Any learned society depends on an impressive programme which provides a stamp of learning and authority. Details of our past year's programmes are as follows.
1996
12 April
10 May
14 June
19 July
6 September
4 October
18 October
1 November
15 November
6 December
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"The Forbidden City: the Great Within,” by May Holdsworth and Caroline Courtauld
"What Makes Life Worth Living? How Japanese and Americans make Sense of their Worlds," by Dr Gordon Matthews
"Fung Shui in the New Age," by David Yung.
"Chinese Export Ware for the Dutch Market," by Dr Christian Jorg
"An Introduction to Tam Kung: the Hakka Boy Deity," by Geoffrey Roper and Dr Anthony Siu Kwok-keung
"Tsuen Wan: from Hakka Enclave to Post Industrial City," by Dr Graham Johnson.
"Textiles and Traditions of Laos," by Mary Connors
"Hong Kong Heritage Trails," by ST Chiu
"Second Thoughts on a Memoir," by Dr James Hayes.
"Dr Aurelius Harland: Prominent Hong Kong Doctor 1843—1858," by Professor Harland.
1997
17 January
"Food Dynamics: Family, Class and Chineseness in Hong Kong," by Cheng Sea-ling.
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