Bulletin No. 1, 2010

Activities and Events  45 Japanese poet Takahashi Mutsuo Inauguration of School of Public Health and Primary Care T he opening ceremony of the School of Public Health and Primary Care was held on 30 November 2009 with over 300 local and international guests in attendance. Dr. York Chow (front row, 7th right), Secret ar y for Food and Health, The Government of HKSAR; Dr. C.H. Leong (front row, 4th left), member of the Executive Council; Prof. Li Liming (front row, 6th right), vice president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Prof. Chiu Wen-ta (front row, 3rd left), president of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health; Dr. Donald Li (front row, 2nd left), president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (Asia Pacific Region), and Prof. Sian Griffiths (front row, 5th left), director of the School of Public Health and Primary Care, officiated at the ceremony. International Poetry Nights I n late November 2009, the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) organized, in collaboration with partners on and off campus, the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong, a four-day event filled with cultural and academic activities. The event included three seminars, five poetry recitals and a forum. There were 14 leading poets in attendance, seven from abroad. The recital of a Tang poem by students of the Diocesan Boys’ School kicked off the Opening Ceremony and Poetry Recitation on the evening of 26 November 2009 at the Teaching Complex at Western Campus. The poets read their poems in their mother tongues as paintings and photos accompanied by Chinese and English translations of the lines appeared on a screen. The two-hour event was a visual and audio feast.