“13th International Conference on Cantonese and Yue Dialects cum Exhibition on Pre-historic Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the Region” Opening Ceremony

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Officiating      :      Mr Tsang Tak-sing, Secretary for Home Affairs

Guests             Professor Jonathan Webster, Head of Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, CityU

Professor Benjamin T’sou Ka-yin, Convenor of the Conference and Director of Language Information Sciences Research Centre

The 13th International Conference on Cantonese and Yue Dialects will be held at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) from 18 to 20 December. Among the topics to be covered by the conference will be the origins, evolution, and applications of the Cantonese language. Keynote speakers are Professor Mai Yun from the Institute of Linguistics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China, Professor Bell Yung from the Department of Music at University of Pittsburg, US and Professor Thomas Lee Hun-tak from the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

CityU will also host the Exhibition on Pre-historic Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the Region, in which a dozen replicas represent the original rock carvings still on site in coastal areas of the territory, which reflect the civilisation of Baiyue peoples who lived in southern China more than 3,000 years ago.

Mr Tsang Tak-sing and officiating guests will tour the rock cravings exhibition after the opening ceremony.

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