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HKU weekly notice (from January 7 to January 13, 2012)

06 Jan 2012

 

HKU Heritage Trails - HKU Story
To celebrate the centenary of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University has been organising a series of special campus tour from November 2011. The third tour, featuring stories of HKU, will be held on Jan 8, 2012 (Sunday).

Dr Joseph Ting will lead participants to visit different places and buildings at campus, and talk about the stories of this University, such as the coat of arm, the university motto, the Main Building and how the Old Halls nurtured students who were active in student movements in the 1960s and 1970s. He will also touch on stories of historical figures, such as the then Hong Kong governor Sir Frederick Lugard, Dr Lai Tsi-hsi, head of the Department of Chinese from 1927 to 1935, writer and scholar Professor Hsu Ti-shan, Professor Chen Yin Ko, Professor Zhu Guangqian, distinguished scholar and educator in the field of aesthetics, and more.

Dr Joseph Ting is a historian who graduated from HKU, where he majored in Chinese Literature and History. He is also a former Chief Curator of Hong Kong History Museum.

Members of the media are cordially invited to join the tour. Details are as follow:

Date：Jan 8, 2012 (Sunday)
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Assembly point：G/F, Main Building
The tour will be conducted in Cantonese

Quota is limited. Members of media please e-mail to carho@hku.hk by Jan 6, 2012 to reserve quota.

For media enquiry, please contact Ms Carol Ho of the Communications and Public Affairs Office (Tel: 2219 4263, e-mail: carho@hku.hk )

Invitation - City Planning Forum
Taipei Challenge: New Planning Initiatives
The City Planning Forum series in 2012 is one of the Centenary celebration activities of the University of Hong Kong. It aims to provide a forum for the professionals and public in Hong Kong to find out more about the development and planning of other cities in Asia and the world and discuss what lessons can be learnt for the benefits of Hong Kong's future planning and development. In this lecture, Prof. John Chien-yuan Lin (林建元教授), Former Deputy Mayor of Taipei and Professor of the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University will discuss the challenges that Taipei are facing in terms of physical, economic, social and political developments and how it addresses social conflicts  and satisfies social expectations by new planning initiatives. This will be followed by discussion from Dr. Roger Chan,  Associate Dean of HKU Faculty of Architecture; Dr. Peter Cookson Smith, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners; and Mr. K. K. Ling, Deputy Director of the  Planning Department,  HKSAR Government.

Date: 7 January 2012, Saturday
Time: 10:45 am to12:15 pm
Language: English
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

For the detailed programme, please visit http://www.cpao.hku.hk/media/Programme1.pdf

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: (852) 2859 2606; email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: (852) 2859 2600; email: melwkwan@hku.hk

Joint exhibitions at HKU on "Proposed World Heritage Theme Park, integrating into the Greater West Kowloon District" and "Soul of the City - East meets West"on conservation of the historic Government Hill
An open exhibition to showcase the fourth stage of the Pearl for the World project "Proposed World Heritage Theme Park, integrating into the Greater West Kowloon District" of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will be held on Jan 9 and 10, 2012 ( Monday and Tuesday). The latest stage of the project envisages Hong Kong's sustainable development in the 21^st century, particularly on local and worldwide heritage conservation.

Professor K P Cheung, Associate Professor of HKU Department of Architecture and principal investigator of the project, will give a briefing on the theme park blueprint, to be followed by a tour of the exhibits of a series of display panels and models outlining the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), its future development to cover a larger area into a World Heritage Theme Park. Financial and technical feasibilities of the project will also be discussed.

The invited exhibition "Soul of the City - East Meets West" will present sites of civic importance which form the heart and soul of the city of Hong Kong.

Over the last 170 years, Hong Kong has been transformed from a small fishing village to a metropolitan city, from a British colony to a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The core of the city's evolution began at the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, from Government Hill which stand the Government House, the Central Government Offices, St John's Cathedral and the Court of Final Appeal, to the Statue Square, Former LegCo Building, Chater Garden, the Cenotaph, Edinburgh Place and City Hall. The exhibition will present key strategies and proposals to protect this significant heritage area of Hong Kong.

Mr Lee Yuet, HKU School of Architecture alumni (1960 graduate) will present the key conservation proposals for this heritage area. Mr Michael Wright, former Director of Public Works of Hong Kong Government (1963-69) and chief architect of the Central Government Offices, will make a "special appearance" via a video interview.

You are cordially invited to the exhibitions and to attend the press conferences. Details as follows:

Press conference
Date: January 9, 2012 (Monday)
Venue: Convocation Room, Room 218, Main Building, University of Hong Kong

"Proposed World Heritage Theme Park, integrating into the Greater West Kowloon District"
Time: 1 pm

"Soul of the City - East Meets West" Opening Ceremony and Press Conference
Time: 11am

Open exhibition
Date: January 9 to 10, 2012 (Monday and Tuesday)
Time: 10 am to 8 pm
Venue: Convocation Room, Room 218, Main Building, University of Hong Kong

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 (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.  For enquiries of the "Soul of the City - East Meets West" exhibition, please call 9026 6187.

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