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     Local ballet educator Margaret Lau will give a lecture series on ballet appreciation entitled “The Magic of Love” from July to September.
 
     The lecture series will feature 12 full-length and short ballets of different styles which follow the destinies of lovers, whether sweet and romantic or bitter and sorrowful.
 
     The lectures will be held at 7.30pm at AC1, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. They will be conducted in Cantonese and supplemented with video clips of repertoire. Details are as follows:
 
July 19 (Thursday): “La Sylphide”
Video clips: Royal Danish Ballet (Denmark), Paris Opera Ballet (France), Bolshoi Ballet (Russia), Staatsballett Berlin (Germany)
 
July 26 (Thursday): “Petrushka”, “Lilac Garden” and “L’Arlésienne”
Video clips: Paris Opera Ballet, The National Ballet of China, National Ballet of Cuba, American Ballet Theatre
 
August 9 (Thursday): “Romeo & Juliet”
Video clips: The Royal Ballet (United Kingdom), Teatro alla Scala Ballet (Italy), Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco), Korea National Ballet
 
August 16 (Thursday): “Two Pigeons”
Video clips: The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet (United Kingdom)
 
August 23 (Thursday): “The Little Mermaid”
Video clips: The Hamburg Ballet (Germany), San Francisco Ballet (United States), The National Ballet of China
 
August 30 (Thursday): “Hobson’s Choice”
Video clips: Birmingham Royal Ballet
 
September 6 (Thursday): “Ondine”
Video clips: The Royal Ballet
 
September 13 (Thursday): “The Golden Age”
Video clips: Bolshoi Ballet
 
September 20 (Thursday): “Onegin”
Video clips: Stuttgart Ballet (Germany), Bolshoi Ballet, The National Ballet of China, The National Ballet of Canada
 
September 27 (Thursday): “La Chauve-souris”
Video clips: Teatro alla Scala Ballet, The National Ballet of China
 
     Margaret Lau holds a bachelor of arts degree and a postgraduate diploma in education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a master of arts degree from the University of Hong Kong. She is a dance critic and feature writer for various magazines and newspapers in Hong Kong, and has worked as a researcher for the ballet section of the publication “A Dance History of Hong Kong”. Her other engagements include writing feature articles, conducting dance talks and translating house programmes for dance performances. She has also translated teaching materials and prospectuses for the teaching certificate programmes of the Royal Academy of Dance. Lau has been the speaker of the Lecture Series on Appreciating Ballet since 2009.
 
     The Lecture Series on Appreciating Ballet “The Magic of Love” is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Tickets priced at $50 for each lecture are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7323 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/dance/programs_565.html. read more

Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible: Here is an item of interest to swimmers.      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (June 19) that due to big wa… read more

     Hongkong Post announced today (June 19) that selected philatelic products issued by the postal administrations of the Mainland, Macao, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United Nat… read more

     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, continued her visit to France in Marseille today (June 18, Marseille time) and attended a ceremony on delivery of helicopters for the Government Flying Service (GFS).

     On arrival in Marseille yesterday evening (June 17, Marseille time), Mrs Lam met with the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China to Marseille, Ms Lu Huiying, over dinner. This morning, she met with the Vice President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) Region, Mrs Caroline Pozmentier-Sportich, and listened to the sharing of experience by representatives of local enterprises in exploration of the Hong Kong and Asian markets as well as co-operation with Chinese enterprises. Businesses of the participants range from charging technology and renewable energy to interactive digital experiences, wine and engines. Noting that the PACA region and Hong Kong have a lot in common, with both places being major ports in the world having vibrant maritime and logistics industry and tourism, Mrs Lam said she looks forward to enhanced exchanges and collaboration between the two places. In particular on innovation and technology (I&T), she said she is pleased to note that both the region and Hong Kong attach great importance to I&T development.  She expressed the hope that co-operation between universities and institutes from the two places as well as collaboration in terms of research and development would be strengthened.

     Mrs Lam then headed for Airbus Helicopters to attend a ceremony on delivery of helicopters for the GFS. Addressing the ceremony, she said that she is delighted to accept three new helicopters on behalf of the GFS of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Praising the GFS for serving in all kinds of emergency operations, she said the GFS crew have to work under extremely testing weather conditions and demanding operating environments.  She noted that the GFS has conducted many rescue operations in Hong Kong and the South China Sea, as well as after the massive Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. She added that with advanced helicopter manufacturing technology and enhanced capacity, the new helicopters will provide enormous help to the work of GFS and that she thanked Airbus Helicopters for ensuring their smooth production. Also attending the ceremony was the State Secretary to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who said in his address that he treasures the long-standing and close co-operation relationship between France and Hong Kong.

     At noon, Mrs Lam attended a lunch hosted by the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Helicopters, Mr Bruno Even, at which they discussed the development of the helicopter business in the Asia-Pacific region. 

     Mrs Lam toured Airbus Helicopters in the afternoon to learn about the factory operation and the facility for flight simulation training. The GFS sends their pilots there regularly to receive training. 

     Mrs Lam then departed for Paris and will continue her visit to France tomorrow (June 19, Paris time).

    

     Police are investigating a murder and suicide case in Castle Peak yesterday afternoon (June 18) in which a 60-year-old man, his 56-year-old wife and his 23-year-old daughter died.      At about 3.05pm, Po… read more