“Dragon Boat Festival Elderly Care Programme”

“CU50 • Care” Campaign and Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service will jointly hold a “Dragon Boat Festival Elderly Care Programme” on Jun 8, 2013. Members of CUHK are welcome to join as volunteer to give away traditional Chinese rice dumplings to the elderly in various housing estates in Wong Tai Sin.

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CUHK 50th Anniversary Fair - Exhibition to be staged at Hong Kong Island for the first time

The roving exhibition of CUHK 50th Anniversary Fair was successfully held at Harbour Plaza and Plaza Hollywood in March and April. It will be staged at the Ground Floor Covered Piazza of Time Square early next month.

Exhibits include historical collections of the University; as well as display panels to illustrate the latest development of the university.

The exhibition period will be from June 11 to 17 and it opens daily from 10:00am to 10:00pm. Members of the public are welcome and admission is free.

CUHK hereby thanks The Wharf (Holdings) Limited subsidiaries Harbour City Estates Limited, Plaza Hollywood Limited and Times Square Limited for sponsoring the exhibition venues.

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The Ninth Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival is coming

Shakespeare is the most influential English poet and dramatist in the world. His plays remain highly popular today, highlighting his continued cultural impact four centuries after his death.

The Ninth Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival, jointly presented by the Department of English and the Office of the Arts Administrator, and sponsored by the Dr. Tien Chang Lin Technology Innovation Foundation, will hold its Performance Finals at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall from June 4 to 6. Eleven competing teams from Hong Kong, Mainland and Taiwan, together with the CUHK team, are going to present selected scenes from Shakespeare’s renowned plays in a manner proven to entertain student audience.

For more details of the Festival or if any CUHK students, staff and alumni would like to reserve seats for the final, please click on to the link next to the title.

Music X Arts: A Night in the Art Museum

To cultivate younger generations’ interest in arts and culture, the Art Museum organized a special event entitled “Music X Arts: A Night in the Art Museum” on May 24. By incorporating music elements into arts, the museum hoped to raise young people’s interest in arts and embody the Art Museum’s attempt in developing younger audience bases. To go with the spirit of the exhibition “Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection” and the golden jubilee of CUHK, the main decor and the dress code for the night was “GOLD”.

The event attracted around 80 students. Besides enjoying the music performances, participants also took pictures of their “golden” moment at the photo booth to compete for the awards: “Best Dressed Award”, “Party King” and “Party Queen” of the night.

Five performing groups, including student groups UC Band Society and Serrnin, alumni groups The Fat Jokers and La Sax, as well as masked singer Lung Siu-kwan, all gave their best to the audience. They also shared their fond memories of CUHK and their views on the theme “Gold”.

Prof. Amy Ha spoke at the Public Lecture organized by Faculty of Education

The fifth Faculty of Education 50th Anniversary Public Lecture organized by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction was held on May 25.

Prof. Amy Ha spoke on the topic “Professional Development of Physical Education Teachers: A 20-year Retrospective and Prospective Analysis”.

Physical education and activity have been linked to health and longevity since ancient times. In the 21st century, three modern trends, namely, the epidemic of obesity, inactivity in children, and ageing population, increase the prevalence of chronic diseases. The lecture attempts to examine the role of physical education (PE) courses offered in schools in Hong Kong and its implication to the professional development of PE teachers.

In accordance with the global trend in PE, the Hong Kong government has initiated a series of curriculum reforms over the past decades. First, PE was introduced as one of the eight key learning areas in school curricula, along with Chinese Language; English Language; Mathematics; Technology; Science; Personal, Social, and Humanities; and Arts Education. Second, the new PE curriculum focuses on the promotion of the active, healthy lifestyle of students as well as on the active learning of generic skills through physical activity. Looking back at the traditional skill-based and teacher-centered training format for PE teachers, a contemporary student-centered and integrated teaching approach is timely recommended.

International Conference of ‘Half Century of Migration and Regional Integration in South China’

The Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre organized an international conference ‘Half Century of Migration and Regional Integration in South China’ at CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute from May 17 to 19. The opening ceremony of the Centre's Shenzhen office was also held during the Conference. Prof. Min Zhou from the University of California, Los Angeles and Prof. Ngai Pun from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University were invited as the keynote speakers of the conference.

South China is one of the most economically and socially dynamic regions in China and geographically close to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. This conference aims to provide a forum for discussing/sharing theories and strategies regarding the rapid social development and changes in the region, and exchanging knowledge and interdisciplinary research on migration and regional integration.