Dialogue with Dr. Lily Sun
Dr. Lily Sui-fong Sun，granddaughter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen will give a talk at HKU about her grandfather's Three Principles of the People in relation to China's development in the new century. Dr. Lily Sui-fong Sun is the President of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Foundation for Peace and Education. She left her career as an architect to promote peace as advocated by her grandfather.

Date: March 8, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House

For enquiries, please contact Mr Yu at 2857 8387 / cedars-programmes@hku.hk

Against Manipulation - The Role of the Critic in Empowering the Audience
Hong Kong people need to strengthen their defense against manipulation that comes in different guises and from all directions in our increasingly dumbed-down society. And the Hong Kong media need to cultivate more high-quality critics who are able to communicate well for a general audience so that Hong Kong can have a wider and livelier discussion about arts and culture that reflects its cultural dynamism. Those are two of the themes that will emerge when three leading experts gather for a panel discussion at the Fringe Club to talk about the importance of arts and culture criticism in creating a strong cultural environment.

Date: March 8, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm.
Venue: Studio, the Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
Speakers:
Perry Lam, Editorial Director of Muse
Tang Shu-wing, Dean of Drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Christian Caryl, Muse Magazine Critic-in-Residence, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU at 2219-4012/91230252 or email velentinam@hku.hk  

HKU to hold the Opening Ceremony of the Equal Opportunities Festival 2010
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold the Opening Ceremony of the Equal Opportunities Festival 2010 on March 9 (Tuesday). Awards will be presented to winners of the three best proposals for "making HKU an inclusive environment" proposal competition. Mr. Lam Woon-kwong, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President Prof. Joseph Lee, will officiate at the ceremony. Renowned stand-up comedian Mr Vivek Mahbubani will speak on "the meaning of cultural diversity in a university context". The winners of the competition will also share their views on how to promote a diversified campus culture.

Date: March 9, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45 pm
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Place

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.

Lecture on "Media Pluralism: threats and risks"
The lecture explores the concepts of media pluralism and how to measure threats and risks to media pluralism. Professor Peggy Valcke, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, will present the Media Pluralism Monitor, the outcome of the Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism (a major European Union project that she directed). The discussion investigates whether and how the concept of media pluralism can be used in China and Hong Kong in an era characterized by a major shift from traditional to online media.

Date: March 9, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 4 pm- 6 pm.
Venue: Foundation Chamber, HKU
Discussants:
Media pluralism in China? by Ying Chan (Director and Professor, Co-director of China Media Project, JMSC) Media Pluralism in Hong Kong by Doreen Weisenhaus (Director of the Media Law Project & Associate Professor, JMSC)What is media (pluralism) when anyone can publish? by Jonathan Stray (computer specialist, blogger, current MJ student at JMSC)
Moderator: Miklos Sukosd (Associate Professor, JMSC, co-author of  Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism)

For enquiry, please contact Ms Kylie Chan at kyliec@hku.hk or 22194416

HKU to award five Honorary Degrees
Dr the Honourable Donald Tsang Yam Kuen, Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), will confer honorary degrees upon five outstanding individuals at the 182nd Congregation on March 11, 2010 (Thursday) at HKU. The honorary degrees recipients are Professor Lawrence Chin Bong CHAN, Mr Lawrence Siu Por FUNG, the Venerable Master Hsing Yun, Dr Serena Hsueh Chi YANG and Professor Richard Yue Hong YU.

Date: March 11, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU main campus

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 .

"President Obama: One Year Later - What Came Before, What Comes Next? The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S."
Mr. Hugh Williams, Consular Section Chief， U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong，will in the presentation explore the connections between the Civil Rights Movement and President Obama's historic election result. President Obama's triumph as a candidate and the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement before him were not without many challenges. One year later, where do we stand, where are we going?

Date: March 11, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue: M201, Main Building, HKU
Language: English

For further information, please visit:  https://hkucc1.hku.hk/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Dr. Wing-kai To by email at wingkto@hku.hk

HKU Libraries: "Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong"
Underground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the Party in 1921, through to the present day. This book brings events right up to date and includes the results of a survey about the Hong Kong public's attitude towards the CCP. The book's author Ms Christine Loh's exposition of the Communist Party's co-optation and persuasion is particularly revealing for anyone not versed in communist-speak.

Date : March 11, 2010 (Thursday)
Time : 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue : Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, HKU
Speaker : Ms Christine Loh 陸恭蕙女士
Moderator: Mr Stephen Vines, writer and journalist
Discussant: Mr Ching Cheong (程翔先生)
Language : English

Media contacts: Ms Carmen Tsang, HKU Libraries (Tel: 2859-2211)

Global Citizenship Public Lecture - Security First
Professor Amitai Etzioni, Professor of International Relations of the George Washington University, will in the lecture assert that providing basic security must be the first priority in all foreign policy considerations, even ahead of efforts to democratize. He sets out essential guidelines for a foreign policy that builds on moral principles - especially the Primacy of Life - and creates the possibility of establishing positive relationships with Muslim nations and all others.

Date: March 12, 2010 (Friday)
Time: 18:00-20:00
Venue: Convocation Room, 2/F, Main Building, The University of Hong Kong
Language:  English

For further information, please visit: http://www.hku.hk/socsc/gcpl

For enquiries, please contact Miss Florence Luk by email at floluk@hku.hk or by fax at 2549 3341.

Talk on "The Enlightened State in Chan Practice"
HKU Doctor of Social Science honoris causa Venerable Master Hsing Yun will give a talk at the University.

Date: March 12, 2010 (Fri)
Time: 7pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, HKU
Language: Mandarin with English interpretation

For further information, please visit: http://www.buddhism.hku.hk

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Kwok by email at cbsinfo@hku.hk

Talks and public lecture by Professor Celia Hoyles, CANOTTA Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Faculty of Education, HKU
Knowledge transfer has been a key milestone of the Faculty of Education, HKU. It is realized by the faculty's engagement in multiple partnerships with professionals and community both locally and internationally. One of the initiatives is marked by the visit of Professor Celia Hoyles, Professor of Mathematics Education, Institute of Education, University of London, under the scheme of CANOTTA Distinguished Visiting Fellowship in Mathematics Education 2010. Details of the activities as follows:

EDB Officers and School Principals Dialogue with Professor Celia Hoyles
Date: March 8, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Venue: Convocation Room (Room 218), Main Building, HKU

Students Informal Dialogue with Professor Celia Hoyles
Date: March 10, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time:  4:30 - 5:30 pm
Venue: Common Room, G/F (near car park), Wah Yan College, 56 Waterloo Road, Kowloon

Public Lecture on "Mathematics in the Workplace: Issues and Challenges"
Date:  March 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Time:  10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Venue:  Room ADC 204, 2/F, HKU SPACE Admiralty Centre
               18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / mobile: 9220 5840 / fax: 2540 6360 / email: qlpwong@hku.hk).