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My friend’s friend is working at a design agent in London. She is coming to HK for the international lighting fair at the convention centre from 25-31 Oct. They are looking for two interpreters (Cantonese/English and mandrain would also be great). They pay about US$60per day for five days. Please contact me before Oct 26 if you are interested.
best,
Phoebe

From Communication Office, CityU:

We are pleased to inform you that the second Distinguished Lecture this year is scheduled for 20 October 2006. We are honoured to have the presence of Mr Daniel Libeskind to share his insights into the art of architecture.

Mr Libeskind is an international figure in architectural practice and urban design, well known for introducing a new critical discourse into architecture and for his multidisciplinary approach. [Daniel Libeskind] designed CityUs new Creative Media Centre, which will be a landmark building in Hong Kong.

All staff and students are welcome to join the lecture, which will be held at 5pm at Wei Hing Theatre. Please feel free to call 2788 9317 for further information. Seating reservation in advance will be highly appreciated.

Copied from standagainstpoverty.org:

Launched by the United Nations Millennium Campaign, STAND UP is an exciting challenge to set an official Guinness World Record for the greatest number of people ever to Stand Up Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals.

On October 15&16, the world will come together and STAND UP and remind their governments that promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and help the billions living in extreme poverty, must be kept.

The purpose of the action is to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to publicly demonstrate to policy makers the growing global support for the eradication of poverty.Find out how you can Join an existing event in your area or Organize your own STAND UP events.

Stand Up because:

- Every day 24,000 people die from hunger
- Every day more than 100 million children are denied the chance to go to school
- Every day 1.1 billion people have to drink polluted water
- Every day 8,200 people die due to HIV/AIDS

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For better or for worse, our Civic Party (公民黨), helped by rebuildhk, has also joined the campagin and published a very emotional ‘music video’. Their video, titled in Chinese as ‘紅雨下的真相‘, can be viewed here:

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For more Stand Up videos created by different people around the world, please go to Youtube or Google Video and search for videos which are tagged with standup2006 (all in one word). Stand Up videos on Youtube can be found here.

For whatever reasons, if you are interested in creating and sharing your own Stand Up videos, please visit: http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/info/uploads

[please join and find out...a conservation project initiated by Kith Tsang and his students] 

“我們繼續行動 直至你看得見”
“Action continues until you are aware of it.”

今日下午3時至5時

中環天星碼頭

民間發起拯救天星行動已接近兩個月，特首辦及政府多個部門於8月20日接收請願信後，至今仍未有正面回應，既沒有爭取時間對可能清拆的碼頭及鐘樓進行應有的紀錄及研究，亦沒有表示可以考慮為未來新海傍設計設法保留丁點痕跡，反而早前更高調邀請傳媒介紹即將落成的「懷舊」新碼頭，以行動展示文化品味，而政府對民間訴求視而不見，充耳不聞，情況令人婉惜。

不要集體回憶，只要集體行動。

我們是一班初出茅廬的年青藝術家，繼上次820拯救天星藝術行動後，我們由9月10日開始，假天星碼頭一帶，自發展開持續性的集體藝術行動，以表達對城市環境的關注及喚起更多市民支持保育碼頭及鐘樓，行動亦歡迎市民自發加入。

保留一點點的維港，保留屬於我們的歷史痕跡。

我們選擇持續進行藝術創作，因為目的不單只於一時三刻的「被看見」，更希望歷史保育的自覺性能夠散播出去。

香港人好不容易建立自已的歷史，近年屬於我們生活的痕跡一個接著一個地消失，到底還有多少個歷史據點給我們退守？集體回憶我們已經擁有太多，現在我們出來行動，要求保留天星碼頭及鐘樓這個代表著香港人的歷史建築。

我們入世未深，我們年青，但我們擁有歷史。

參與者

張鐵樑 蔡芷筠 莊楚卿 李俊峰 呂芷謙 李穎珊 曾德平 童昭安 黃雅斯
王偉健 嚴穎嘉

聯絡人: ger 92753902

Art Action to Conserve the Star Ferry Clock Tower

3-5pm today
Star Ferry, Central

Two months have passed since members of the Hong Kong society took a
series of action to save the Star Ferry. On August 20, the Office of the
Chief Executive and several government departments formally received the
written petition with 6000 signatures. And yet, they have not directly
responded to the demands of the public. Nor have they launched any
documentary and research exercises that a cultural heritage as the Star
Ferry Pier and Clock Tower deserve and urgently need. There is not
even any indication that the slightest trace of the existing pier could
be conserved and integrated into the design of the new promenade.
Instead, in a reactionary and calculated move, they invited the press to
visit the soon-to-be completed ‘nostalgic’ new ferry pier, announcing
and demonstrating to the press their cultural taste. This total
disregard and ridicule of the public appeal is extremely disappointing.

We want action, not memories.

We are a group of young artists. After the 820 Art Action to Save the
Star Ferry, we launched a new series of public performance art on
September 10 at the Star Ferry. Every Sunday afternoon, we will take art
to action and action to art-

Our art action responds to the urban environment;
Our art action looks after the urban environment;
Our art action brings history back to the forefront of urban spaces;
Our art action aims at raising public awareness of caring our own
historical-urban environment;
Our art action appeals to the public’s support to save the Star Ferry
and the clock tower;
Our art action questions why and how our histories have been
systematically erased from both sides of the Victoria Harbour;
Our art action welcomes public participation.

Don’t ask how old we are. Ask how much history you dare give us back.

Participants

CheungTit-leung
Choi Tsz-kwan, ger
Chong Cho-hing, Regina
Lee Chun-fung
Lee Wing-shan, Fiona
LUI Tsz-him, Natalie
Tsang Tak-ping
Tung Chiu-on
Wong Nga-sze, Elsie
Wong Wai-kin
Yim Wing-ka, Monique

Contact Person : ger 92753902

A group of local young artists (Beatrix Pang, Lee Chi-hoi, Kong Khong-chang & Eric Siu) will come to SCM tomorrow to share their experience of a recent contemporary art exhibition The Inner, Outer Sphere in Hamburg.

Venue: Screening Room
Time: 2:30 – 5:30pm (Oct 6)

All are welcome.

Please contact Wesley if you are interested in the event.

British Council’s think tank Counterpoint has commissioned Rosemary Bechler, a contributing editor at openDemocracy, to publish a book on Creative Commons thinking. The book Unbounded Freedom – A guide to Creative Commons thinking for cultural organisations is published under a Creative Commons license and can be downloaded here.

Wesley: I will upload a few more links and documents to demonstrate the development of a growing Free Culture movement all over the world. If you are interested in the issue, I could prepare and give a more formal presentation in the Dynamic Spaces class in late-Oct. What do you think?

Most of you will remember artist, faculty member of Baptist University’s Visual Art program, and guest speaker on the 1st day of CIL’s own O-Week program, CHOI Yan-chi. Time has come now for her to collect donated books which she will drown in a tank of oil in her installation art piece in the retrospective exhibition of her 30 years of art-making, opening in November at Para/Site Art Space.

If you like to contribute to the making of this art piece, please send your books to Linda by October 16. For details, please visit:http://www.oneaspace.org.hk/enews/yanchi/bookpromo.htm and http://www.para-site.org.hk/ (please scroll down)

CIL Alumni Hamlet LIN (LIN Yiu-bong) has sent all of us a link to his newly completed web-site to share. Please visit the “Alumni” page. (Link) Or visit:

http://www.hamletbon.net