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SCMP Reporter

Schools & Families
Learning to read with synthetic phonics: For children who are ready to learn. Get Reading Right, Suite 502, 9 Queen's Road, Central, Tomorrow, 10am-12.30pm. Tel 2525 9263; info@getreadingright.com 
EducationUSA seminar: US study scholarships and financial aid opportunities. Institute of International Education, Room 202, General Commercial Building, 156-164 Des Voeux Road, Central. Next Friday, 5pm-6pm. Tel 2603 577, ext. 109; e-mail info@iiehongkong.org 
Higher & Continuing
House of Innovation open day: PolyU Partnership Development Office/Institute for Enterprise. Today, 9.30am-5pm. Tel 3400 2819; www.ife.polyu.edu.hk 
Teaching students how to SOAR to success: HKU Faculty of Education seminar. Speaker: Kenneth Kiewra, Nebraska-LincolnU. Room LG-01, O.C. Hui Science Building, HKU. Tonight, 5.30pm-7pm. Tel 2219 4852.
OUHK visit day: Seminars on distance learning, face-to-face and eLearning programmes. OUHK, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Ho Man Tin. Tomorrow, 2pm-6pm. Tel 2711 2100; e-mail: infoctr@ic.ouhk.edu.hk
Sino-Italian TechX: An exchange forum between Italy and China on biotechnology and nanotechnology. PolyU Partnership Development Office. Keynote speakers: Leonardo Santi, Italian National committee for BioSafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Viviana Caponi and Ing Giovanni Teti, Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Room N002, G/F, Block N, PolyU. Monday, 8.45am-5.30pm. Tel 3400 2801/2819.
What makes a winnable bid: Virtues and deadly sins of research grant applications. HKU Faculty of Education seminar. Speaker Jane Kenway, MonashU, Australia. Room LG02, O.C. Hui Science Building, HKU. Monday,  10am-midday. Tel 2857 8254.
The price of public action: Constitutional doctrine and judicial manipulation of legislative enactment. HKU Faculty of Law seminar. Speaker Matthew Stephenson, HarvardU. Room 425, K.K. Leung Building, HKU. Monday, 1pm-2pm. Tel 2219 4323; e-mail: lbute@hku.hk 
Accountability and sustainability: Challenges and opportunities for Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. PolyU Public Policy Research Institute forum. Speakers: Lau Siu-kai and Timothy Tong, PolyU. HKCC Hung Hom Bay Campus, 8 Hung Lok Road, HH. Monday, 2pm-5pm. Tel 3400 3872.
 Modern neutron-proton sources in Beijing and Dongguan: Opportunities for scientific and technological collaboration between universities and other facilities. HKU Dept of Physics seminar. Speaker: Loong Chun-keung, Sun Yat-SenU and TsinghuaU. Room 522, Y.M. Chong Physics Building, HKU. Monday, 4pm-5pm. Tel 2859 2360; e-mail: physdept@hkucc.hku.hk 
Graham Webb and 'Living Books' - a UK creative entrepreneur in Hong Kong: 3/F British Council, 3 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty. Tuesday, 12.30pm-2pm. HK$100/HK$120, incl lunch. Tel 2152 1889; e-mail: anky@community business.org [2] Graham Webb dialogue with Stephen Ho: Same venue and date, 6pm-7pm. e-mail: rsvp@british council.org.hk
 Barack Obama, racial identity and the challenge to American religion: Chung Chi College Divinity School public lecture. Speaker: Rev James A. Noel, San Francisco Theological Seminary. Subsidiary Hall, G/F Ward Memorial Methodist Church, 54 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. Tuesday, 2.30pm-4pm. Tel 2609 6708; e-mail: zoebelle@cuhk.edu.hk 
Building both a research identity and research career: HKU Faculty of Education seminar. Speaker Jane Kenway, MonashU, Australia. Room LG02, O.C. Hui Science Building, HKU. Wednesday, 5.30pm-7pm. Tel 2857 8254.
Globalising citizenship education: Ambitions and realities. HKIEd 5th Citized conference. Speakers: Anthony Cheung, HKIEd; Ian Davies, YorkU, UK; Alan Reid, South AustraliaU; Bryan Turner, W. SydneyU, Australia; Janet Palmer, OSE, Children's Services and Skills, UK. HKIEd Tai Po Campus, Wednesday-Friday. June 24-26. For times, tel 2948 6632 or e-mail: looi@ied.edu.hk
Global health seminar: Post-earthquake needs in Jin Sha Jiang area, Liangshan, Sichuan. CUHK School of Public Health seminar. Speaker: Emily Chan Ying-yang, CUHK. 1/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sha Tin. Thursday, 12.30pm-2pm. Tel 2252 8426; e-mail: judysuen@cuhk.edu.hk
An analytical and empirical analysis of the relationship between embedded economic systems and performance of virtual worlds: HKUST Dept of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management seminar. Speaker: Yoo Byungjoon, Seoul NationalU. Room 4379, ISOM conference room (lifts 17/18), HKUST. Thursday, 2.30pm-4pm. Visit: www.bm.ust.hk
The quantum Spin Hall effect and topological band theory: HKUST Dept of Physics seminar. Speaker: Charles Kane, PennsylvaniaU. Room 5583 (lifts 29-30), HKUST. Thursday, 3pm-4pm. Tel 2358 7506.
Education and heritage: HKIEd Dept of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology conference and exhibition. Speakers: Joseph Ting; Chan Lung-sang and Bernard V. Lim. Tai Po Campus. Next Friday and Saturday. Tel 2948 8089; e-mail: ceeh2009@ied.edu.hk
Exhibitions & Events
Singing joyfully: Concert by the Harvard Krokodiloes and the HKU Mosaic. Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU. Next Sunday, 6.30pm-8pm. E-mail: jessy@hkucc.hku.hk 
Ceramics horizon: HKUST Centre for the Arts exhibition. Artists Chan Kam-shing and Winnie Lo. Exposition Hall, HKUST. Until June 28, 1pm-5pm.
Violin and guitar duo: HKUST recital, with musicians Tina Karen Lo and Andrea Zanchetta. Exposition Hall, June 29, 7.30pm-9pm.
6th Hong Kong international education expo: Neway International Trade Fairs Ltd. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. July 11-12.



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