Bulletin No. 1, 2013

Let’s Hit the Road! 43  Hello Life! A Journey in Retrospect Literature, History and Social Justice—My Way Yang Zhao writes poems, novels, prose, and cultural commentaries. Yang and CUHK were born in the same year. When he was a teen, he made the decision that no matter how old he would live to, he must remember the kind of adults he most despised as a teen—those who have lost their ideals, enthusiasm, romanticism and courage. He hoped he would not have to face the 17-year-old Yang Zhao with shame and guilt when he was 50 or 60. Yang talked about the 50 years of his life; about poems, literature, movies and death; about what history, news media as the fourth estate, and life meant to him. Looking back at the road he had trodden, Yang showed young people in the lecture theatre the possibility of living a good life by describing a vision worthy of pursuing, aspiring to and persisting in something that is increasingly hard to imagine as times change and we change with them. Wu Nien-jen: A Storied Life Famed screenplay writer, director, actor and advertiser, Wu Nien-jen has been hailed as the greatest storyteller in Taiwan. Wu talked not only about movies, the topic he knows best, but told stories: his own, those of miners growing up in Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule, those of Taiwanese female factory workers in the 1960s, etc. He also shared what he had learned from life: ‘When I look back on my life, I see that the greatest frustration, the most distressing moment, the most devastating change that made me feel hopeless were in fact pivotal in forcing me to change direction.’ Unforgettable SARS Ten years ago, the outbreak of SARS first occurred in the Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH), followed by Amoy Gardens, starting a panic in Hong Kong. Dr. Yeung Koon-sing and Dr. Fung Tai-heng were then interns at the hospital. Dr. Cheng Chi-hung worked at the PWH Accident and Emergency Department. Mr. Ko Wi n g - c h e un g , a p o l i c ema n , was responsible for quarantining Amoy Gardens. All of them and Mr. Patrick Huen were infected with SARS. This day, they sat together with Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung , then in charge of the medical team fighting SARS, to share with the audience how they combatted the disease, what they have learned and how they have changed since then. 18 22 26 Photo by jcMotion Photo by Cheung Chi-wai Photo by Cheung Chi-wai