Spring 2010
Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong
| Speaker: | Ms Christine Loh 陸恭蕙女士 |
| Moderators | Mr Ching Cheong 程翔先生, Mr Stephen Vines |
| Date: | 11 March 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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East River Column : Hong Kong guerrillas in the Second World War and after
| Speaker: | Mr Chan Sui-jeung 陳瑞璋先生 |
| Moderator: | Dr Peter Cunich (Dept of History, HKU) |
| Date: | 21 January 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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| Speaker: | Ms Wong Ming Lok 黃明樂女士 |
| Moderator: | Professor Lui Tai Lok 呂大樂教授 |
| Date: | 4 February 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese (Simultaneous Interpretation to English) |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 港孩: 父母教師的噩夢
No Bad Fat, All Good Fat including Cholesterol: a re-evaluation of the diet/heart disease hypothesis
| Theme Books: | The great cholesterol con : the truth about what really causes heart disease and how to avoid it The great cholesterol con : why everything you've been told about cholesterol, diet and heart disease is wrong! |
| Speaker: | Professor Marcel S.F. Lie Ken Jie |
| Moderator: | Dr Anthony Ferguson |
| Date: | 25 March 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Book Launch on Eileen Chang's The Fall of the Pagoda
| Guests: | Professor S.P. Chow Dr Roland Soong Mr Perry Lam Mr Michael Duckworth Dr Tony Ferguson Ms Xue Jun Yuan |
| Date: | 15 April 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 3:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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《繼往開來──香港廠商75年》
Seventy-five Years of Hong Kong Manufacturing – Past and Present
| Speaker: | Dr Lee Pui Tak 李培德博士 |
| Co-speaker: | Mr Yin Tak Shing 尹德勝先生 |
| Date: | 6 May 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese (Simultaneous Interpretation to English) |
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| Speaker: | Professor Janet W. Salaff |
| Moderator: | Professor Lui Tai Lok 呂大樂教授 |
| Date: | 13 May 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Legends from the Swiss Alps
瑞士阿爾卑斯山的傳說
| Speaker: | Professor Andrea Riemenschnitter, Professor Leung Ping-kwan |
| Moderator: | Yuen Che-hung |
| Date: | 10 June 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English & Cantonese |
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| Speaker: | Mr Edward Stokes (Founder Director,The Photographic Heritage Foundation) |
| Moderator: | Mr Tom Mitchell (South China Correspondent, Financial Times) |
| Date: | 24 June 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Fall 2010
Book Launch on Eileen Chang's The Book of Change
| Guests: | Dr Roland Soong 宋以朗博士 Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee 李歐梵教授 |
| Date: | 3 September 2010 (Friday) |
| Time: | 12:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Poor English: Why Should Hong Kong Care?
| Theme Book: | You Can Write Better English |
| Speaker: | Mr Barry Kalb Honorary Lecturer, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU |
| Moderator: | Professor Ying Chan 陳婉瑩教授 Director, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU |
| Date: | 9 September 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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文學與神明──從詩歌到哲學的提升
Literature and Gods: Elevation from Poetry to Philosophy
| Theme Book: | 《文學與神明──饒宗頤訪談錄》 Literature and Gods: Interview with Professor Jao Tsung-I |
| Speaker: | 施議對教授（澳門大學社會科學及人文學院中文系教授） Professor Sze Yee-Tui, Department of Chinese, University of Macau |
| Moderator: | 李安小姐(香港三聯書店副總編輯) Miss Lee Anne (Deputy Chief-editor, Joint Publishing Hong Kong Co. Ltd.) |
| Date: | 30 September 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Putonghua |
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婦女遺囑的秘密 -- 性工作者與女性獨立
Women Secrets behind their Wills -- sex workers and women’s independency
| Theme Books | 《婦女遺囑藏著的秘密人生、家庭與社會》 Women Secrets behind their Wills |
| Speakers: | 嚴潔心小姐 Miss Kendy Yim 鄭宏泰博士 Dr Victor Zheng 黃紹倫教授 Professor Siu-lun Wong |
| Moderator: | 莊玉惜小姐 Miss Yuk Sik Chong |
| Date: | 14 October 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese (Simultaneous Interpretation to English) |
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What do the Lord's Prayer, the Tao Te Ching, and Anthroposophy have in common?
| Theme Books | The Lord's Prayer: An Eastern Perspective Lao Tzu and Anthroposophy |
| Speaker: | Dr Kwan-Yuk Claire Sit 羅君鈺博 |
| Moderator: | Dr Anthony Ferguson |
| Date: | 28 October 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
衝出香港──設計師的國際舞台
Hong Kong Designers Inside-Out! -- The International Stage of Local Designers
| Theme Book | Brody : The Graphic Language of Neville Brody |
| Speakers: | 何綺雯女士 Ms. Christie Ho 謝暖棠先生 Mr. Jackson Tse 陳君勇先生 Mr. Steve Chan |
| Date: | 11 November 2010 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation will be available in English or Putonghua upon request in advance) |