CNews Issue 3, 2009

Alumni Networks 38 Tasmania, Melbourne, Sydney and On the occasion of Professor Jao Tsung-I’s 饒宗頤 exhibition “The Amalgamation of Mind and Universe” 《心通造化─一個學者畫家眼中的寰宇景象》 at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, alumni came from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Auckland and Hobart to meet the HKU delegation led by Professor Rosie Young 楊紫芝 (MBBS 1953; MD 1959; Hon DSc 1995), Professor S P Chow 周肇平 (MBBS 1968; MS 1988), HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, and Professor C F Lee 李焯芬 (BSc(Eng) 1968; MSc(Eng) 1970), Deputy Chairman, HKU Foundation. Alumni from New Zealand, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart after the opening ceremony of the Exhibition. Dr Michael Yiu 姚家聰 (MBBS 1984) and his son, John Yiu 姚鍚安 who is currently an F6 student, a big fan of Professor Jao and who wants to study Arts at HKU. Professor Rosie Young visited Dr Margaret King Baikie (MBBS 1954) in Hobart, Tasmania. Dr King is the daughter of Professor Gordon King, former Dean of Medicine (1940-1949), and Mrs Gordon King, first Warden of Lady Ho Tung Hall. Professor Jao Tsung-I (4 th left), the 94-year-old artist, is a worldwide renowned scholar and a versatile talent in Chinese learning. Exco members of HKUAA, New Zealand posed for a picture with Professor Jao at Government House of Tasmania where a reception was held to mark the exhibition. HKUAA New South Wales: http://www.hku.hk/alumnibodies/hkuaansw/ HKUAA of Victoria, Australia: http://www.hku.hk/hkuaavic/ HKUAA of New Zealand: http://www.hku.hk/alumnibodies/hkuaanz/ “Jao is conversant with all the classic styles of landscape … At the same time he has developed a distinctive manner of his own and is a master of that most elusive Chinese art, calligraphy, which he executes in every variant of Chinese script, including bone oracle characters, several classic scripts and the cursive and highly abbreviated running writing.” A review by Christopher Allen, Weekend Australian, October 3-4, 2009 issue