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The new normal of death
Date & Time: | 2021/10/17 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Speaker: | Dr. TAO Kwok Cheung |
Organiser: | Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries and the Society for Life and Death Education |
Remarks: | Conducted in Cantonese. Free admission by reservation. Reservation for the talk starts at 10 a.m. on 4.10.2021 (Mon) and can be registered online via this website or by calling 2921 0222. Seats are limited. First-come-first-served. |
Enquiry: | 2921 0222 |
This pandemic has deepened our confrontation with death. In the past, we could always view death as "the death of others", occasionally a little sympathetic. But when death is everyday happening around you and me, the number of diagnosed cases and deaths learned from the media every day seems to have become a number.