The College organizes Bi-weekly Assemblies regularly to enrich students’ knowledge on university life, social issues, arts and culture through a series of talks. The College also organizes numbers of public lecture by inviting people from all walks of life to speak and share on different topics, aiming to enrich students’ knowledge of Chinese cultures and various topics, and broaden their horizons.
Dates and topics of the Bi-weekly Assemblies and public lectures & workshop of this term are as follows:
| Bi-weekly Assemblies
Formats: On-site: Sir Run Run Shaw Hall |
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| Date & Time | No. | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota | |
| 12/01/2026 (Mon)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
686 | Adhere to Chih Hsing |
The Honourable TANG Ka-piu, BBS, JP |
1,420 | |
| 14/01/2026 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
686 | Summarize the 14th Five-Year Plan and Look Ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan2
New Asia Lectures on Contemporary China |
Prof. CAI Fang |
1,420 | |
| 19/01/2026 (Mon)
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
687 | Joint School Music Sharing Night2
『Love Foundation Elite Leadership Cultivation and Scholarship Program』 |
Ms. Agnes CHIANG Ms. Janice M. Vidal Mr. Wan Pin CHU Ms. Grace WONG Kwan-hing |
1,000 | |
| 04/02/2026 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
688 | Are there Feminists in hk?: Re-thinking gender and sexuality movements in the context of Hong Kong |
Dr. Sonia WONG |
1,420 | |
| 27/02/2026 (Fri)
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. |
689 | The Grand Celebration of Emperor Qianlong’s 80th Birthday – How Do We Interpret a Historical Event2
The Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture |
Prof. Ge Zhaoguang |
1,420 | |
| 11/03/2026 (Wed)
6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. |
690 | The Future of Reefs and Reefs of the Future1
Yen Kwo Yung Lecture in Life Sciences |
Prof. Christian R. Voolstra |
1,420 | |
| Public Lectures / Colloquium
Due to limited seats, students can only attend one public lecture/ colloquium in each term. All College students may register for the public lecture at the aforementioned period. |
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| Public Lectures | ||||
| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota | |
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28/02/2026 (Sat) 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
(Chinese version only) 中國有茶道嗎？ New Asia College Cultural Talks |
Mr. IP Wing-chi | 150 | |
| 07/03/2026 (Sat)
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Opportunities and Setbacks: How Traditional China Understood the World2
The Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture |
Prof. Ge Zhaoguang
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50 | |
| 14/03/2026 (Sat)
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Impacts of Climate Change and Responses
New Asia College Cultural Talks |
Mr. SHUN Chi-ming | 150 | |
| 14/03/2026 (Sat)
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Coral Reefs and Climate Change – Mitigating the Ecological Collapse1
Yen Kwo Yung Lecture in Life Sciences |
Prof. Christian R. Voolstra | 50 | |
| Colloquium
Formats: On-site |
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| Date & Time | Topic | Speaker | Registration Quota |
| 27/01/2026 (Tue)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
Doing VS Being | New Asia students participated in the summer social innovation programs | 100 |
| 02/02/2026 (Mon)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
From Academia to the Workplace – The Indispensable Office Wisdom2
(include interactive discussion) 『Love Foundation Elite Leadership Cultivation and Scholarship Program』 |
The Honourable Holden CHOW Ho-ding, JP | 60 |
| 09/03/2026 (Mon)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
AI, Society and You2
(include interactive discussion) 『Love Foundation Elite Leadership Cultivation and Scholarship Program』 |
Mr. Jack WU | 60 |
| 16/03/2026 (Mon)
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
ESG Revolution: Mapping Out Hong Kong Next Generation & Millennials’ Future Career Blueprint2
(include interactive discussion) 『Love Foundation Elite Leadership Cultivation and Scholarship Program』 |
Prof. Rebecca CHOY | 60 |
| College-designated cultural events
Remark 1: Attendance of College-designated cultural events can be regarded as two of the six attendance requirements per academic year. Remark 2: Only one attendance time will be counted for each of the following types of events. |
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| Other cultural events organized by Sir Run Run Shaw Hall | ||||
| Students may refer to the ‘Events’ session of SRRSH website (https://www.srrsh.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events) for details of various cultural events and complete registration accordingly. Please make sure you saved the confirmation email and attend the registered event.
By the end of the term, the College will collect the related attendance record with supporting proof via online form. |
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Remarks:
¹ Conducted in English Language.
2 Conducted in Putonghua.
| Brief introduction of the speakers | |
| Speaker | Brief Introduction |
| The Honourable TANG Ka-piu, BBS, JP | Member of the Legislative Council, Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions |
| Prof. CAI Fang | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
President of the China Association of Labor Economics (CALE) Vice President of the World Association for China Studies (WACS) Member of the World Bank High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs. |
| Ms. Agnes CHIANG | Founder and Chairlady of Love Foundation |
| Ms. Janice M. Vidal | Hong Kong Female Singer |
| Mr. Wan Pin CHU | Hong Kong Musician, Erhu Musician and Awardee of Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Film Score |
| Ms. Grace WONG Kwan-hing | Hong Kong Actress and Singer |
| Dr. Sonia WONG | Executive Director of HER Fund, and Lecturer of CUHK Gender Studies Programme |
| Prof. Ge Zhaoguang | Professor of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies and the Department of History, Fudan University |
| Prof. Christian R. Voolstra | Professor of Genetics of Adaptation in Aquatic Systems, University of Konstanz |
| Mr. IP Wing-chi | Renowned tea culture expert, Founder of LockCha Tea House |
| Mr. SHUN Chi Ming | Former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory |
| The Honourable Holden CHOW Ho-ding, JP | Member of the Legislative Council, Vice-chairperson of DAB |
| Mr. Jack WU | AWS Certified Solutions Architect |
| Prof. Rebecca CHOY | Former Chair of HK Social Enterprise Summit, Co-Founder & Vice-Chair of Education for Good, and Co-Founder and Convener of Ednovators |
All full-time undergraduate students (except students of Medicine, Nursing and Chinese Medicine, who are having clinical training) are required to attend college assembly within their normative study period. Students must register for and attend the following number of Bi-weekly Assemblies and public lectures/ colloquium in this term of this academic year:
Students are required to attend THREE activities each term, with at least ONE being a Biweekly Assembly.
(Of the six required activity attendances per academic year, up to two can be College-designated cultural events.)
For students undertaking teaching practice or fieldwork placement as a compulsory requirement of their major studies during part of the term for three weeks or more, they may apply for an exemption of reducing 2 times of attendance for the particular term. The remaining one attendance must be a Bi-weekly Assembly. The application details will be announced via email in the term.
(This arrangement is approved by the Committee on Biweekly Assembly at its meeting of 2023/2024.)
The first Bi-weekly Assembly of this term will be held on 12 January 2026 (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall.
Students must register for the required number of Bi-weekly Assemblies and public lecture/ colloquium at the RAS website: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ras. The captioned web-site will be open for on-line registration during the following periods:
From 11:00 a.m., 2 January 2025 (Fri)
to 12:00 noon of 2 working days before each Assembly/ public lecture/ colloquium
All Assemblies and public lectures (unless otherwise indicated) will be conducted in Cantonese. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided to non-local students at the Bi-weekly Assemblies. Please contact Ms. Kayla Zhong (email: nacassembly@cuhk.edu.hk or telephone: 3943 1584) of the Dean of Students’ Office at least three working days in advance if this service is needed.