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Storytelling for Children of “The Door Is Always Open: Tove Jansson and 80 Years of The Moomins” (English)
| Date: | 2025/11/1 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library (Children Library on 2nd Floor) |
Storytelling for Children of “The Door Is Always Open: Tove Jansson and 80 Years of The Moomins” (English)
| Date: | 2025/11/16 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Storytelling for Children of “The Door Is Always Open: Tove Jansson and 80 Years of The Moomins” (English)
| Date: | 2025/11/9 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Storytelling for Children of “The Door Is Always Open: Tove Jansson and 80 Years of The Moomins” (Cantonese)
| Date: | 2025/11/16 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Storytelling for Children of “The Door Is Always Open: Tove Jansson and 80 Years of The Moomins” (Cantonese)
| Date: | 2025/11/9 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Dictionaries, Textbooks and Periodicals: Foreign Language Learning of Lingnan Literati in Hong Kong and Macau in Late Qing
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/11/23 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | In the late Qing period of China, Hong Kong and Macau shared the doubly unique position in the Lingnan region. Both ports were the initial contact zones for the young Cantonese generation in the region to be exposed to foreign languages and western learning; both were the origins and nexus of exchange for the bourgeoning print culture, which was represented by the surge of new types of publications, such as bilingual dictionaries, language textbooks, newspapers and magazines. From this historical backdrop emerged a generation of Cantonese bilingual literati, who would in turn impact the diversifying linguistic landscape, print culture and educational environment in the region. The lecture unfolds a varied set of accessible and interesting primary sources recently found in digital archives in Hong Kong, China and the U.S., to engage the public audience in re-living the learning, working and expatriate experience of these late-Qing Cantonese bilinguals who made their very first steps in Hong Kong and Macau. The lecture will focalise two of such characters – Yung Wing (1828–1912), and Kwong Ki Chiu (1836 –1891), whose lives were deeply connected by the Chinese Education Mission to the U.S., and whose paths will shed lights on the historical moments when Lingnan literati reaches the World. |
Daily Life on Smartphone (Full)
| Date: | 2023/3/18 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Activity Room 1) |
| Description: | Many people have become "phubbers", thanks to the launch of multi-touch smartphones 15 years ago. But it is undeniable that nowadays a smartphone does have everything one needs for basic necessities of life. How should urbanites make good use of smartphones to truly improve their lives? The speaker is going to share his own experience with everyone. |
A Matter of Life and Death: Development of Emergency Medicine
| Date: | 2023/9/16 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
| Description: | The Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department is the gateway to a hospital. People with all sorts of health conditions walk through its doors and are never turned away. How do the A&E doctors race against the clock to save patients from the brink of death? Hong Kong’s earliest A&E Department was established in Queen Mary Hospital in 1947. Before the Second World War, how were medical emergencies handled? After the war, Emergency Medicine has gone through various stages of development. In 1997, the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine became a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, and training of specialists in Emergency Medicine was normalised. How do specialists in Emergency Medicine learn the many skills they are required to have? This talk will give you a glimpse of the A&E Department while illustrating the history of Emergency Medicine as well as its relationship with Hong Kong's social development. |
Enhancing Efforts: Insights on Changes and Demand of Healthcare through Nephrology
| Date: | 2023/11/11 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
| Description: | Keeping abreast of social progress and changing public demand for healthcare, hospitals constantly upgrade their services. The Department of Medicine and Geriatrics of Kwong Wah Hospital comprises a number of specialist units, including Cardiology, Geriatrics Medicine, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Rheumatology and Neurology, along with Infectious Diseases, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care added in recent years. In specialist healthcare, Medicine and Geriatrics is the most closely related to people's livelihood. Take Nephrology as an example: all patients suffering from renal failure require lifelong treatment. In 1981, Kwong Wah Hospital began providing haemodialysis treatment with a few hospital beds in a small area; today, the hospital houses a renal centre offering treatment and out-patient services. For decades, the hospital’s renal care team has helped patients with long-term health conditions improve their ability to care for themselves and maintain their quality of life, hoping that they can return to the community and continue with their everyday lives. In this talk, the two guest speakers will illustrate the development of the Department of Medicine and Geriatrics of Kwong Wah Hospital, with emphases on the development of Nephrology, the importance of “co-operation between doctors and nurses” in specialist healthcare development, as well as the people and events they have encountered at work. |
Children's Book Display: Sci-fi May
| Date: | 2026/5/1 (Friday) to 2026/5/31 (Sunday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Tai Po Public Library |
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