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The I·CARE Programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is privileged to have Professor Lung Yingtai, a renowned Taiwanese writer, as the speaker of its University Lecture on Civility this year.  The University Lecture on Civility is one of the most anticipated annual events on campus which has been rolled out for seven years.  As suggested by the title ‘The 13 Things Learnt from the Adventure of a Perplexing Youth’, Professor Lung will share her views of the period from adolescence to adulthood during the lecture to be held on 22 September at the Concourse of New Asia College.  A screening session of the documentary, Seeing Off 1949 – Lung Yingtai’s Journey, will be held a day prior to Professor Lung’s lecture.  This documentary was shot while Professor Lung had been writing her literary work, The Big River Big Sea (1949).  Professor Lung will join the screening event and speak about her journey to exploring 1949. Members of the public are welcome to join the above activities by making registration at: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=3771220.    

Based in Taiwan, Professor Lung had been teaching at the University of Heidelberg and the National Tsing Hua University, in addition to The University of Hong Kong (HKU).  She served as the first Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Taipei City Government from 1999 to 2003 and was appointed by HKU as the first Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities in 2008, where she resided in the Robert Black College and completed her literary work, The Big River Big Sea (1949).  She was then appointed the first Commissioner of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2012 to 2014.  Professor Lung has published numerous literary works which are prevalent among the Chinese world.

Details of the series of activities of University Lecture on Civility 2017: 

Screening and Debriefing Session of Documentary
Title: Seeing Off 1949 – Lung Yingtai’s Journey
          (Duration: 99 minutes; Language: Mandarin, with subtitles in Chinese)
Director: Huang Li-ming
Date: 21 September 2017 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

University Lecture
Topic    : The 13 Things Learnt from the Adventure of a Perplexing Youth
Date     : 22 September 2017 (Friday)
Time    : 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Venue  : Concourse, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language : Mandarin

Exhibition of Quotes in Lung Yingtai’s Literary Works^*
Date: 11 – 22 September 2017
Time: 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Venue: University MTR Station Piazza; G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park (near the station of school bus no. 3 and no. 4); G/F, Pommerenke Student Centre; Learning Garden, University Library; entrance of Sir Run Run Shaw Hall; entrance of New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library

^*Remarks: i) Registration is not required for this exhibition
                ii) Please visit the detailed schedule of different exhibition venues at https://www4.cuhk.edu.hk/icare/icare_media/Projects/University_Lecture/2017-18/ulc_2017_exhibition_schedule.pdf

Run and Read – Street Running and Book Reading^#
Date: 30 September 2017 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm 
Assembly point: University MTR Station Piazza
Dismissal point: Breakthrough Youth Village, No. 33 A Kung Kok Shan Road, Shatin, N.T.
Activities: Street running, guided tour to A Kung Kok Shan and book reading
Language: Cantonese

^#Remark: All CUHK students and staff are welcome.  Quota is limited and registration will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.  Participation is free of charge. 

Book Exhibition at University Bookstore and Preferential Offer
Date: 7 -29 September 2017
Preferential offer: Holders of CUHK Link Card are entitled to 20% off upon purchase of the selected publications of Lung Yingtai.

For more information about the activities, please visit https://www4.cuhk.edu.hk/icare/index.php/en/projects/university-lecture-on-civility/178 .

About I•CARE University Lecture on Civility

With the slogan ‘Aspiration through reflection; Renewal through civility’, the I‧CARE Programme aims to encourage students to actively serve the community under the guidance of teachers to explore, understand and discuss social problems of different parts of the world, and to develop solutions to the problems. The University Lectures on Civility form a major component of the programme which helps promote students’ holistic development and civic engagement through illuminating presentations given by eminent scholars and public figures. Previous speakers included Mr Hwai-min Lin, founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan; renowned scholar and writer Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee and Professor Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai; Ms Shuli Hu, famous journalist from mainland China; acclaimed Taiwanese architect Mr Kris Yao; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus; renowned Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Mr. Chiang Hsun, renowned Taiwanese writer, poet and painter.