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辛亥百年現代路:方蘇繪畫及木刻版畫
展覽由2011年9月5日至10月15日設於香港大學圖書館大樓地下。

開幕禮
95(星期一), 中午12時正, 香港大學圖書館大樓 

公眾參觀日
9月17日(星期六) 下午1時至6時, 香港大學圖書館大樓  

展覽導賞
9月17日(星期六) 下午2時至3時, 香港大學圖書館大樓  

大師班
9月17日(星期六) 下午3時30分至5時30分, 香港大學本部大樓二樓畢業生議會廳   (參加者將有機會參與部份木刻板畫製作過程)

有關方蘇先生:
方蘇先生原為新聞工作者,曾任時事刊物編輯十八年。近年從事繪畫,作品曾在香港、韓國及英國展出。他作畫採用傳統國畫的筆墨和工具,但題材和風格明顯地有異於傳統。繪畫之外,他也製作木刻版畫。

查詢: 劉小姐 (2219 4726 / bhwl@hku.hk)
香港大學圖書館及香港大學百周年校慶秘書處合辦

香港大學百周年慶: 「敦煌文化及保育研習系列」
在過去一個世紀,香港大學(港大)一直肩負培育人才責任,畢業生在社會緊守不同崗位,發揮所長,推動社會向前邁進。適逢百周年校慶,港大籌辦「認識祖國」活動系列,讓同學深入瞭解中國文化源流及參與內地服務工作;系列中的「敦煌文化及保育研習系列」(系列)透過探索敦煌興衰,以承傳古人智慧,開拓未來,讓同學為貢獻香港及祖國作好準備。

系列由香港大學通識教育部主辦,中銀香港慈善基金贊助,並得到香港大學饒宗頤學術館、香港敦煌之友、商務印書館及84000 Communications支持。活動由港大校友紀文鳳女士統籌和策劃,將於2011年9月至11月進行,包括一系列公開講座、實地考察及學生匯報。講座由一群熱心敦煌歷史及保育工作的專家學者擔任講者,包括:何培斌教授、李美賢女士、張倩儀女士、吳健先生、王苗女士及水禾田先生。而三十位港大同學將親身到敦煌實地考察並完成研習報告,屆時李焯芬教授及梁秉鈞教授將於學生匯報及展覽中擔任評審。

日期:201195日(星期一)
時間:下午3 15
地點:香港花園道1號中銀大廈70

傳媒查詢,請聯絡港大通識教育部行政主任廖寶兒小姐(電話:2219 4458 / 電郵:  bliu@hku.hk)。

"Bankruptcy Reform, Mortgage Default and the Financial Crisis" Lunch Talk by Professor Michelle White, Professor of Economics, University of California San Diego

Date : September 7, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time : 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Talk only)
Venue : Conrad Hotel (Kennedy, Level 7), 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Medium : English
Contact : Ms. Angelina Hung (atmhung@hku.hk; Tel: 25478472)

The U.S. bankruptcy reform of 2005 played an important role in the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession.  When debtors file for bankruptcy, credit card debt and other types of debt are discharged-thus loosening debtors' budget constraints.  Homeowners in financial distress can therefore use bankruptcy to avoid losing their homes, since filing allows them to shift funds from paying other debts to paying their mortgages.   But a major reform of U.S. bankruptcy law in 2005 raised the cost of filing and reduced the amount of debt that can be discharged in bankruptcy.   An unintended consequence of the reform was to raise mortgage default rates.   The paper calculates that bankruptcy reform caused prime and subprime mortgage default rates to rise by 23% and 14%, respectively.   This meant that the overall mortgage default rate rose by one percentage point even before the start of the financial crisis, suggesting that the reform greatly increased the severity of the crisis.

Michelle J. White is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, Research Associate at NBER, and Visiting Professor at CK Graduate School of Business in Beijing. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and the University of Michigan. During the past several years, her research has focused on the personal bankruptcy system in the U.S. and the effects of the U.S. bankruptcy reform adopted in 2005. Other recent research projects include the interaction between bankruptcy and mortgage default, the effect of Proposition 13 in California on household mobility, and the effects of local sales taxes on employment in retailing versus manufacturing.

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