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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Investigates the Etymology of ‘Tea’
18 November 2016 (Friday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, discusses the origins of the various names people use to refer to tea in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters. “Walk into a branch of a global coffee-house chain and order a ...
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HKU Team Competing in Televised Cultural Debate Competition
HKU Team Competing in Televised Cultural Debate Competition An HKU team captained by Arts undergraduate student Mr Chong Shing Hei are among the finalists in the cultural debate competition, “The World Listens to Me”. The team, which also includes Mr Huang Guanyu and Mr Lim Kam ...
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Faculty of Arts in the Media: SCMP Interview with Professor Chan Hing-yan
Professor Chan Hing-yan from the Department of Music was interviewed by the South China Morning Post in relation to his new work for huqin and orchestra – the centrepiece of a Hong Kong Sinfonietta concert in Taiwan – that mixes poetic Chinese themes with Western techniques. Please clic...
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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Reveals the True Origin of the Old Word for Maidservant ‘amah’
4 November 2016 (Friday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, discusses where Hong Kong got ‘amah’, an old word for maidservant, from in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters. The term used to mean a Chinese domestic helper, and the...
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HKU Faculty of Arts is hosting an innovative soundscape installation and exhibition by University Artists Anne Hayes and Glenn Davidson in the Ground Floor Gallery of Run Run Shaw Tower on the Centennial Campus. The exhibition, finding future's way, is both a homage to the hardworking bee and us...
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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Discusses the Common Hong Kong Greeting ‘Have you eaten rice yet?’
23 October 2016 (Sunday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, explains why ‘have you eaten’ means ‘how are you’ in Hong Kong in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters. “It is not exclusive to Hong Kong Cantonese. Ac...
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Award-winning Poet Sarah Howe to Deliver Second Century Lecture
Award-winning Poet Sarah Howe to Deliver Second Century Lecture HKU Faculty of Arts has invited Hong Kong-born British poet Sarah Howe to deliver the Second Century Lecture at the University. In January of this year, she followed in the footsteps of literary greats, including Seamus Heaney and Te...