Book Talk featuring the Hon Margaret Ng ( 吳靄儀議員 ) (English Only)

The University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club is proud to present a book talk by the Hon Margaret Ng( 吳靄儀議員 ) on Thursday, 19 April 2007, 7:15pm. She will talk about Strange tales from a Chinese studio (聊齋誌異) / Songling Pu ; translated and edited by John Minford.

Details as below:

Programme: Book Talk: Strange tales from a Chinese studio / Songling Pu ; translated and edited by John Minford.

Speaker:
The Hon Margaret Ng

Language:
English. There will be Q&A session.

Date:
19 April 2007 (Thursday), 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Venue:
Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, University of Hong Kong

Free Admission. Please register at: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2007_3.html

About the Speaker
The Hon Margaret Ng is a member of LegCo returned by the Legal Functional constituency. She was first elected in 1995, and was re-elected in 1998, 2000 and 2004. She is a barrister by profession but has been a writer and commentator for the Hong Kong press since 1979. She worked in Ming Pao Daily News in 1985 – 1990. In LegCo, she has served on numerous bills committees and chaired many of them. She is currently the Chairman of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services, and member of the Panel on Constitutional Affairs, Panel on Security, and Panel on Home Affairs. Her particular areas of interests are constitution, governance and law. She writes on food occasionally, and amuses herself with cooking in her spare time.

Enquiry: Carmen Tsang (HKU Libraries): 2859-2211, yytsang@hkucc.hku.hk