GE2014-52A/B
***Date for the Talk is updated***
In 1967, there were mass strikes and many home-made ‘pineapple’ (i.e. bombs) on the streets as Hong Kong fell into months of fear and violence. Although the riots happened nearly half a century ago, their historical impact can still very much be felt today.
In 1989, the student movement in Beijing eventually triggered a march of 1.5 million people in Hong Kong.
In 2014, the class boycott led to an occupy movement of an unprecedented scale in the city originated from the controversies surrounding universal suffrage.
This talk will illustrate the similarities and differences between the 2014 Occupy Movement and previous watersheds in Hong Kong’s history, as well as examine how the city recovered and may recover in future from these important episodes.
1967年，香港發生了遍地「菠蘿」的游撃戰。港英政府其後推出一系列青年政策，如推廣文娛康樂活動、加設社區中心、增加學位等，香港步入一個看似安定繁榮的黃金時代。
1989年春夏之交，北京的學生運動，觸發香港150萬人上街。
2014年的仲夏至初冬，由普選爭議引發的學生罷課，演變成79天的佔領。
全世界都有青年爭取社會改革，為不同的訴求抗爭。從過去到現在，從海外到我城，集會示威、公民抗命過後，要重新建立互信，有何良方？
講者 Speakers
講座 Talk
程翔先生 Mr. Ching Cheong
程翔於 1973年香港大學畢業，主修經濟及地理學。 1974年加入香港《文匯報》，曾任該報副總編輯、總主筆。 1989年「六四事件」後離開《文匯報》，創辦政論雜誌《當代》。 1996年加入新加坡《海峽時報》。 2005年他被中共以間諜罪名判刑五年。著有《千日無悔》一書。
張家偉先生 Mr. Gary Cheung
現任《南華早報》政治編輯。畢業於香港中文大學政治與行政學系，後考獲該學系碩士學位。1998年獲香港記者協會與國際特赦組織香港分會合辦的人權新聞獎雜誌組冠軍。自1996年起開始研究六七暴動，著有《香港六七暴動內情》、Hong Kong Watershed: The 1967 Riots、《六七暴動:香港戰後歷史的分水嶺》及《傷城記─六七年那些事》。2013年，《六七暴動:香港戰後歷史的分水嶺》獲選為香港電台及香港出版總會合辦的第六屆香港書獎獲獎書籍。
Language: Cantonese
Date: 30/3 (Mon)
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: KB223
Online Enrolment (Starts on Jan 28, 10:00am):
GE2014-52A - Lecture only:
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=34833 (For HKU students and staff)
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=34835 (For public)
Walking Tour: 1967 Riots
On this tour of North Point, one of the main communist strongholds in the city and a major battleground during the 1967 riots, Prof. Ray Yep will tell you some of the most dramatic moments of the summer in 1967 at the key sites in the area.
Speaker
葉健民教授 Prof. Ray Yep
Prof. Ray Yep joined the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, in 1998, and is now serving as Professor / Assistant Head. He is a political scientist by training and specialises in the study of the political economy of China’s reforms, the late colonial governance of Hong Kong, and contentious politics. He is currently the Research Director of SynergyNet, a local policy think tank. He held visiting positions in Bristol University, Peking University, University of Macao and Brookings Institution.
Co-organisers:
Walk in Hong Kong
Walk in Hong Kong offers well-researched walking tours in Hong Kong that are fun, informative, and celebratory of the city’s tales, past and present, in all their gritty, quirky glory. Walk in Hong Kong invites everyone – tourists, expats and locals, young and old – to see the unseen Hong Kong.
SynergyNet
SynergyNet is established by a group of intellectuals and professionals coming from the academic, business, social service and political sectors, firmly rooted in Hong Kong. It aims to synergise various forces in society, to rearticulate public opinion and to push for rational social dialogues that can lead to institutional reforms, policy renewals and vision building. It seeks to respond to the challenges brought along by the principle of ‘Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong’, and to help Hong Kong face the rapid changes of our times with a new paradigm of social governance.
Language: English
Date: 11/4 (Sat)
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
Venue: North Point
Quota: 20
Fee: $200 (including a refundable deposit of $50)
GE2014-52A – Talk only
GE2014-52B – Talk plus Walking Tour
In 1967, there were mass strikes and many home-made ‘pineapple’ (i.e. bombs) on the streets as Hong Kong fell into months of fear and violence. Although the riots happened nearly half a century ago, their historical impact can still very much be felt today.
In 1989, the student movement in Beijing eventually triggered a march of 1.5 million people in Hong Kong.
In 2014, the class boycott led to an occupy movement of an unprecedented scale in the city originated from the controversies surrounding universal suffrage.
This talk will illustrate the similarities and differences between the 2014 Occupy Movement and previous watersheds in Hong Kong’s history, as well as examine how the city recovered and may recover in future from these important episodes.
1967年，香港發生了遍地「菠蘿」的游撃戰。港英政府其後推出一系列青年政策，如推廣文娛康樂活動、加設社區中心、增加學位等，香港步入一個看似安定繁榮的黃金時代。
1989年春夏之交，北京的學生運動，觸發香港150萬人上街。
2014年的仲夏至初冬，由普選爭議引發的學生罷課，演變成79天的佔領。
全世界都有青年爭取社會改革，為不同的訴求抗爭。從過去到現在，從海外到我城，集會示威、公民抗命過後，要重新建立互信，有何良方？
講者 Speakers
講座 Talk
程翔先生 Mr. Ching Cheong
程翔於 1973年香港大學畢業，主修經濟及地理學。 1974年加入香港《文匯報》，曾任該報副總編輯、總主筆。 1989年「六四事件」後離開《文匯報》，創辦政論雜誌《當代》。 1996年加入新加坡《海峽時報》。 2005年他被中共以間諜罪名判刑五年。著有《千日無悔》一書。
張家偉先生 Mr. Gary Cheung
現任《南華早報》政治編輯。畢業於香港中文大學政治與行政學系，後考獲該學系碩士學位。1998年獲香港記者協會與國際特赦組織香港分會合辦的人權新聞獎雜誌組冠軍。自1996年起開始研究六七暴動，著有《香港六七暴動內情》、Hong Kong Watershed: The 1967 Riots、《六七暴動:香港戰後歷史的分水嶺》及《傷城記─六七年那些事》。2013年，《六七暴動:香港戰後歷史的分水嶺》獲選為香港電台及香港出版總會合辦的第六屆香港書獎獲獎書籍。
Language: Cantonese
Date: 30/3 (Mon)
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: KB223
Online Enrolment (Starts on Jan 28, 10:00am):
GE2014-52A - Lecture only:
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=34833 (For HKU students and staff)
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=34835 (For public)
Walking Tour: 1967 Riots
On this tour of North Point, one of the main communist strongholds in the city and a major battleground during the 1967 riots, Prof. Ray Yep will tell you some of the most dramatic moments of the summer in 1967 at the key sites in the area.
Speaker
葉健民教授 Prof. Ray Yep
Prof. Ray Yep joined the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, in 1998, and is now serving as Professor / Assistant Head. He is a political scientist by training and specialises in the study of the political economy of China’s reforms, the late colonial governance of Hong Kong, and contentious politics. He is currently the Research Director of SynergyNet, a local policy think tank. He held visiting positions in Bristol University, Peking University, University of Macao and Brookings Institution.
Co-organisers:
Walk in Hong Kong
Walk in Hong Kong offers well-researched walking tours in Hong Kong that are fun, informative, and celebratory of the city’s tales, past and present, in all their gritty, quirky glory. Walk in Hong Kong invites everyone – tourists, expats and locals, young and old – to see the unseen Hong Kong.
SynergyNet
SynergyNet is established by a group of intellectuals and professionals coming from the academic, business, social service and political sectors, firmly rooted in Hong Kong. It aims to synergise various forces in society, to rearticulate public opinion and to push for rational social dialogues that can lead to institutional reforms, policy renewals and vision building. It seeks to respond to the challenges brought along by the principle of ‘Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong’, and to help Hong Kong face the rapid changes of our times with a new paradigm of social governance.
Language: English
Date: 11/4 (Sat)
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
Venue: North Point
Quota: 20
Fee: $200 (including a refundable deposit of $50)
GE2014-52A – Talk only
GE2014-52B – Talk plus Walking Tour
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 30 Mar 2015 | 18:30 - 20:30 | KB223 |
| 11 Apr 2015 | 16:30 - 18:30 | North Point |