Hong Kong Museum of History

Public Programmes

Lecture Series on "This and That Waterloo"

Jointly organised by

Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University
China Economic Research Programme, Lingnan University

In association with the Hong Kong Museum of History

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

Time: 2:30 – 5:15pm

Seats: 110 seats, free admission, first come, first served. (Audience will be admitted 15 minutes before each lecture starts)

The Museum makes no representation concerning the contents of the lectures. All lectures will be conducted in Cantonese.

The lecture will be delivered in hybrid mode. The details of public live broadcast via Zoom are as follows:

Lecture link: Please click here to join
Lecture ID: 959 6774 7294

(For user guide of Zoom, please refer to the important notes or visit https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us )

For lectures details, please refer to the rundown, poster and lecture map.

Chairs: Prof. WONG Siu Lun / Dr. ZHENG Wan Tai, Victor

Date	Theme	Topic and Speaker
27 / 11 (Sat)	Anecdotes About the City	Mr. SUN Tak Wing, Kevin (Curator, Hong Kong Museum of History) 【Topic】Passage of Time: Pre-war Chinese Public Dispensaries in Yaumati Prof. LEE Kam Keung (Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University) 【Topic】Heavenly Street: Waterloo Road and the LAM Chi Fung Family Dr. HUI Ching (Vice-Chairperson, Management Board, Institute of Future Cities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】Bruce LEE and Post-war Development in Kowloon
4 / 12 (Sat)	A City Where East Meets West	Prof. WONG Siu Lun (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】Hong Kong 1979: LIU Dingzhong, LIAO Chengzhi and the Resumption of Sovereignty Dr. TING Sun Pao, Joseph (Adjunct Professor, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】 J. P. BRAGA, a Leading Portuguese Merchant and the Development of Central Kowloon in the Early 20th Century Prof. CHAN Nicholas Louis (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】 The Stories of the Local Eurasian Community and Diocesan Boys' School: With the Focus on the ZIMMERN and LOWCOCK Families
11 / 12 (Sat)	Helping People to Help Themselves	Mr. SHUN Chi Ming (Former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory) 【Topic】The Sheung Tai Temple in Kowloon City – Past and Present Mr. MA Koon Yiu (Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】Kowloon Residents' Association and Kowloon Hospital Dr. ZHENG Wan Tai, Victor (Associate Director (Executive), Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】Building a Garden City: Sudden Death of C. M. Ede and His Unaccomplished Plan
18 / 12 (Sat)	Rise and Flourishing of the City	Dr. NG Chun Hung (Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】James WONG's "Lion Rock Spirit" Dr. CHOY Lee Man (Director, Fermiland Music Centre) 【Topic】Phoenix Rises from Ashes: Disastrous Fire and Land Supply Dr. ZHENG Wan Tai, Victor (Associate Director (Executive), Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 【Topic】From Periphery to Core: Step by Step Development of Elly KADOORIE

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