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“Community Exploration on Daily Living” Activity Series: Subject Talk: The past and present of Luen Wo Market and Kwu Tung Market: An architectural perspective
| Date: | 2025/12/6 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sheung Shui Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | This activity is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit https://ccpo.gov.hk/en. |
Reapproaching the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong from Interactive Map 1941-1945
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2025/9/14 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | "The Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong, 1941-1945: A Spatial History Project" research team utilised GIS technology to create an interactive map and database, integrating historical materials from Chinese, English, American, and Japanese sources to reconstruct the military and political apparatus, economic activities, and public health conditions during the three years and eight months of Japanese occupation, presenting the urban spatial transformation of Hong Kong during this period. |
Subject Talk on "The War of Resistance in Hong Kong: Story of Sai Kung"
| Date: | 2025/9/13 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tseung Kwan O Public Library |
“Stories of Sha Tau Kok Countryside” Activity Series: Subject Talk: Memories of the War of Resistance from So Lo Pun Village
| Date: | 2025/11/8 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sheung Shui Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | This activity is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit https://ccpo.gov.hk/en. |
Meet-the-Authors 2025: Joyful Writing - When Words meet Music and Mind: Cantopop and Well-being
| Date & Time: | 19 April 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Filial Piety Re-invent: Leaving Care Responsibilities for Professionals.
| Date & Time: | 2023/8/12 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| 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. |
History of the North District: Guided Tour：The Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok Anti-war Memorial Hall
| Date: | 2024/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sheung Shui Public Library (Assembly point - The Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok Anti-war Memorial Hall) |
| Description: | This activity is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html. |
Monthly Literary Talk 2025: Travel Literature Journal: Xi Xi' s Travel Writings
| Date & Time: | 15 February 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
A Century of Cultural Development in Central and Western District – Harbour
| Date: | 2025/9/20 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (8/F, Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | Victoria Harbour: Transforming from a fishing village to a free port and to a global metropolis and bearing testimony to a century of reclamation. |
The Hidden Cultural Gems: The Art and Architecture of Temples in Central and Western District
Local History and Culture /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Month 2026
| Date: | 2026/6/6 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room, 8/F, City Hall Public Library) |
| Description: | The Central and Western District of Hong Kong is home to many long-standing temples which embody exquisite traditional craftsmanship and distinctive artistic features, they are key venues for various traditional festivities and rituals, such as celebrating the birthday of deities and holding the Kwun Yum Treasury Opening Festival, bearing witness to the evolution of folk beliefs and religious culture over the years. This talk will introduce these important cultural landmarks and provide insights into their rich historical, artistic and social values. |
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