Mongkok is plastered with information and everywhere you look the middle aged are reading, discussing, questioning, asking. The youth understand, their grandparents remember – the question is, can the parents long ambivalent to politics realise that their opinion matters and their voices can and should be heard.
The Cheung Chau Diary 2014 Outdoor Screening, part of the Chinese Documentary Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday 8 November 2014. The programme will include the new films of 2014 as well as works from Cheung Chau Diary 2013. There will also be a performance by Cheung Chau musicians.
Cheung Chau Diary 2014
Earlier this year veteran documentary filmmakers from Hong Kong and Taiwan worked with 20 young participants at the “Young Talent Training Camp” on Cheung Chau as they explored the island for interesting film topics. After eight days of heat, rain, frustration and the confusion of filming, they present us with 10 short films that make up Cheung Chau Diary 2014.
The films include people features such as Brother Key, An Ambulanceman, Postman and The Ukulele.Luthier; A Qilin Story of Two Generations, Flower Banner and Man Beside the Sea on preserving traditional businesses; Family on what it is like to be the small shop owners on the island while The Pier and Too Many Cheung Chau Guests are about life on the island. Through the films discover more about the different facets of life in Cheung Chau and the sense of community and tradition that lies in the heart of Hong Kong.
Cheung Chau Diary 2013
Selected shorts from last year’s “Youth Talent Training Camp” including Life, Neighbourhood and Brother Wah, which portray friendship among neighbours; Uncle Fai and The Hair Salon, which examine old traditional shops; The Savage in the Hill and A Man from Cheung Chau, which are character sketches, and Insects and On the Wretched Lives of Fish, which explore nature. The films investigate, each with its unique style, a broad range of subject matters, from intriguing characters to important social issues to the vanishing culture of old districts.
Schedule:
1pm–2:45pm – Screening of Cheung Chau Diary 2013 4-6pm – Music performance
6:30pm-9pm – Outdoor Screening of Cheung Chau Diary 2014
Cheung Chau Diary 2014 Outdoor Screening When: 1-9pm 8 November, 2014 Where: LOHAS Cheung Chau (Fisheries Joint Association School), Tung Wan Road, Cheung Chau How much: Free More info: www.visiblerecord.com
Zombies, ghouls, witches and marathon runners thronged Umbrella Square on All Hallows Eve to celebrate it’s liberation from the devils of greed and self-interest that infest Legco.
Founded in 2013 by local choral enthusiast Raymond Choi, the 20 strong ensemble Tallis Vocalis, Hong Kong’s first vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of European Renaissance music, will present a double debut programme in Hong Kong and Macao on 8th and 9th November 2014 respectively.
The programme consists of works by two important figures of the time: Thomas Tallis and William Byrd and features a variety of styles, from a simple four-part setting of an English text to more elaborate music in Latin for up to seven voices. The ensemble will be conducted by the outstanding young British conductor Andrew Griffiths.
A free pre-concert talk (in English) will be given by the conductor at the Function Room, Chinese Methodist Church, Wanchai at 2:15pm, 8th November 2014.
Programme
Tallis: Loquebantur Variis Linguis, Third Tune from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, O Nata Lux, O Sacrum Convivium, Miserere Nostri. Byrd: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, Ave Verum Corpus, Laudibus in Sanctis, Vigilate, Nunc Dimittis. Sheppard: Media Vita
Tallis Vocalis: Great English Renaissance Polyphony When: 3pm 8 November, 2014 Where: Chinese Methodist Church, 36 Hennessey Road, Wanchai How much: $250 ($200 advance) More Info:www.tallisvocalis.com
Tallis Vocalis: Great English Renaissance Polyphony When: 4pm 9 November, 2014 Where: St. Joseph’s Seminary, Macao How much: Free More Info:www.tallisvocalis.com
The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) today announced that online registration for the public ballot draw will begin on Saturday, 1 November, 2014. Once again the 3,000 remaining event tickets for the public sale will be distributed on a daily basis, creating 9,000 opportunities for participants in the ballot to be successful. Ticket prices for the 27-29 March 2015 tournament have gone up to $1,800 for a three day pass.
The new Adult daily ticket prices in the public ballot will be set at $300 for Friday and $750 for Saturday and Sunday respectively. Children’s tickets remain at $150.
The registration period for the public ballot draw will begin at 9.00am on Saturday, 1 November 2014 and will close on Saturday, 31 January 2015. The draw will be held on 4 February 2015.
IMPORTANT NOTE – a separate ballot will be held for each day of the tournament! So again the chances of getting tickets for both Saturday and Sunday in the ballot is remote
Each applicant for the public ballot can apply for a maximum of two tickets per day in any combination of one adult, two adults or one adult and one child ticket packages.
