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1/ Old Fishing Villages in Hong Kong
| Date: | 2017/8/1 (Tuesday) to 2018/1/31 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (5/F Map Library) |
1/ Reference Book Display: Collective Memories of Hong Kong
| Date: | 2017/9/1 (Friday) to 2017/12/31 (Sunday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (8/F Reference Library: Cultural and Historical Resources Corners) |
1/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Footsteps of Writers” Series : Fourth Session: JIANG Yu-liu, Playwright (December)
| Date & Time: | 16 December 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
2/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Footsteps of Writers” Series : Third Session: LEUNG Ping-kwan, Scholar and Poet (November)
| Date & Time: | 18 November 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
3/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Footsteps of Writers” Series : Second Session: YE Ling-feng, May Fourth Writer (October)
| Date & Time: | 21 October 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
4/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Footsteps of Writers” Series : First Session: YEUNG Ku-wan, Revolutionary Martyr (September)
| Date & Time: | 30 September 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
5/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Cross-boundary Practices in Hong Kong Literature" : Literature and Knowledge - How Hong Kong Literature Becomes Knowledge / How Knowledge Becomes Hong Kong Literature (June)
| Date & Time: | 24 June 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
6/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Cross-boundary Practices in Hong Kong Literature" : In Search of the Voice of Hong Kong - Hong Kong Literature in English / Hong Kong Literature in Chinese (May)
| Date & Time: | 27 May 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
7/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Cross-boundary Practices in Hong Kong Literature" : Literary Exchanges between Taiwan and Hong Kong - Experience Sharing on the Literary Exchanges between Taiwan and Hong Kong / Relationship between Hong Kong and Taiwan Literature (April)
| Date & Time: | 29 April 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
8/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Reading and Appreciation of Literature" : A Study of Selective Novels of Mrs HO WU Yin Ching : “The Good Man” & “At the Hairdresser’s” / Appreciation of Yue Ou : Classical Cantonese Folk Songs (March)
| Date & Time: | 25 March 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
9/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Reading and Appreciation of Literature" : Life Education for Kids: Children's Literature on Death and Grief / Treasure of Chinese Love Poetry (February)
| Date & Time: | 25 February 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
10/ Monthly Literary Talk 2017 : "Reading and Appreciation of Literature" : Selected Poems of Hong Kong Young Poets / Food Culture and Literary Works (January)
| Date & Time: | 21 January 2017 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
1/ Creativity and Innovation of Technology
| Date & Time: | 2017/12/10 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
2/ Food Safety and Health
| Date & Time: | 2017/9/9 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
1/ How to Minimize the Infection of Ransomware?
| Date: | 2017/12/9 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | The popularity of computer usage is immense. Computer virus infection may be inevitable. The recent incidences of ransomware affected tens of thousands computers. It shocks the whole world! Halted the public services and normal business activities. Lost may be invaluable. How such virus enter our computer and how to avoid being infected? |
2/ Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Technology & Social Innovation
| Date: | 2017/9/16 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | The world is now integrating technology with creativity to solve social problems. Mainland government is actively encouraging citizens to innovate and start business for economic growth through the policy of mass entrepreneurship and innovation. The speaker, with rich experience in the IT field and business sector, will share and showcase how to create shared value and social benefits through the integration of technology and social innovation in the era of mass entrepreneurship and innovation. |
3/ Smart City and Qualify of Life
| Date: | 2017/6/24 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
4/ Mobile Payment is Safer than You Think
| Date: | 2017/3/25 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
1/ Pain Management
| Date & Time: | 2017/12/9 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Topic 1: Physiology of Pain Topic 2: Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Treatments of Pain Syndrome (Conducted in Putonghua) |
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2/ Learn More About Organ Transplant
| Date & Time: | 2017/11/11 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Topic 1: Heart-Lung Transplant Topic 2: Ethical Concept and Practice of Brainstem Death and Organ Donation |
3/ Overcoming Sleep Problems
| Date & Time: | 2017/10/14 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Topic 1: Insomnia: A Complex Problem Topic 2: Sleep and Breathing |
4/ Confronting Cancer
| Date & Time: | 2017/9/16 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Topic 1: Immune and Cellular Therapy: The Delicate Relationship between Self Defense Enhancement and Seeking Assistance from Alliance Topic 2: Traditional Chinese Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Cancer (Conducted in Putonghua) |
1/ Touching the Guqin (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/12/1 (Friday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
2/ Beauty of Guqin
| Date & Time: | 2017/11/25 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
3/ Hong Kong Film Music (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/10/19 (Thursday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
4/ Looking at the interchanges among Chinese, Japanese and Korean music cultures from the perspective of siyiyue (the musics of the four-barbarians)
| Date & Time: | 2017/10/14 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
5/ Appraisal and Appreciation of Tea (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/9/21 (Thursday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
6/ The lightest you can’t miss in your life: the Ways of Tea
| Date & Time: | 2017/9/16 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
7/ Sharing on Chinese Calligraphy and Painting (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/8/17 (Thursday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
8/ On the Art of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
| Date & Time: | 2017/8/12 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
9/ On Divination (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/7/21 (Friday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
10/ On the Book of Changes
| Date & Time: | 2017/7/15 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
11/ Sharing on the Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong (Workshop)
| Date & Time: | 2017/6/22 (Thursday) 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1, G/F) |
12/ Research and Development of Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong in the past 100 years
| Date & Time: | 2017/6/17 (Saturday) 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
1/ The Hong Kong Musicians Series: Temple Street Singer: WAN Kwong
| Date: | 2017/6/1 (Thursday) to 2017/11/30 (Thursday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (10/F Arts Document Reading Room) |
| Description: | WAN Kwong is famous for singing down-to-earth Cantonese songs, whose lyrics, reflect the lives of the lower class in Hong Kong. His songs are so popular among street singers at the Temple Street Night Market in the 1970s and 1980s that he was named as “Temple Street Singer”. The exhibition introduces WAN Kwong's life and his singing career through displaying the manuscripts, gramophone records, photographs and programme booklets. Readers can find out more about this famous singer and the music culture in this era. |
1/ The Art-Tune Encounter: A Gramophone Remembrance of Hong Kong and Shanghai
| Date: | 2017/8/30 (Wednesday) to 2017/11/30 (Thursday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Arts Resource Centre) |
1/ Flying from Hong Kong: Hong Kong Airport and its Transport Links
| Date: | 2017/4/1 (Saturday) to 2017/11/30 (Thursday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (5/F Map Library) |
