Centre for Social Innovation Studies

Plastic Reduction Academy: No Plastic Bags, Please!

2–28 November 2023   |   Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change,
                                         8/F Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Since 2021, CSIS has been involved in the issue of plastic reduction. This year, we are honoured to receive funding support from the ECF to implement the “Plastic Free Hong Kong: Plastic Reduction in Wet Markets” Student Community Ambassador Training Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to provide training to university and secondary school students and to reach out to the community on the issue of the use of plastic shopping bags in Hong Kong’s wet markets. The programme provides training to university and secondary school students and takes them into the community to experience how plastic shopping bags are being used in Hong Kong’s wet markets. The programme will also present students’ thoughts on plastic pollution in an artistic way.

Centre for Social and Political Development Studies

Lecture Series on “Kowloon-Canton Railway: Linking up the New Territories”
（「九廣鐵路連新界」講座系列）

2:30–5:15   |   25 November, 2, 9, 16 December 2023   |   Hong Kong Museum of History & Zoom

Organizers
HKIAPS, CUHK
Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University
China Economic Research Programme, Lingnan University
Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, The Education University of Hong Kong

In Association with:
Hong Kong Museum of History

Supporting Unit
NT West Elder Academies Cluster

Following the success of a previous lecture series on Castle Peak Road, the series continues by exploring the historical legacies of Kowloon-Canton Railway. The development of districts along the railway will also be discussed.

Acquiring Knowledge of the World (25 November 2023)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong and LI Choh Ming
Prof. Ambrose King
(Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK)

XU Fuguan: Between Family and Country
Dr Wenbin Sun
(Director of the Editorial Department, Hong Kong Chronicles Institute)

Through Traffic or Not: Exploring the Hong Kong Prewar Railway Heritage
Mr Kevin T. W. Sun
(Curator [Education / Extension & Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum], Hong Kong Museum of History)

Blending Tradition and Modernity (2 December 2023)

Continuity and Change: Railway Electrification and Rural Festivals and Traditions in the 1980s Hong Kong
Prof. Chi-cheung Choi
(Adjunct Professor, Department of History, CUHK

Round The World Cruise Ships and High End Consumer Goods During The Changes of The Kowloon Wharf
Mr Koon-yiu Ma
Retired Engineer

Former Kowloon: Canton Railway Clock Tower at Tsim Sha Tsui
Mr Chi-ming Shun
Former Director, Hong Kong Observatory

Winding through Sea Shores and Green Hills (9 December 2023)

The KCR at War, 1937–1945
Dr Chi-man Kwong
Associate Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University

Tao Fung Shan: The Hill where Christ and Buddha Met
Dr Lee-man Choy
(Director, Fermiland Music Centre)

The LO’s of Sha Tau Kok: An Immigrant Family and the Modernisation of South China
Dr Ching Hui
(Vice-Chairperson, Management Board, Institute of Future Cities, CUHK)

Spreading Fame in East and West (16 December 2023)

Fanling Lodge
Dr Joseph S. P. Ting
(Adjunct Professor, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Role Model of Education Sponsorship: The Deveoplment Process of TIN Ka Ping’s Business Enterprise and Charity Education
Dr Man-kong Chow
(Associate Director, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University)

David AKERS-JONES: Last Colonial Official of Hong Kong
Prof. Siu-lun Wong
(Emeritus Professor of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong)

Gender Research Centre

Doing Gender and Displaying Gender as a Strategy: An Empirical Study of Female Entrepreneurs

12:30–14:00   |   29 November 2023   |   Online

Speaker
Prof. Xiaoying Qi

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Australian Catholic University

Moderator
Prof. Susanne Y. P. Choi

Co-Director, Gender Research Centre, HKIAPS, CUHK

Co-organizer
Gender Studies Programme, CUHK

Entrepreneurial success is predominantly understood in gendered terms as a consequence of qualities associated with masculinity. Women are assumed, at best, to play supportive roles in business and enterprise. While successful female entrepreneurs are increasingly being acknowledged, they are portrayed in terms of masculine ideals of success, through an accomplishment of female imitations of masculinity. The presentation challenges such persistent dichotomic approaches to gender in entrepreneurship. It is shown that in their practices women and men are not constrained by gender stereotypes but rather utilize existing imagery and norms and, when necessary, create new ones, in doing business