The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre will organize a series of lectures on heritage and archaeology from October to December 2008. Details are as follows:
| Time: |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Venue: |
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon |
Quota: |
110 seats; first come, first served. |
Remarks: |
- Audiences will be admitted 15 minutes before each lecture starts.
- Programme is subject to change without prior notice.
- The Centre makes no representations on the content of the lectures.
|
Fee: |
Free admission |
Date |
Theme |
Speakers |
4.10.2008
(Saturday) |
The Inspiration of French Architecture in Hong Kong |
Professor Ho Pui Yin
Director, Lee Woo Sing Hong Kong History Resource Centre, Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
|
18.10.2008
(Saturday) |
Mapping the Market Battles:
Siyi Colonnade Towns in the Early Republican Period |
Mr. Stan Lai
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, HK |
25.10.2008
(Saturday) |
Inheriting Local Culture and Tradition in New Architecture
| Dr. Chan Lai Kiu
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects |
15.11.2008
(Saturday) |
From Gold Mines to the Ghosts of Canadian Pacific Railways : Discovery of Chinese Pioneers’ Historic Sites in the Gold Mountain |
Mr. Lee Chung Ming
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects |
29.11.2008
(Saturday) |
Exploring Society and Culture through Objects in Temples and Ancestral Halls |
Dr. Chan Wing Hoi
Assistant Professor,
The Hong Kong Institute of Education |
6.12.2008
(Saturday) |
Urban Development and Monuments in Xiamen |
Dr. Chau Chi Fung
Senior Lecturer,
Department of History,
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
|
20.12.2008
(Saturday)
|
Heritage and Tourism in Macau |
Mr. Vincent Ho
Instructor, Department of History,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
|
All lectures are conducted in Cantonese unless otherwise specified.