HKBU Century Club Organises Press Conference for Fundraising Screening of “The Shadow Box”
HKBU Century Club organised a press conference for its fundraising screening of “The Shadow Box” on HKBU campus on 6 August. Attending guests included Director alumnus Cheung Che-kwok (Communication), actors Elena Kong, Patra Au and Derek Wong, President of Century Club and Advisor of the Organising Committee alumnus Kent Tsui (Communication), Member of Century Club and Fundraising Chairman of the Organising Committee alumnus Ip Ka-po (Communication), Vice-President of Century Club and Executive Chairman of the Organising Committee alumna Yoki Chan (Secretarial Management), Patron and Vice-President of Century Club and Member of the Organising Committee alumna Esther Wong (Geography), Member of the Organising Committee alumna Jeanny Ng (Translation), and Director of Alumni Affairs Dr. Melanie Lee. Secretary of Century Club and Member of the Organising Committee alumna Dr. Helen Kwok (Communication) and Member of the Organising Committee alumnus Jimmy Mak (Communication) were Masters of Ceremonies.
Alumnus Ip Ka-po informed at the press conference that a fundraising screening of drama “The Shadow Box” would be held on 29 August. All proceeds, after deducting necessary expenses, will be used to support the Village CARE Campaign, which was launched recently by the University to support needy students including first-generation students, ethnic minority students and students with special educational needs. For details of the Village CARE Campaign, please click here.
President Kent Tsui said that an establishment ceremony for the HKBU Alumni Theatre would be held at the fundraising screening. The Society aims at providing a platform for HKBU alumni and students to have performing arts training and develop their potentials and acting skills, so that they would be able to organise charity shows for their alma mater in the future. HKBU Alumni Theatre was honoured to have invited drama master and former lecturer of HKBU Dr. Chung King-fai to be the Chief Advisor, as well as veteran performers including alumni Cheung Che-kwok, Lawrence Cheng (Communication) and Lo Koon-lan (History) to be Advisors.
The drama “The Shadow Box” was written by American playwright Mr. Michael Cristofer. The play is about how three patients and their respective families live when the patients have reached the end of their treatment, bringing out some impressive messages about life.
Details of the Century Club’s Fundraising Screening of “The Shadow Box”
Date: 29 August 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 7:45pm (including the establishment ceremony of HKBU Alumni Theatre)
Venue: Sunbeam Theatre, North Point
Limited amount of tickets are still available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please click here for sponsorship and purchase of tickets. For enquiries, please contact alumna Jeanny Ng at 852-9631 2537.
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| The director alumnus Cheung Che-kwok (front row, third from right) and cast of “The Shadow Box”, the Organising Committee of the fundraising screening and Director of Alumni Affairs Dr. Melanie Lee (front row, second from left) attend the press conference
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| (From left) Alumnus Ip Ka-po, Ms. Patra Au, alumni Director Cheung Che-kwok, President Kent Tsui, Ms. Elena Kong and Mr. Derek Wong
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| Alumnus President Kent Tsui speaks at the press conference |
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| All wish the fundraising screening every success
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