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1/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Exploring Children's Literature” Series: Voices in Picture Books (December)
| Date & Time: | 14 December 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
2/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Exploring Children's Literature” Series: Appreciation and Creation of Children's Poetry (November)
| Date & Time: | 23 November 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
3/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019 / Subject Talk on Hong Kong Literature: “Exploring Children's Literature” Series: Theory and Practice: The Significance of Xin Ertong in Hong Kong Children's Literature (October)
| Date & Time: | 12 October 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
4/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019: "Literary Reading and Writing" : The Writing Journey (June)
| Date & Time: | 15 June 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
5/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019: "Literary Reading and Writing" : Literary Appreciation and Criticism (May)
| Date & Time: | 18 May 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
6/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019: "Literary Reading and Writing" : Reading in Print (April)
| Date & Time: | 13 April 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
7/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019 : "There are Always Grounds for Literature": Go Beyond the Locality of Hong Kong (March)
| Date & Time: | 16 March 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
8/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019 : "There are Always Grounds for Literature": Literature and Theatrical Exploration (February)
| Date & Time: | 16 February 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
9/ Monthly Literary Talk 2019: "There are Always Grounds for Literature" : Travel Around the World Through Literature (January)
| Date & Time: | 19 January 2019 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
1/ Pleasure and Leisure: A Glimpse of Children's Pastimes in Hong Kong - Our Archives, Our Stories
| Date: | 2019/12/14 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
1/ Artificial Intelligence is Everywhere
| Date: | 2019/12/7 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | Artificial Intelligence seems to be in every sector, every industry and everyday life. |
2/ What are the real applications of 5G for the general public? (Full)
| Date: | 2019/9/21 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | The 5th Generation Wireless Communication (5G) becomes the headline lately. What is 5G? The 5G service is under test in China, Europe and Asia. Full deployment will be in late 2019 and 2020. What are the new applications which general public can benefit from the technological era? The speaker will share his thought during the talk. |
3/ Living and Working with My Robot (Full)
| Date: | 2019/6/15 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | The speaker will share with us the updated application of robot in our daily life and work. |
4/ How to Catch up with the Unstoppable Online-shopping Trend
| Date: | 2019/3/16 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | For the broad definition of online-shopping, it not only refers to the purchase of products on website, but also refers to the use of App for calling vehicle, ordering food, transferring money, or even trading fund stocks. As online-shopping can greatly lower the operating cost, the change of shopping behaviour to online is irreversible. However, for the general public who only know how to use WhatsApp, how can they move the first step to choose from the dazzling types of online-shopping and to catch up with the unstoppable online-shopping trend? |
1/ Study with relish: Talk about several research projects funded by the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
| Date & Time: | 2019/12/1 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
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2/ The beauty of Hong Kong public housing [Cancelled!]
| Date & Time: | 2019/10/6 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
1/ Young Adult Book Display: Healthy Lifestyle Tips
| Date: | 2019/11/1 (Friday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Young Adult Library) |
1/ Book Display : Extreme Weather
| Date: | 2019/11/1 (Friday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Adult Lending Library) |
1/ Reference Book Display: Moral Education
| Date: | 2019/11/1 (Friday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (8/F Reference Library) |
1/ Children's Book Display: Wonderful Body
| Date: | 2019/11/1 (Friday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (2/F Children's Library) |
1/ Human and Nature: Selected Periodicals
| Date: | 2019/8/1 (Thursday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (4/F Back Issues of Newspapers & Periodicals Reading Area) |
| Description: | Human and nature are interconnected meticulously, and it is a common duty for everyone to protect and preserve nature. In order to raise readers’ awareness of loving our nature, we have prepared the Human and Nature resources guide (inclusive of both local and overseas periodicals) and categorized it into four different groups, namely Exploring Nature, Farming Live, Greening Space and Conserving Environment. Readers are welcome to retrieve the periodicals from either Current or Back Issues of Newspapers and Periodicals Reading Area of Hong Kong Central Library. Readers can also login the Hong Kong Public Libraries Electronic Resources homepage, through the HyRead and Flipster e-Magazine to read the relevant periodicals. |
1/ News Archive – Hong Kong Cases
| Date: | 2019/8/1 (Thursday) to 2019/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (4/F Back Issues of Newspapers & Periodicals Reading Area) |
| Description: | In the past, many criminal cases had happened in Hong Kong that made the whole city astir. Some were even adapted as films. We could also understand the social situation at that time through the background of such major cases. Readers are welcome to retrieve the newspapers from either Current or Back Issues of Newspapers and Periodicals Reading Area of Hong Kong Central Library. In addition, readers could browse the relevant newspapers through the Multimedia Information System (MMIS) of Hong Kong Public Libraries. |
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