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15 September 2023

Published by Carrie LUI at 15 September 2023

Empowering Novices to become Experts: Impact of the Legal English Project 培養初學者成爲專家：法律英語項目之影響

Learning ‘legal English’, the specialised language that students encounter in law school, is particularly challenging. Law students must learn to use English forms and structures in such a way as to meet the expectations of members of the legal academic community, consistent with the conventions of the legal discipline. Professor Christoph Hafner, Associate Professor of CityU’s Department of English, formed an interdisciplinary project team with legal and language experts in local and overseas universities, in order to develop a digital multimedia resource for legal English based on an analysis of the language needs of Hong Kong law students.

5 December 2023

Published by Carrie LUI at 5 December 2023

Aggression towards Animals and Violent Behaviour 虐畜暴力事件簿

(Video in English only with bilingual subtitles) Pets are great companions for people in Hong Kong. However, not all are fortunate enough to find caring homes. In this video, Professor Rebecca WONG Wing-yee, Associate Professor of CityU’s Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, sheds light on animal cruelty and illegal wildlife trading from the criminology perspective.

18 April 2024

Published by Carrie LUI at 18 April 2024

Homecoming Journey of Overseas Chinese Labourers in the 19th Century 海外華工落葉歸根之旅

(Video in Chinese only with bilingual subtitles) During late Qing dynasty, many Chinese men in Guangdong region were trafficked as contract labourers who ventured abroad. In this video, Prof Fan Ka-wai, Associate Professor of CityU’s Department of Chinese and History, has conducted a research project to look into the archival records released by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGH), and then present new discovery on the global network and part played by TWGH in connecting overseas and local communities in Chinese diaspora history.