Open Public Forum: How and What and Why Do Writers Write?
The four celebrated British authors Nicholas Coleridge, Adrian Anthony Gill, Tom Parker Bowles, and David Starkey will spend a morning on stage in a conversation moderated by Sir David Tang. Don't miss this unique opportunity to enter into a dialogue with these five brilliant and creative minds!
Date: July 23, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon (autograph session to follow)
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English
Speakers:
Nicholas Coleridge, Novelist and Publisher
Adrian Anthony Gill, Critic and Essayist
Tom Parker Bowles, Food Writer
David Starkey, Historian and Broadcaster
Moderator: Sir David Tang
Registration required. For details, please visit: http://100.hku.hk/writersforum/
For enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan, Events Coordinator of the Faculty of Arts (Tel: 2219 4984 / Email: cyrusc@hku.hk ).
香港書展講座：You Can Write Better English
中國在世界經濟舞台上扮演重要角色，而香港也是中國商貿往來的重要元素，但香港人的英文水平卻差強人意。在香港大學教授英文新聞寫作，也是 You Can Write Better English一書作者的資深傳媒人Barry Kalb，將於香港貿發局香港書展 2011 -新書推介會中探討現況和提供改善英文寫作的良方。You Can Write Better English由香港大學出版社及港大新聞傳媒研究中心及聯合出版。
講者： 香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心名譽講師Barry Kalb先生
日期： 2011年7月25日（星期一）
時間： 11am - 11:45am
地點： 香港會議展覽中心展覽廳3E 活動區
語言： 英語
Concert series of HKU Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities 2011
In collaboration with the Hell Hot! Music Festival, the HKU Faculty of Arts will offer a series of concerts to the HKU community as part of its Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities 2011.
Festival Opening: Mid Summer Modern
Paul Zukofsky Conducts Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Date: 26 July 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, HKU
Programme:
Igor Stravinsky: Septet (1953)
Milton Babbitt: Composition for Four Instruments (1948) (HK Premiere)
Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, Op.29 (1924-26) (HK Premiere)
Registration at: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e4asyngg6431ed25&oseq=
Ensemble Offspring
Australia's Hottest New Music Ensemble
Date: 3 August 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Theatre, HKU
Registration at: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e4asynieb252bac4&llr=55fmjbdab
Percussion Parallels
Louis Siu and Vicky Shin HellHot Commission
Date: 4 August 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: Main Building Room 123, HKU
Registration at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=55fmjbdab&oeidk=a07e4asynk89c9033d6
New American Classics
Opus Two performs Bernstein, Schoenfield & HellHot Commission
Date: 4 August 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Theatre, HKU
Registration at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=55fmjbdab&oeidk=a07e4asynjkb98e0bb6
For enquiries, please contact Ms Phyllis Mak (2859 8048 / kpmak@hku.hk)
Housing Market, Bank Reforms and Local Government Finance in China
Bank reform in China has not yet finished, but now there are two pressing issues relating to banking debts China, that is, rising house prices and local government debts. How to understand the interface of bank performance, house prices and local finance is an important and challenging issue facing the Chinese government. This seminar by Prof. Shujie YAO, Head of School of Contemporary Chinese Studies of the University of Nottingham will address the current situation of these problems and discuss their policy implications on China's future economic reforms.
Date: July 29, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 4:30pm - 6pm
Venue: Room 631 meng Wah Complex, HKU, Pokfulam Road, HK
Language: English
For further information, please visit:
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For enquiries, please contact L F Chan by email at chanlf@hkucc.hku.hk
「香港大學每週活動推介」逢星期五以電郵傳送給登記客戶，如想登記，請致電郵 hmsho@hku.hk 給何小姐。謝謝。