David Parker Alliance

The talk on “Get Your Tongue Around Spoken English,” hosted by DPA and given by Dr. Danny Leung on 22 September, drew an audience of more than 70, some of whom were former students, current school teachers and secondary school students who came all the way from Aberdeen!

DPA also presented Chloe Cheung, Pan Wai Ching, Sherry Shek and Gabrielle Tsui the “Best Short Story” prize. Their short fiction was selected from the “Reading and Writing Short Stories” course that used to be taught by Professor David Parker. The prize aims at continuing Professor Parker’s passion for creative writing.

Due to unstable weather, "A night with cuttlefish" will be changed to BBQ party at Sai Kung. Details are as below:

Date: 25 June 2017 (Sunday)
Time: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Venue: Beach BBQ King, Shop 9, Sha Ha Village, Tai Mong Tsai Road, Sai Kung
Price: $198 (Adult) $98 (Children)
Parking space available

Message us if you can join!

【Read For Love】

As we kick off 2017, many of us have said “good riddance!” to 2016. It was a year in which we continued to witness a worrying trend of leaders and public figures around the world playing on racial and sectarian fears, fanning prejudice against minorities and the disadvantaged and extolling authoritarianism.

With this in mind, PEN Hong Kong is holding a “Read for Love” event on January 20th and here at CUHK, a group of book lovers will join in by holding our own Read for Love event on campus. The idea is to gather readers to listen to and read chosen passages from literature that have deepened their empathy, understanding and love for others, as well as selections on the theme of people living under repressive regimes and governments.

We believe good literature deepens and expands our understanding of others, and of ourselves. So, please bring your books, we hope to see you on January 20th!

Date: January 20th 2017 (Friday)
Time: 4pm – 5pm
Venue: Lawn next to the Goddess of Democracy
Join Us: https://www.facebook.com/events/1236261746427178/

2017年來到的一刻，你有發出「終於和2016說再見」的感慨嗎？2016年，我們見證了一連串令人憂心忡忡的事：國家元首帶頭鼓吹種族歧視，公眾人物發表針對少數族裔和弱勢社群的偏見，極權主義抬頭……

為此，香港筆會將於1月20日在市區舉辦Read for Love閱讀活動，中大愛書人亦在中大舉行活動響應。我們邀請你攜來文學作品－－一首詩，一篇小說的選節，或者一篇曾經觸動你的散文，與閱讀同好分享，在閱讀與分享文學之際，加深對事物的認識，對人的諒解，甚或是瞭解強權之下的大眾生活。更重要的是，透過閱讀來分享愛。

我們深信真摰的文學，能使人敞開心扉，認識自己之外，更明白他人。1月20日 ，請帶同你喜歡的書，來到民主女神像旁的草地，與一眾愛書人相遇。

日期：2017年1月20日（星期五）
時間：下午4時至5時
地點：民主女神像旁草地
參加：https://www.facebook.com/events/1236261746427178/

With warm sunshine on a Saturday morning, the David Parker Alliance (DPA) invited three inspirational speakers, Ms Emma Tsang, Mr Kenny Yiu, and Mr Eddie Ho to our “Life Sharing” to share their interesting stories on 10 December 2016 at CUHK. All participants enjoyed their stories on how to support each other and help the disadvantaged in society!

The videos of the sharing will be uploaded onto YouTube soon.

DPA - Life Sharing
10 Dec 2016 [Sat]
Commercial Press, YIA, CUHK

Our Speakers:
Ms Emma Tsang - Barrister
Mr Kenny Yiu - CEO of Fimmick / Chair of HK Wireless Technology Industry Association
Mr Eddie Ho - Founder of Passion Music Ministry

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With the overwhelming support from faculty members, English majors and alumni, David Parker Alliance (DPA) kicked off blissfully on 10 Sept 2016 at CUHK.

Fully embracing Professor David Parker's spirit of "finding the good, articulating the good and bringing out the good", DPA has invited Prof. Freedom Leung, Psychology Department, CUHK, to share his well-researched tips for maintaining mental health through Zen-meditation.

Zen-meditation is recognised as mindfulness training. It aims at enhancing one's physical and emotional well-being. During the 40-minute talk, Professor Leung has encouraged the audience to fully indulge into mindfulness through three major types of practice, namely (1) breath-aided mindfulness, (2) sensation-aided mindfulness and (3) imagination-based mindfulness.

On top of soul-soothing Zen-meditation practice, all the guests attending DPA Kick-off have captured the first glimpse of DPA's 2016-17 Events Calendar, covering a basketful of life sharing sessions, thematic workshops and social networking activities.

For our next event, dessert making class, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1602385566722520/

https://youtu.be/kudWz4MkZ3w

Zen-meditation and Mental Health by Professor Freedom Leung Description

Would like to share with you Prof. David Parker's happy faces! Wish you happy everyday!

https://youtu.be/4viei6IOfEk

David Parker Alliance - Kick off 20160910

A great turnout to the Kickoff of David Parker Alliance. It was fun!

You are cordially invited to the Kick-off of DPA to be held on Saturday, 10 September, at 3:00pm in Room 502, 5/F, Wong Foo Yuan Buildling, CUHK.






RSVP: Email: [email protected] or 3943 7006

Registration DPA Kick-off & a talk on “Zen-meditation and Mental Health” by Prof. Freedom Leung, Psychology Department, CUHK 10 September 2016 (Saturday), 3:00pm - 4:30pm, Room 502, 5/F, Wong Foo Yuen Building