PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1975 (Covering the period March 25, 1974-April 7, 1975)
I am pleased to report to you this evening on this very active past year of the Hong Kong Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. Increases in activity bring with it increases in preparations and paperwork, and so we might be forgiven for being slightly behind time with this Annual General Meeting.
THE PROGRAMME
Let me start with a review of our regular programme. When the Society was resuscitated in 1959 the details are laid out in the brochure we send to new members—our only major activity besides publishing a journal were occasional lectures. Our lectures have steadily increased in number over the years and have been gradually augmented with other activities: firstly symposia—the first was in 1964 then excursions to places of historical or cultural interest within Hong Kong and later also abroad, and most recently with film shows.
In the programme period running from our last A.G.M., March 25, 1974 to March 28 this year, we have independently organised eight lectures, jointly organised a further lecture with the Hong Kong Archaeological Society, and have been invited to two others. Thus there have been eleven lectures in all. We also organised, were invited to, or jointly organised five film shows and arranged nine local excursions and one overseas.
Our talks covered the regions of Japan, China, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and included a wide range of topics. Starting with April 1974, we had a talk from Dr. K. K. Whitaker, Reader in Chinese at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, on Japanese temples and shrines. One of our highlights of the year followed, also in April: a lecture from Professor Joseph Needham, well-known for his monumental series of published works on Chinese Science and Civilization. This was organised jointly with the Archaeological Society. Professor Needham, who has been Master of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge since 1966, spoke on the Chinese theory of Immortality and the Origins of Alchemy. He drew a large audience and dealt skilfully with the many questions
PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1975 (Covering the period March 25, 1974-April 7, 1975)
I am pleased to report to you this evening on this very active past year of the Hong Kong Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. In- creases in activity bring with it increases in preparations and paper- work, and so we might be forgiven for being slightly behind time with this Annual General Meeting.
THE PROGRAMME
Let me start with a review of our regular programme. When the Society was resuscitated in 1959 the details are laid out in the brochure we send to new members--our only major activity besides publishing a journal were occasional lectures. Our lectures have steadily increased in number over the years and have been gradually augmented with other activities: firstly symposia—the first was in 1964 then excursions to places of historical or cultural interest within Hong Kong and later also abroad, and most recently with film shows.
In the programme period running from our last A.G.M., March 25 1974 to March 28 this year, we have independently organised eight lectures, jointly organised a further lecture with the Hong Kong Archeological Society, and have been invited to two others. Thus there have been eleven lectures in all. We also organised, were invited to, or jointly organised five film shows and arranged nine local excursions and one overseas.
Our talks covered the regions of Japan, China, Tibet and Hong Kong, and included a wide range of topics. Starting with April, 1974 we had a talk from Dr. K. K. Whitaker, Reader in Chinese at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, on Japanese temples and shrines. One of our high-lights of the year followed, also in April: a lecture from Professor Joseph Needham, well- known for his monumental series of published works on Chinese Science and Civilization. This was organised jointly with the Archaeological Society. Professor Needham, who has been Master of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge since 1966, spoke on the Chinese theory of Immortality and the Origins of Alchemy. He drew a large audience and dealt skilfully with the many questions
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