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• CUHK Convocation's Chinese Music Charity Concert
• Alumni Sharing Session on CUHK Campus Master Plan
• Nobel Laureates Distinguished Lectures
• Gao Xingjian Arts Festival
• Exhibition of "Art through My Ages – Prints and Sculpture by Hon-ching Lee"
• Free Tickets of the 4th Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival Performance Finals

CUHK Convocation's Chinese Music Charity Concert

Organized by the CUHK Convocation and presented by Si Yuan Foundation, the fund-raising concert in support of upgrading of facilities in the CUHK Sleep Assessment Unit and development of CUHK Yao Chung Kit Diabetes Assessment Centre will be held on 12 May. All donors in support of the event will be entitled to tickets of the concert as a token of appreciation. Alumni are encouraged to lend your support to the meaningful cause.

Date	12 May (Mon, Buddha's Birthday Public Holiday)
Time	7:30pm
Venue	Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
Performer	-  Nanjing University Traditional Instrument Orchestra -  Chinese Music Ensemble, Department of Music, CUHK
Online Donation & Details	Please click here
Enquiry	Office of Institutional Advancement, CUHK – 2609 8648

The CUHK Convocation will organize a sharing session to collect the views of alumni regarding the University's Campus Master Plan. Details of the event are as follows:

Date	26 April (Saturday)
Time	10:00am –1:00pm
Venue	LT4, Esther Lee Building

For attendance registration, please click here.

The University has invited Professor Erwin Neher, 1991 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and Professor Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences to deliver lectures on 15 April on campus.
 
Seats are limited and available on a first-come first-served basis. Alumni are welcome to register for tickets and attend.

Date	15 April (Tuesday)
Time (1st lecture)	4:15 pm
Topic & Speaker	"Current Frontiers in the Neurosciences" by Professor Erwin Neher, 1991 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Time (2nd lecture)	6:00 pm
Topic & Speaker	"Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals" by Professor Eric S. Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Venue	T.Y. Wong Hall, 5/F, Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building, CUHK
Language	English
Registration for tickets	http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/nobellectures

For enquiries, please contact the Communications and Public Relations Office at 2609 8893.

Gao Xingjian Arts Festival

The festival featuring the theatre, film, novel, poetry and paintings of Gao Xingjian, the 2000 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, will be held from 22 May to 1 June with Mr Gao's presence.

Highlights of the programmes to be held on campus include a public lecture entitled "The Finite and the Infinite --- the Aesthetics of Creation", an exhibition of the Gao Xingjian Special Collection in CUHK Libraries, a three-day international symposium and the world premiere of his play "Of Mountains & Seas". There are also programmes scheduled in town by joint presenters.

For details, please visit http://www.gxjartsfest2008.com.

Exhibition of "Art through My Ages – Prints and Sculpture by Hon-ching Lee"

Co-organized by United College and the Art Museum of CUHK, the exhibition will be held from 3 to 29 April 2008 at University Library Exhibition Hall.

This exhibition will present some of the best sculptures and prints of Professor Hon-chung Lee, Artist-in-Residence of United College since 1960's.

For details, please contact Ms Amy Yeung or Ms Candy Shek of the Dean of Students' Office of United College at 2609 7455 or 2696 1844.

Held at 2:30pm on 7-9 April at the Auditorium of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, free tickets of the performance finals can be collected at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall Box Office from 20 March.

Free Shuttle Bus will be available between MTR University Station and Sir Run Run Shaw Hall at 2:00pm and after the performance. For the performance schedule, please click here.

For enquiries, please call 2609 7013 / 2609 7528 / 26097852 or email to Shakespeare@cuhk.edu.hk or cuoaa@cuhk.edu.hk.