media) Ms Melanie Wan, tel: 2859 2600, email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

ID Exchange — A Conceptual Photography and Text Project - Opening and Talk

Curator: Cheung Chi Wai, Kwong Po Ling Ida

ID Exchange is a locally originated photography and text project on-going since 2005. The project aims to understand how people living in Hong Kong think about apparel and fashion, and the meanings and symbols behind their choices. Subjects in the photographs are volunteer participants. Each participant chooses to exchange his/her outfit with another person of his/her choice innovatively. Cheung Chi Wai, a veteran and renowned photography artist, will then arrange dedicated shooting sessions with the volunteers and produce new photography works. Through this process, the participants will have a chance to explore and reflect on his or her self-identity. As of today, 20 exchanges have been photographed and documented.

Date: 3 December, 20414 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:30am-18:00pm
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: Language

Exhibition
Date: November 28, 2014 (Friday) to December 19, 2014 (Friday)
Venue: MC³@702, The Jockey Club Tower, HKU Centennial Campus, HKU
Opening hours: (Mon - Fri: 10:30am - 6:00pm. Sat: 6 December and 13 December Only : 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Closed on Saturday 29 November, Sundays and Public Holidays)

ID Exchange Project:
Email: idexchange13@gmail.com
Website網頁: http://idexchange.wordpress.com/

MC³@702 Creative Space:
Email電郵: socimccc@hku.hk
Website網頁: http://www.mccc-hku.com

HKU Social Sciences Research Centre to announce “Hong Kong Public Knowledge of Health Supplements” survey findings

In recent years, health supplements have become increasingly popular in Hong Kong due to people’s growing consciousness towards personal health care. Government.f plements are not rteal Advertisement Ordinance. en hte ing desrie  To further understand the health supplements market in Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong Social Sciences Research Centre was commissioned by the Hong Kong Health Food Association to collect opinions from at least 1,000 Hong Kong people via telephone interviews.

According to the findings, nearly three million adults in Hong Kong are projected to have taken health food supplements.  Half of the respondents said “1+7” nutrition labelling scheme cannot accurately reflect the benefits of the health supplement.  A majority of the respondents agreed that government should regulate health supplements and conventional food separately.

HKU Social Sciences Research Centre and the Hong Kong Health Food Association will hold a conference on December 4 (Thursday) to release the detailed survey findings and recommendations on policies and regulations. Details are as follows:

Date: December 4, 2014 (Thursday) 
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 505b, Legislative Council Complex, 1 Legislative Council Road, Admiralty

Speakers:

• Professor John Bacon-Shone, Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
• Mr. Samson Tsoi, President of the Hong Kong Health Food Association
• Mr. Calvin Chan, Vice President of the Hong Kong Health Food Association

Guest of Honour:
Prof Joseph K L Lee, Legislative Councillor, Health Services Constituency

For reply and enquiries, please contact Mr. Danny Chan of HKU Social Sciences Research Centre at tel: 3917 1604, or e-mail: danny100@hku.hk.

HKUL Book Talk: The Heart Sutra and Beyond
Speaker:  Dr Claire Sit Kwan-yuk  
Moderator:  Dr Y C Wan (Deputy Librarian, HKU)
Date:  4 December, 2014 (Thursday)
Time:  6:30 – 8:00pm
Venue:  Special Collections, 1/F Main Library
Language:  English

Registration: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2014_07.html

About the Author

Kwan-yuk Claire Sit graduated from the University of Hong Kong, moved to the US to attend graduate school, and earned a Ph. D. degree in pure mathematics from the City University of New York. She is Professor Emerita at La Guardia Community College. She has been deeply interested in the relationship between Eastern and Western philosophy. In her previous two books, The Lord’s Prayer, an Eastern Perspective and Lao Tzu and Anthroposophy, she explores this close connection with scholarly insight and methodical clarity.

About the Book

The main theme and purpose of the book, The Heart Sutra and Beyond, is to show how one may practice the perfection of wisdom.

Dr. Sit analyzes The Heart Sutra with metaphors, stories, and illustrations, in addition to excerpts from Buddhist scriptures, relevant Taoist texts, and anthroposophic teachings. She delves into Anthroposophy to explore the mystical connection between form and emptiness, between Buddhism and esoteric Christianity, between Buddha Gautama and the young Jesus, and between the future Buddha Maitreya and Jesus Christ. She applies her deep understanding of the two Chinese names for Avalokitesvara (Guan-zì-zài) and Sariputra (Shè-lì-zi) to reveal the essence of the sutra. Finally, she notes that anyone can gain great blessing by meditating on a short mantra presented in the sutra.

Her commentary on this timeless text brings profound insights to those who are new to The Heart Sutra, as well as to those who may have studied and practiced Buddhism for many years.

About the Talk

Dr. Sit will focus on how the two Chinese names for Avalokitesvara (Guān-zì-zài 觀自在) and Sariputra (Shè-lì-zi 舍利子) can be a key to understand the sutra— “Guān-zì-zài 觀自在”declares the main theme and “Shè-lì-zi 舍利子”represents the various goals as advocated by the sutra. She will examine why form is no different from emptiness, using a modern fractal example and a classic Tao Te Ching saying.

Media Contact:  Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903

“Langue des Terres I土 • 話”  HKU Landscape Architecture exhibition
“Langue des Terres I土 • 話” is an art project by the HKU Division of Landscape Architecture. It aims to reveal the stories from the perspectives of the land. The “elements of the landscape” is taken as “first persons” to tell their stories. By listening to stories told by the landscape itself, with its own language, the relationships between landscape and culture are revealed in an alternative way. “Langue des Terres I土 • 話” is part of the “Shaping the Landscape I 塑造大地” Land Art Workshop + Exhibition Series. The series has created land art works in Pok Fu Lam, Lei Yue Mun, and Lam Tsuen before.

Exhibition
Date:  November 14 to December 2, 2014
Time: 10am to 7pm on weekdays, 11am to 8pm on Saturdays and Sundays
Venue: Ground Floor, 4 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

HKU “Shaping the Landscape” Course Website:  http://fac.arch.hku.hk/la/shapingthelandscape/

“Shaping the Landscape” Facebook FanPage:  https://www.facebook.com/shapingthelandscape

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Vincci Mak (tel: 3917 5654 email: wsvmak@hku.hk).

“Conforming to Vicinity – A Cross-Strait Four-Region Artistic Exchange Project 2014” opens at the University Museum and Art Gallery
The project showcases the latest artworks by thirteen artists from Hong Kong, Mainland, Macao and Taiwan. The project is curated by the chief curator, Feng Bo-yi, and the curators of the four regions, Sarah Ng Sau-wah (Hong Kong), Noah Ng Fong-chao (Macao), Hsu Woan-jen (Taiwan) and Gou Xian-xu (Mainland) and is participated by thirteen artists.

Details of the exhibition
Period: November 15, 2014 (Saturday) to February 1, 2015 (Sunday)
Venue:  University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

For details, please visit www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk