Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

English-born Prof. Andrew Parkin taught in Hong Kong in the 60s. He then emigrated to Canada in 1970, returning to Hong Kong in 1991 to serve as professor of English at the University. Evident in his writings about Hong Kong is the hybrid and diasporic quality of the Hong Kong experience. His collaboration with Prof. Lawrence Wong, Hong Kong Poems (1997) offers the poets' perceptions of what Hong Kong had been and was in the year when Hong Kong returned t o Chinese sovereignty. Prof. Parkin's numerous other works include two books of poetry, Dancers in a Web and Yokohama Days, Kyoto Nights. His more recent publications include an anthology of Hong Kong Chinese poetry in English, From the Bluest Partof the Harbour, and At Chinese University, a poem accompanied by a Jacqueline Ricard original engraving, all hand- printed. His works have been widely anthologized and appeared in publications the world over. He has also organized and participated in numerous poetry readings. Born in Hong Kong, Prof. Louise Ho is a poet of international acclaim. Soon after completing her undergraduate studies, she had two poems published by the Asian Magazine Annual International WritingJournal. Since then she has published two collections of poetry, Local Habitation, which deals with Hong Kong and other topics, and New Ends Old Beginnings, which focuses on Hong Kong approaching 1997 and her life between Hong Kong and Australia. Her works have been included in many anthologies. She has also given readings in the US, Australia, Ireland, the UK, and Austria. She is now working on a book of poems on the day, or the very hour of the handover ('As the clock strikes twelve, we become "Chinese".'). Prof. Ho says English is her functional language, her literary tool. She writes from the main English literary tradition but uses it to talk about the Hong Kong entity. Her poetry contains many allusions to English and European literature and culture, but they are sometimes applied to the Hong Kong context ('I stand in no man's land, so I can play games across borders between English text and Cantonese subject.'). Promoting and Preserving Hong Kong Culture Global Youth Chinese Literary Award for the New Century To kindle interest in literature among Chinese communities all over the world, and to nurture young writers o f the 21st century, the Faculty of Arts organized the first 'Global Youth Chinese Literary Award for the New Century' i n 2000. The activity provided an opportunity for Chinese youth the world over to interact and lear n from one another, and t o Hong Kong Culture: A Multiplicity of Colours 9