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HKU's Faculty of Science to Organise Summer Programme for Secondary School Students

23 Jul 2004

 

The Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will organise the Summer Science Institute from July 27 to 31, 2004 for 186 Form 4 to Form 6 students coming from both local and overseas secondary schools.

The Summer Science Institute provides hands-on learning experience for upper-form school students through a variety of integrated science topics and interaction with University teachers and students.

Through plenary lectures, hands-on science workshops, specialist demonstrations and scientific projects, students can learn about everyday science in an interactive and creative way. In addition to enhancing students' scientific knowledge, the programme also provides students with an early experience of university life through recreational activities and accommodation at HKU's residential hall.

An opening ceremony will be held on July 27, 2004 at which Professor C F Lee, Acting Vice-Chancellor of HKU; Mrs Fanny Law, GBS, JP, Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower; and Dr L S Chan, Acting Dean of HKU's Faculty of Science, will be the officiating guests. Details of the opening ceremony are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

The Summer Science Institute also features three Plenary Lectures by distinguished scholars, they are:

"An Odyssey in the World of Nothingness"
- Professor Paul Ching-Wu Chu
President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Date: July 27, 2004
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, LE1, Library Extension (New Wing)

"Hong Kong's Creative Inventions"
- Mr Cheung King Fung
Chairman, Hong Kong Invention Association
- Mr Jackson C S Chan
Managing Director, KADO Company Limited
- Mr S C Mok
General Manager, Display Research Laboratory
Date: July 28, 2004
Time: 9:00 am
Venue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, LE1, Library Extension (New Wing)

"The End of Science?"
- Mr T C Boyce
Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong
Date: July 29, 2004
Time: 9:00 am
Venue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, LE1, Library Extension (New Wing)

Reporters/photographers are cordially invited to attend. For further enquiries, please contact Miss Avon Sit at HKU's Faculty of Science at 2241 5286.