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GE2019-03
Hong Kong Agenda: Ten Things You Didn’t Know about Hong Kong
香港議程:你不知道的十個香港
Date 日期:  28 Oct 2019
 
Time 時間: 6:45pm - 8:45pm
 
Venue 地點: KK101, 1/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
 
Medium 語言: Mandarin
 
Summary 內容: 為甚麼茶餐廳的西湯都是羅宋湯?
為甚麼香港有這麼多教會辦的學校?
為甚麼香港的法官要戴假髮?
為甚麼香港最長的登山徑叫麥理浩徑?
為甚麼皇后大道中要叫皇后大道中?
為甚麼黃子華、周星馳和曾志偉都在1990年開始走紅?
為甚麼麥兜會出名過麥嘜?
為甚麼香港人會流行吃月餅?
為甚麼東鐵綫會叫火車?
為甚麼香港的房價這麼貴?
十個你不知道的香港,我們一起來找答案。歡迎港大同學、教職員、校友及公眾人士參與。

Why does every little cha chaan teng serve borscht as its ‘western’ soup option?
Why are so many schools in Hong Kong run by churches?
Why do Hong Kong's judges still wear those funny wigs?
Why the city’s longest hiking trail is named the MacLehose Trail?
Why Queen’s Road Central is named Queen’s Road Central?
Why did Dayo Wong, Stephen Chow, and Eric Tsang all rise to fame in the 1990s?
Why is McDull more popular than McMug?
Why do Hong Kong people love eating mooncakes?
Why do we call the East Rail Line the ‘train’?
Why are home prices in Hong Kong so high?
Let’s know more about the ten things you didn’t know about Hong Kong. All are welcome.

Registration:
HKU Students & Staff – https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?UEID=67084
Alumni & Public – https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=67085

 
Bio of Speaker(s) 講者簡介: Dr. Leung Kai Chi 梁啓智博士
梁啓智,專欄作者,時事評論員,美國明尼蘇達大學地理學博士,香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院客席講師。研究範疇包括香港社會、城市研究、全球化與國際發展。除了學術上的專注,他對社區參與同樣有強烈興趣,包括各種的本土城市議題。