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Act now to enroll any of the fabulous events this September!

Events Kicking-off United College's 50th Anniversary

The Year of 2006 marks the 50th Anniversary of United College. The "Si Yuan Amphitheatre Opening Ceremony" held at 10:00am on September 15 (Friday) at Si Yuan Amphitheatre together with the "Golden Jubilee Anniversary Activities Kick-off Ceremony cum Golden Jubilee 1st Alumni Talk" held at 11:30am at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall on the same day, will kick-off a galaxy of programs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of United College.

For details of the celebratory programs, please visit the special website for United College's Golden Jubilee: www.cuhk.edu.hk/uc/uc50. For enquiries, please call Mrs Christina Li, College Secretary at 2609 7577 or Ms Amy Luk, Dean of Students' Office at 2609 8654.

The University has invited Prof Larry Diamond, an expert on democracy and the mentor for the master's thesis of the former secretary for security Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, to deliver a lecture on democracy for free:

Topic	Can the Whole World be Democratic? Thoughts on Remaining Obstacles to Democratization from a Global Perspective
Date	September 18 (Monday)
Time:	11:30am
Venue	LT 1, Esther Lee Building
Language	English

CU alumni can register for tickets here. Seats are limited and tickets are available on a first-come first-served basis. For enquiries, please contact the Communications and Public Relations Office at 2609 8893.

After a boat trip to Victoria Harbour on August 20, 2006 during which Professor Ho Pui-yin of the Department of History shared the historical stories of Hong Kong, the Shaw College Alumni Affairs Committee is going to organize the following activities in September:

Fellowship Lunch for Shaw Alumni Working in CUHK 2006

Date	September 13 (Wednesday)
Time	12:45pm
Venue	Marine View
Target	Shaw alumni who are working in CUHK
Registration and enquiry	Ms Sydney Li (Tel: 2609 8637, Email: sydney@cuhk.edu.hk)

Shaw College Alumni Association Social Service - Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Party for the Children of Heep Hong Society

Date	September 30 (Saturday)
Time	2:00pm - 4:30pm
Venue	Heep Hong Society, Ngau Tau Kok Branch
Objective	Allow participants to learn how to communicate with retarded children and contribute to the community by celebrating the Mid-Autumn festival with a group of retarded children aged between 2-6
Enrollment:	Please click here
Enquiry:	Ms Sydney Li (Tel: 2609 8637, Email: sydney@cuhk.edu.hk)

Shaw College Alumni Association is recruiting executive committee members. Interested parties please contact Ms Venus Liu (Mobile: 9029 9404, Email: aa-sc@alumni.cuhk.edu.hk).

The autumn series of the Book Club talks will start in September. Ms Cheung Shin-yee, an alumna of CUHK and the Chief Editor of Commercial Press (HK) Ltd., will deliver the first talk on "Reading and Appreciating Dun Huang (敦煌)".

Date	September 8 (Friday)
Time	7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue	SCS Central Learning Centre (Room A, 1/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central)

Talks will be also organized for secondary school students in autumn. "Science" will be the main theme. Alumni are welcome to invite family members and friends to join.

The Book Club talks are free of charge. For enrolment and further details, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/bookclub/form.htm (Chinese version only).

Family and Closely Held Business Forum (家族及股權封閉式企業論壇)

The CUHK Center for Entrepreneurship will organize the "Family and Closely-Held Business Forum (家族及股權封閉式企業論壇)" on October 20-21 (Friday – Saturday) at InterContinental Grand Stanford Hotel, TST East. The Forum aims to allow participants to understand how issues such as governance, strategy, family dynamics, financing and succession affect the success of the business. CU alumni can register at a special price at $1900/person (original price: $2,500). Please click here for more details.

The Center has recently designed a short questionnaire to gauge alumni's interests and requests on entrepreneurship. To complete the questionnaire, please click here. 3 minutes will do!

The Alumni Association of Music Department of CUHK will organize its Annual Dinner & AGM in September 2006. Alumni of the Department are welcome to join.

Date	September 30 (Saturday)
Time	6:00pm (AGM), 7:00pm (Annual Dinner)
Venue	Chung Chi College Staff Club (Opposite to the Chapel on Chung Chi campus)
Fee	Adults - HK$150 / person, Children under 12 - $50 / person, Children under 3 – Free (Existing staff of Music Department – Free)
Registration	Send a crossed cheque together with a completed reply slip to Music Department
Enquiry	Rianna, Department of Music (Tel: 2609 6487)

CUHK FAA Annual Banquet & Inauguration Ceremony for 2006

The Federation of Alumni Associations of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK FAA) will organize its Annual Banquet & Inauguration Ceremony for 2006 on 23 September 2006. Alumni are welcome to join.  

Date	September 23 (Saturday)
Time	7:00pm
Venue	Gloucester Room, 3/F., The Excelsior Hotel
Guest of Honor	Professor Lawrence J Lau, Vice-Chancellor
Programmes	Cocktail Reception, Inaugural Ceremony, Arts Performance and Lucky Draw
Fee	HK$500 / person  Registration here !