To promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong, the Libraries has created the University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club. The Reading Club will sponsor a series of book talks featuring leading members of Hong Kong intellectual community.
Spring 2002
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order / by Samuel P. Huntington
| Speaker: | Professor C.F. Lee 李焯芬教授 |
| Moderator: | Dr. A. W. Ferguson 彭仁賢博士 |
| Date: | Wednesday, 30 January 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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范柳原懺情錄 (李歐梵著) / 傾城之戀(張愛玲著)
(Confessions of a Profligate, Fan Liuyuan by Lee Ou-fan / Love in a Fallen City by Zhang Ai-ling)
| Speaker: | Professor Leo Lee 李歐梵教授 |
| Date: | Wednesday, 6 March 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Putonghua / English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 范柳原懺情錄
| Speaker: | Dr. K. Wong 黃岐醫生 |
| Moderator: | Dr. Chan Kow Tak 陳求德醫生 |
| Date: | Thursday, 18 April 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 天使走過人間
| Speaker: | Dr. Chan Man-Hung 陳萬雄博士 |
| Moderator: | Dr. Steven Luk 陸國燊博士; 謝安先生 |
| Date: | 24 June 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 新時代的歷史觀
Fall 2002
Tales from No. 9 Ice House Street by Patrick Yu
| Speaker: | Patrick Yu 余叔韶 |
| Moderator: | Audrey Eu 余若薇 |
| Date: | 26 September 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages by David Zweig
| Speaker: | Frank Ching 秦家驄 |
| Moderator: | Professor J P Burns (HKU Dept of Politics and Public Administration) |
| Date: | 7 November 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
| Speaker: | Joy Shan Lam-Kung 林在山 |
| Moderator: | Dr Elaine Ho (HKU Dept of English) |
| Date: | 12 December 2002 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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