Event Detail
Opening Ceremony of the Equal Opportunities Festival
1. Opening Ceremony of the Equal Opportunities Festival
Date: 4 November 2011 (Friday)
Time: 12:45 pm to 2:00 pm
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Place
Summary:
Mr Lam Woon-kwong, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and HKU Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost Professor Roland T. Chin, will officiate at the ceremony. Students from different countries including Indonesia, Africa, China and the USA will share their experience on how they overcome their difficulties. The students from Indonesia and Africa will provide information on their culture and needs. Allowing people to know more about their culture and needs will facilitate these minority students to overcome their difficulties. The student from China uses a crutch to walk and the student from the USA has Dyslexia. These two students will let us know how they solve their problems.
At the ceremony, certificates will be presented to participants of “the wheelchair challenge”. These participants have been asked to travel on a wheelchair from one place to another on HKU campus and they will share their experience. Booths will be set up to show the various aspects of cultural diversity, racial harmony and disability awareness.