Stepping Out of Hong Kong, Remembering Our City
- 2020
- Research
- Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture
With a year and a half’s preparation, the exhibition “Memories of Our City – Hong Kong Literature from Yesterday into Tomorrow” organised by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) and the Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture (RCCLLC) was successfully launched with its opening ceremony held on 17 January 2020. It was our pleasure to have Dr Su Shuo Bin, Director of NMTL and Professor Chan Kwok Kou Leonard, Founding Director of RCCLLC to give an opening speech. Followed by the ceremony was a music band performance and the atmosphere was lively.
After the ceremony, a special talk dedicated to the exhibition cum tea gathering with Dr Su and Dr Chan Chi Tak as moderators was delivered by Professor Wang Yu Ting from the Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Tsing Hua University, and Professor Ying Feng Huang, together with four editors of the Compendium of Hong Kong Literature, including Professor Leung Po Wah, Drs Lo Wai Luk, Dorothy Tse Hiu Hung and Stephanie Ng Yuet Wah. The exhibition was held at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature from 17 January to 26 July 2020.
The 4th Undergraduate Academic Conference on Humanities was held on 12 June 2020 online. Students from 20 tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China submitted applications for the Conference, allowing students to continue the academic exchange and learning despite COVID-19.
Group photo of the opening ceremony of the exhibition
Dr Chan Chi Tak was hosting the discussion during the special talk cum tea gathering dedicated to the exhibition.
