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 2003
An Impossible Dream: Hong Kong University from Foundation to Re-establishment, 1910-1950
| Speaker: | Dr Peter Cunich, Department of History, HKU |
| Date: | 23 January 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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| Speaker: | 司徒華先生 Mr Szeto Wah |
| Moderator: | 李怡先生，林和立先生 Mr Lee Yee and Mr Willy Lam Wo-lap |
| Date: | 二ＯＯ三年三月六日 6 March 2003 |
| Time: | 晚上七時十五分 - 九時正 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | 廣東話 Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk How did the sun rise over Yanan
| Speaker: | 路平 Ms Lu Ping, Director of Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center |
| Moderator: | Ms Evelyn Ng, Women's Studies Research Centre, HKU |
| Date: | 15 May 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Putonghua |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 行道天涯
| Speaker: | Mrs Regina Ip, GBS, JP, Secretary for Security |
| Moderator: | Ms Evelyn Ng, Women's Studies Research Centre, HKU |
| Date: | 5 June 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk A Room of one's own
Voices From the Past: Hong Kong 1842-1918 / selected and annotated by Solomon Bard
| Speaker: | Professor David Lung, Department of Architecture HKU |
| Moderator: | Dr Elizabeth Sinn, Centre of Asian Studies |
| Date: | 12 June 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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The Art of Xu Bing: words without meaning, meaning without words / Britta Erickson
| Speaker: | Mr Xu Bing |
| Moderator: | Dr Colin Day |
| Date: | 17 July 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Fall 2003
| Speaker: | Mr Martin Lee 李柱銘 |
| Moderator: | Dr Robert Chung 鍾庭耀 |
| Date: | 23 September 2003 |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Colonial Hong Kong in the eyes of Elsie Tu
| Speaker: | Ms Elsie Tu 杜葉錫恩 |
| Discussants: | Ms Aileen Bridgewater, Dr Judith Mackay and Mr Peter Moss |
| Moderator: | Ms Aileen Bridgewater |
| Date: | 9 October 2003 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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| Speaker: | 詹德隆 Mr Tsim Tak Lung |
| Moderator: | 楊玉峰博士 Dr Y.F. Yeung |
| Date: | 二ＯＯ三年十月三十日 30 October 2003 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 晚上七時十五分 - 九時正 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | 廣東話 Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 原野
Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen
| Theme: | Women through the ages |
| Speaker: | Mrs Anson Chan |
| Moderator: | Dr. Sabine Maureen Alice |
| Date: | 27 November 2003 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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