New Asia College The Chinese University of Hong Kong eNewsletter

In the 2015-16 academic year, we are delighted to have two guest speakers honor us with lectures in the New Asia Lecture Series on Contemporary China. They will cover various aspects of China's current development and its relationship with Hong Kong. Details of the lectures are as follows:

First Lecture:

Speaker: Dr. CHAN Man-hung, Thomas, Head of the China Business Centre, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Topic: Blueprint of "One Belt One Road" and the Future of Hong Kong

Date: 9 October 2015 (Friday)

Time: 11:30 am – 1:15 pm

Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK

This lecture will be held at the College Bi-weekly Assembly

Second Lecture:

Speaker: Mr. PUN Ka Yeung, Simon

Chairman of Phoenix International Development Limited

Topic: The Hard Thing about Hard Things

Date: 29 October 2015 (Thursday)

Time: 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Venue: Yun Chi Hsien, New Asia College

This lecture will be held at the College Student Dinner Colloquium.

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Jason Yeung

Tel: 3943-7612 E-mail: jasonyeung@cuhk.edu.hk.

B. New Asia Lectures on Confucianism

"New Asia Lectures on Confucianism" is generously sponsored by the Moonchu Foundation. The Second New Asia Lecture on Confucianism will be held in mid-November 2015, and we have invited Professor Guo Qi-yong to be our speaker.

Professor Guo is the Professor of Philosophy at Wuhan University, Deputy Director of Research Center of Traditional Chinese Cultural Studies and Director of Research Center of Confucius and Confucianism of Wuhan University. Details of the lectures are as follows:

First Lecture:

Topic: "Mutual Non-disclosure of Wrongdoings Among Family Members" and "Execution of Family Members with the Great Righteousness": Their Ethical and Legal Dimensions

Date: 13 November 2015 (Friday)

Time: 11:30 am – 1:15 pm

Venue: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK

This lecture will be held at the College Bi-weekly Assembly

Second Lecture:

Topic: Three modern sages: Liang Shuming, Xiong Shili, Ma Yifu

Date: 14 November 2015 (Saturday)

Time: 3pm – 5pm

Venue: Hong Kong Central Library

Third Lecture:

Topic: A Philosophical Interpretation of the Book of Rites: Four Dimensions

Date: 17 November 2015 (Tuesday)

Time: To be confirmed

Venue: To be confirmed

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Jack Wong
Tel: 3943-1690; E-mail jackwong@cuhk.edu.hk.

C. Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History

The "Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History" is generously sponsored by Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited. This year, we have invited Professor Yeh Wen Hsin to be the guest speaker of the "Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History". Details are as follows:

First Lecture:

Topic: Shipwrecked: the Rover and Late Qing Taiwan

Date: 22 November 2015 (Sunday)

Time: 3pm – 5pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History

Second Lecture:

Topic: Wartime Writing: A Practice of Reading

Date: 23 November 2015 (Monday)

Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm

Venue: Cho Yiu Hall, CUHK

For enquiries, please contact Mr. Nixon Fok

Tel: 3943-7603 E-mail: nixonfok@cuhk.edu.hk.