Summer Issue, 2012

Susanna Chung 鍾玉文 (BA 2005) Susanna received the Asian Cultural Council’s Starr Foundation Fellowship to conduct a research on audience development and education programmes in contemporary art museums across the United States for three months. Ching Cheong 程翔 (BSocSc 1973) At the Centenary Book Talk 《千日無悔 — 我的心路歷程》： 「我在監獄裡經常思考一個問題：如何使我的牢不白坐？我在回港後經常思考的另一個問題： 如何報答港人對我的幫助？這兩個問題原來都指向一個共同的答案：使我們的國家少一點 冤假錯案、使我們更自覺捍衛香港的核心價值。 我的理解是神想我放下所有仇恨。這理解直接影響我寫此書。當初在入面好困頓時，我想寫 一本我想講的書，但當神說『不要申冤，申冤在我』，令我可以好客觀記載這個過程，不抱 任何仇恨來記載這過程。我覺得如果越寫得客觀、越不帶個人情緒，這本書的參考價值就 更加大。」 “Audience development is not only about numbers,” she said during an interview with South China Morning Post.“But to develop, expand, complicate and even challenge the interest, knowledge, taste and expectations of the audience, through providing opportunities for access, engagement and experiences with inspirational and innovative works of art.” During her stay in San Francisco, Susanna was grateful to meet Dr Larry Ng 吳銘來 (MBBS 1965) (2nd left) who introduced her to other alumni residing there. Raees Baig 碧樺依 (BSW 2004; PhD 2010) Raees is a leading advocate of equal rights for ethnic minorities. At a recent book talk at HKU Library, she discussed with Dr Law Chi-kwong 羅致光 (BSocSc 1976; MSW 1981), Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Administration, and participants on Chris Patten's “ East andWest ”. “In his [Chris Patten] conversation with Lee Kuan Yew, ‘Asian values are actually deep-rooted Confucianism’ which I find quite questionable. If you are talking about Confucianism, is Hong Kong really that Confucianist? I don’t really think so. Is China really upholding Confucianism? If you are talking about Asian values, how many countries are we counting as Confucius- binding countries? Are we talking about just Chinese-dominant cities or countries? Asia, I guess, does not just involve China, Taiwan, Singapore… we still have a lot of countries, we still have some Islamic-based countries...” Class Notes 61