Key words Search–Monthly Literary Talk 2026 : Enjoy the Moment with Jin Yong
| Date & Time: |
2023/8/12 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Traditional Chinese families felt that moving seniors in the family into institutional care is unfilial. Adult children should keep elderly and frail elderly parents at home as far as possible. With improved health care, frail older adults may have to endure prolonged period of high dependency before death. This symposium involves discussion among professionals and family caregivers on the new thoughts on filial piety in the modern world. |
| Date & Time: |
2024/9/8 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Children are at all times precious gifts for parents, even if they are the ones with special needs and/or disabilities. Parents have to bear tremendous burdens to take care of them and have been worrying about how long they could sustain to be the carers, especially when their age creeps on. How would the parents face the issues of life and death? |
| Date & Time: |
2023/11/19 (Sunday) 03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
When one's hair turns silvery grey, footsteps become unsteady, memory and hearing fading, with many other signs of advancing years creeping in - would one be still able to live life to the full, cheerfully moving into a new phase of one's life? |
| Date: |
2022/11/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre)
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| Description: |
In 1936, Lady Southorn (wife of Sir Thomas Southorn, the then Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong) rightly captured the roles of Chinese nurses in her speech at the graduation ceremony of Nurses of TWGHs, said, “Not only in Hong Kong but in the vast country of China is there scope for the good nurse to be a blessing to suffering humanity. Countless poor mothers and babies alone demand their skill and the ministration of their own countrywomen who know their language and persuade them to abandon their unwholesome superstitions must be an invaluable asset to the poor of China.” This public lecture will describe and discuss the early history of the Kwong Wah Hospital Nursing School. Doing so might fill up parts of the gap in our understanding of the training school while we might also shed light on the roles of its nurses in the development of medicine in Hong Kong up to 1945. |
| Date: |
2022/9/3 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre)
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| Description: |
Since ancient times, the smooth birth of a baby has never been taken for granted. For more than a century, Kwong Wah Hospital, under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, has provided labour and delivery services to Hong Kong women. In 1934, the government amended the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, requiring all birthing facilities to keep complete records of infants born. This means fortunately for us, the records of Kwong Wah Hospital’s labour ward since 1935 have been well preserved. In 2017, Kwong Wah Hospital transferred its labour ward records from 1935 to 1991 to the TWGHs Records and Heritage Office for permanent preservation and research purposes. Referring to records from different time periods, the speaker will compare childbearing among women over the years. |
| Date: |
2022/10/22 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room, 8/F, High Block, Hong Kong City Hall)
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| Description: |
Architecture and city development are inextricably intertwined. Each building is the fruit of the painstaking efforts of architects. Architecture evolves with the development of the city and carries the memories of different generations. As Hong Kong is small and densely-populated, quite a number of buildings of high historic value were demolished for redevelopment when our economy took off in the 1970s and 1980s. Fortunately, some historic buildings have undergone rebirth after years of dereliction with the efforts of conservation teams and the innovative design of architects. Such buildings are imbued with freshness while their original look is preserved. In this talk, Mr Anthony Vincent NG Wing-shun, a veteran architect, will share with us how the integration of creativity and technology brings rebirth to old buildings and guide participants to learn about creative thinking from the perspective of architecture. |
| Date: |
2024/10/27 (Sunday) |
| Time: |
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Ngau Chi Wan Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
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| Description: |
Subject Talk Theme:
There are many types of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). According to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, ICH is manifested in oral traditions and expressions (including language as a vehicle of the ICH); performing arts; social practices, rituals and festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional craftsmanship. This subject talk will introduce the ICH items of Hong Kong associated with worship, such as Wong Tai Sin Belief and Customs, Cheung Chau Jiao Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival – the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. Participants may learn more about the local customs and cultures of worship through these ICH items.
Venue: Ngau Chi Wan Public Library
Period: Oct 2024 |
| Date: |
2022/11/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
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| Description: |
The Second World War marks the watershed in the industrial development of To Kwa Wan. Most of its pre-war industries were obnoxious and dangerous, such as the processing or production of leather, fur, cow bones and fire crackers while its post-war counterparts were mainly light industries such as the manufacturing of cotton textiles and clothing. However, To Kwa Wan has seldom been mentioned in the industrial development of Hong Kong. In fact, the district was once an industrial area in which the streets were packed with factory workers during morning and evening commuting hours and lunch time. The speaker compiled a collection of stories about the personal growth and family life of residents in the community by interviewing the old neighbours of the district. These stories are marked by industrial elements such as small factories, contracting system, original equipment manufacturing and people who persevered to work hard and seized the opportunities to set up their own business, demonstrating that industries and people’s livelihood in the community are inextricably intertwined. |
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