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Chung Chi College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is very honoured to have invited Dr. Lam Bun Ching, a world-renowned composer and a music graduate of Chung Chi College in 1976, to serve as the Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow 2011/2012. During her visit from 30 January to 10 February, Dr. Lam will be meeting College members in a series of activities including the Annual Education Conference, College Life Luncheon Talk, College Assembly and Tolo Nocturne, etc. In the Annual Education Conference to be held this Saturday (4 February), Dr. Lam will share her insights on ‘Identity and Difference: the Contemporary Artist in Global and Local Culture’ and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble will give a live music performance of Dr. Lam’s work titled Omi Hakkei. Interested members of the public can refer to the following website and register for free: www.cuhk.edu.hk/ccc/edu-conference/. 

The Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellows Programme is one of the major annual academic events of Chung Chi College. With aims of promoting academic and cultural interchange on campus and broadening intellectual horizons of College staff and students, the programme was first launched in 1982 with generous donations of the late Mrs. Siu Lien Ling Wong. In the past 29 years, many world prestigious and respectable scholars from various academic fields including Prof. C.N. Yang, Nobel Laureate in Physics; Mr. Xiao Qian, a famous author from the mainland; Prof. Yau Shing Tung, Professor of Mathematics of Harvard University; and Prof. Pai Hsien-yung Kenneth, Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies of the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, were invited to visit the College as Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellows. This year’s programme is also one of the major celebratory events of the College’s 60^th Anniversary. 

The Annual Education Conference is the highlight of Dr. Lam’s visit toChung Chi College.  Details are as follows: