Talks / Workshops
| Date: |
2024/11/23 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
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| Description: |
The speaker will introduce green financial products and share his insight for green finance development in Hong Kong for investors and the general public to grasp economic opportunities in the trend. |
| Date: |
2024/11/23 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
In the late Qing period of China, Hong Kong and Macau shared the doubly unique position in the Lingnan region. Both ports were the initial contact zones for the young Cantonese generation in the region to be exposed to foreign languages and western learning; both were the origins and nexus of exchange for the bourgeoning print culture, which was represented by the surge of new types of publications, such as bilingual dictionaries, language textbooks, newspapers and magazines. From this historical backdrop emerged a generation of Cantonese bilingual literati, who would in turn impact the diversifying linguistic landscape, print culture and educational environment in the region. The lecture unfolds a varied set of accessible and interesting primary sources recently found in digital archives in Hong Kong, China and the U.S., to engage the public audience in re-living the learning, working and expatriate experience of these late-Qing Cantonese bilinguals who made their very first steps in Hong Kong and Macau. The lecture will focalise two of such characters – Yung Wing (1828–1912), and Kwong Ki Chiu (1836 –1891), whose lives were deeply connected by the Chinese Education Mission to the U.S., and whose paths will shed lights on the historical moments when Lingnan literati reaches the World. |
| Date: |
2024/11/22 (Friday) |
| Time: |
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| Venue: |
Tai Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
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| Description: |
Conducted in Cantonese. Free and limited admission by reservation. Reservation through telephone or in person starts from 8.11.2024 (Friday), on a first-come-first-served basis. |
| Date & Time: |
2024/11/17 (Sunday) 03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
The increase in migration overseas in recent years resulted in a new social phenomenon of “Left Behind” parents. The feeling of abandonment and loneliness can lead to depression and physical deterioration. Are there steps that the children can take before migrating to assist their parents to adapt better and improve their quality of life? And what support and services our society can provide to address the helplessness of this group of elderlies? |
| Date: |
2024/11/17 (Sunday) |
| Time: |
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Tai Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
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| Description: |
Conducted in Cantonese. Free and limited admission by reservation. Reservation through telephone or in person starts from 3.11.2024 (Sunday), on a first-come-first-served basis. |