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 2011
| Theme Book | «善與人同-與香港同步成長的東華三院» (Organizational History of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals 1870-1997) |
| Speaker: | 丁新豹博士 Dr Joseph Ting |
| Moderator: | 史秀英女士 Ms Stella See (東華三院檔案及歷史文化總主任, The Head of Records and Heritage Office of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals) |
| Date: | 13 January (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese (Simultaneous Interpretation to English) |
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Coming Full Circle - a return to Chinese origins
| Theme Book | Beneath the Banyan Tree, my family chronicles |
| Speaker: | Mrs Cornelia (Nelly) Lichauco Fung |
| Moderator: | Dr Anthony Ferguson (Consultant for the Joint University Research Archive) |
| Date: | 20 January (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Is The Writer Her Character(s)?
| Theme Book | Habit of a Foreign Sky |
| Speaker: | Ms Xu Xi (許素細女士) |
| Moderator: | Mr Richard Lord (Hong Kong-based freelance journalist) |
| Date: | 24 February 2011 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Centenary Book Talk Series
Possible Dreams: HKU and a Changing Asia
| Theme Book | Growing with Hong Kong: the University and its Graduates |
| Speaker: | Professor Wang Gungwu (王赓武教授) |
| Moderator: | Mr Peter Sidorko, HKU Librarian |
| Date: | 25 March 2011 (Friday) |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Centenary Book Talk Series
University Life and Other Episodes
| Theme Book | Memories, A Family Album |
| Speaker: | Mr Edward Sing-tin Ho (何承天先生) |
| Moderator: | Mr Peter Sidorko, HKU Librarian |
| Date: | 14 April 2011 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Fall 2011
| Speaker: | Dr the Honourable Leong Che-hung (梁智鴻醫生) |
| Moderator: | Mr Peter Sidorko, HKU Librarian |
| Date: | 13 October 2011 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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