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Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections - An Interview with the Magistrate of Penghu County LAI Feng-weiFor the continuation and development of the LHRC project, collaborations from the community are seen as necessary. The Magistrate of Penghu County LAI Feng-wei was invited to review LHRC's project on the Fisher Island Lighthouse and the SS Bokhara shipwreck in Sand Island (one of the Penghu isles). He mentioned The Titanic Belfast Museum in the United Kingdom that was built to commemorate the shipwreck. Through the cooperation between the locals, governments and institutions, Magistrate LAI believes an excellent learning platform for the society can be built. He also hopes to recreate and promote the rich cultural heritage, such as the Fisher Island Lighthouse, by making education materials for primary school students and leading guided tours for Penghu visitors. Magistrate LAI also said that students can understand and discover more about our past in this meaning project, such as the story of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fisher Island Lighthouse, Mr. David Marr HENDERSON. The lighthouse, which still uses the original rotating optic installed in the 19th century to control the rotation cycles of the light, connects the history of Penghu, Hong Kong as well as the United Kingdom. Different parties, including students of City University of Hong Kong, co-operate and share their resources as they strive to achieve these goals.
Interview Date: 28 JUN 2019
Location: Magong, Taiwan
Interviewed by: Steve CHING
Filmed & Edited by: Daniel LAI
19th Century Finance in ChinaOn 10 October 1892, the SS Bokhara shipwrecked on Sand Island (Penghu Islands) with only 23 survivors out of 148 people on board. The Bokhara was also carrying silver and gold bullion, which in modern terms would have been tens of millions of dollars. Why was the Bokhara carrying so much physical bullion?Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections, with Subject Specialist Stephen DAVIES (HKU), looks into the financial system of China in the nineteenth-century, far removed from today's digitally interlinked world.
Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections would like to give Special Thanks to HSBC Archives.
An Introduction to Hong Kong MemorialsOn 10 October 1892, the SS Bokhara shipwrecked on Sand Island (Penghu Islands) with only 23 survivors out of 148 people on board. Memorials that were erected in memory of the Bokhara victims shed light on the overall significance of memorials and why they are created to preserve historical moments for future generations to understand.Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections, with Subject Specialist Stephen DAVIES (HKU), looks into the history of memorials and what it can tell us about the past.
Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections would like to give Special Thanks to Saint John's Cathedral (Central, Hong Kong).
Weather Science and Maritime MeteorologyOn 10 October 1892, the SS Bokhara shipwrecked on Sand Island (Penghu Islands) with only 23 survivors out of 148 people on board. Nineteenth-century weather science and maritime meteorology was not as advanced as the current century, but still able to illustrate the challenges faced and discoveries made towards understanding the weather.Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections, with Subject Specialist Stephen DAVIES (HKU), looks into nineteenth-century weather science and maritime meteorology in relations to the shipwreck of the SS Bokhara in 1892.
Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections would like to give Special Thanks to the Hong Kong Observatory.
Interpreting Literature in Three Voices 繹藝三聲帶Date: 18 April 2019
Time: 9:00-11:00
Venue: User Education Room (G3611), Run Run Shaw Library
Co-hosted by the Department of Linguistics and Translation and Run Run Shaw Library, students of LT4365 Advanced Literary Translation course presented "Interpreting Literature in Three Voices" demonstrating Poetry Recitation (assorted poems including Song of the Oriole, 黃鳥歌) and Drama Reading (excerpts from King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet & As You Like It) in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
This course was taught by Visiting Professor Ching-Hsi Perng. He is a Professor Emeritus of National Taiwan University and also Chair Professor of the Cross-Cultural Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University.
(Filmed & edited by Daniel Lai, Run Run Shaw Library)
David Marr Henderson Tribute with Felicity Somers EveFelicity Somers Eve, great-granddaughter of lighthouse engineer David Marr Henderson, shares her story of discovering the historical photograph collections of Mr Henderson in Asia, which have been donated to Bristol University's 'Historical Photographs of China' webpage. Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections also revealed to Felicity the Eastern documents and records mentioning David Marr Henderson's contributions to the lighthouses along China's coastlines.
(filmed and edited by Daniel Lai, Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections)
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