For Adults

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Time & Date

9th October to 18th December, 2010

(Every Saturday 9:30AM to 12:30PM)

Lecturers

Mrs. Regina IP LAU Suk Yee, GBS, JP, M.A. East Asian Studies & M. Sc. Management, Stanford University, Master of Letters, University of Glasgow, B.A. (First Class Honours), University of Hong Kong

Mr. Francis Li, FRAS, B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr. YT Kwong, Guest Lecturer

Overview

During this three month program, we will be looking at (1) the social, political and cultural development of the “east” and the “west” through analyzing different texts and presentations in lectures and (2) Hong Kong‟s topical issues through presentations by different Hong Kong’s prominent social figures.

Language

The language of instruction will be Chinese (Cantonese) and English. Chinese (Mandarin)

will also be used occasionally as the language of instruction.

Make-up Classes

There will be no make-up classes. If you miss a class, we recommend that you either e-mail

us or ask your fellow classmates for lecture notes.

Requirements

In order to graduate, each student is required to attend at least 5 classes (excluding orientation and graduation) and complete ONE of the following:

1) Submit 2 homework papers, each paper with 1,000 – 1,500 Chinese characters / English words by 5pm on 31st December, 2010.

2) Take a 1 hour exam in our office anytime in between 20th-31st December, 2010.

Homework / exam will be based on course lectures and readings. We will occasionally post student’s article on our facebook fan page and/or our Sing Pao’s column, if we find the individual’s article to be well-thought out, well-composed and interesting to the audience. You are always welcomed to submit additional assignments for posting.