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Talks / Workshops
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment - 165 Years of History
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Public Lectures
| Date: | 2019/10/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Yuen Long Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Saracen Mark II Armoured Personnel Carrier Model-making
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Paper Armament Model-making Workshops
| Date: | 2019/9/28 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 noon |
| Venue: | Tseung Kwan O Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | Saracen Mark II Armoured Personnel Carrier (1950s): The Saracen was developed in the 1950s to meet the British Army's need for a vehicle. |
Home of the Past: From Squatters to Public Housing
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Subject Talk Series on Hong Kong Memory (2019/20)
| Date & Time: | 7.9.2019 (Sat) 3:30pm-5:30pm |
| Venue: | Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room, 8/F) |
| Description: | Through historical photos and residents’ life experience, the speaker will share with participants the joy and sorrow of living in squatters and public housing (including resettlement areas, low-cost housing and former Housing Authority estates) in the early years. |
British Military Installations in Hong Kong during the Early Post-war Period
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Public Lectures
| Date: | 2019/9/7 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 noon |
| Venue: | Tuen Mun Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Green Burial Talk
| Date: | 2019/9/4 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| Venue: | South Kwai Chung Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Film and Television Adaptations of Jin Yong's Novels
| Date: | 2019/8/31 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sha Tin Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | Jin Yong's martial arts novels are the common language of Chinese communities all over the world, and their popularity is enhanced by various film and television adaptations. This talk focuses on The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and discusses how Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's film and mainland Chinese producer Yu Zheng's television drama had "perversely" rewritten the original novel: Dongfang Bubai, a ugly self-castrated man, has been reshaped to become a legendary "queer icon" in Tsui's film and a "leftover lady" in Yu's television drama. |
Weapon Theatre: The Story of Hong Kong Coastal Defence
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Storytelling Workshops for Children
| Date: | 2019/8/31 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tung Chung Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | The theatre will focus on the historical development of Hong Kong's coastal defence with illustration of military facilities and weapons such as coastal guns, torpedo, warships and the redoubt of the Lei Yue Mun Fort. |
Saracen Mark II Armoured Personnel Carrier Model-making
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Paper Armament Model-making Workshops
| Date: | 2019/8/24 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tung Chung Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | Saracen Mark II Armoured Personnel Carrier (1950s): The Saracen was developed in the 1950s to meet the British Army's need for a vehicle. |
Weapon Theatre: The Story of Hong Kong Coastal Defence
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Storytelling Workshops for Children
| Date: | 2019/8/21 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Shek Tong Tsui Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | The theatre will focus on the historical development of Hong Kong's coastal defence with illustration of military facilities and weapons such as coastal guns, torpedo, warships and the redoubt of the Lei Yue Mun Fort. |
Japanese Invasion of Southern China from 1938 to 1941
Other Talks / Workshops /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" /"A Closer Look at the History of Hong Kong Coastal Defence" Public Lectures
| Date: | 2019/8/17 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
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