Date:

1 September 2007 (Saturday)

Time:

9:15am – 5:00pm (Registration starts at 9:00am)

Target:

U3A leaders, Workers & Supervisors of U3As; Interested workers in promoting Elder Learning.

Medium:

Cantonese and English (Interpretation Service will be provided.)

Venue:

9/F., Multi function hall. Hongkong Electric Centre, 44 Kennedy Road, Hong Kong

Fees:

Staff of HKCSS Agency Member–HK$120
Early Bird Price for Staff of HKCSS Agency Member - HK$100
Staff of non HKCSS Agency Member–HK$150

Early Bird Date:

15 August 2007

Coordinator:

Ms. Grace Chan (Elderly Service, Chief Officer, HKCSS)

9:00am-9:15am

9:15am-9:45am

9:45am-10:45am

Plenary: Truth of Elder Learning
The new era of Elder Learning: HK Overview
Professor Alfred Chan Cheung-Ming, BBS, JP 陳章明教授
Vice-Chairman, Elderly Commission, HKSAR; Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University

The U3A’s Experience and Its Truth
Mr. Ian Searle
Vice Chairman, The Third Age Trust

10:45am-11:15am

11:15am-12:15pm

Plenary: Truth of Elder Learning
U3A in China: The Future development
Professor Zhao Bu-yi 趙不億教授
Deputy President of Ninghai Senior Citizen’s University of Guangzhou

The partnership effect in Hong Kong U3As
Ms. Grace Chan Man-Yee陳文宜女士
Chief Officer, Elderly Service, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

12:15pm – 12:30pm

12:30pm-2:00pm

2:00pm-2:15pm

2:15pm-4:15pm

Mr. Ian Searle

Mr. Ian Searle is Vice Chairman of the Third Age Trust. He is a graduate of Oxford University who spent most of his working life as a teacher until he retired in 1993, when he joined the University of the Third Age. The U3A that he belongs to can be found at ?www.u3acarrick.org.uk . He also served in a number of different capacities. Four years ago he was co-opted and then elected to the National Executive Committee of the Third Age Trust.

The Third Age Trust is the national organization to which more than 360 U3As belong in the UK. It was set up to encourage the development of U3As and to provide administrative and educational support. As Vice Chairman, Ian Searle chairs the Standing Committee for Education, which provides a range of services and advice to U3As. A National Office, which employs a very small number of full-time and part-time staff, maintains records, distributes information, replies to queries and provides the necessary support for the Officers and elected Board Members.? The financial support for the Third Age Trust is almost entirely provided by subscription from the 186,000 members. The U3As themselves are financially independent and receive virtually no government help. All Trustees and U3A officers are unpaid volunteers. More details can be found on the website at www.u3a.org.uk

Professor Zhao Bu-yi 趙不億教授
Deputy President of Ninghai Senior Citizen’s University of Guangzhou

Organized by Ninghai Society for Elderly and governed by Guangzhou Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Ninghai Senior Citizen’s University of Guangzhou has established in 1984. Its aim is to encourage the pursuit of learning and make fun of learning for retired people. It further helps to enhance their education level and provides them with rich spiritual and cultural life.? So that they can keep on dedicating themselves to the society.

Furthermore, it also aims at helping students to develop independent minds, healthy moral standards and decent temperaments. ?Ninghai Senior Citizen’s University of Guangzhou is one of the best Senior Citizen’s University of the PRC.? It owns a teaching building of 7 floors with a total area of 2800 square meter.? It offers 74 courses on a wide range of subjects, including literature, art, music, science, languages, theatre, dancing and traditional Chinese medicine.? The number of members was about 300 at the beginning which now exceeds to over 7000.? With 77 teachers and staffs, over 52,300 members graduated in the past two decades.? Their members are mainly retried people from the mainland, some of whom come from other cities, like Hong Kong.