College Assemblies

College Assemblies are part of the College General Education Programme. It is non-credit bearing. Full-time undergraduate students of Shaw College are required to attend THREE College Assemblies each term to fulfill the attendance requirement.

For attendance to be counted, participants of College Assemblies must register in advance online via the Registration and Attendance System. Click here for details. 

List of "Diversified General Education Activities" (1st Term, 2024/25)  

List of "Diversified General Education Activities" (2nd Term, 2024/25)  (Updated on 30 Dec 2024)

Unless otherwise stated, College Assemblies are held at 11:30 am - 1:00 pm on Friday.

In 2024/25 academic year, the following Assemblies will be held:

Term 2

Date / Venue Theme / Topic Language Speaker
10 Jan 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
39th Founder's Day Celebration Ceremony Cantonese* Guest of Honor: Mr. CHOW Chi-kwan Frank
17 Jan 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Living is dying, Dying is living
 
Cantonese* Dr. FAN Ning
07 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
To be confirmed To be confirmed To be confirmed
14 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Strive for Excellence, Success will Follow Cantonese* Mr. LAM Ho-wang Franco, "Star of Shaw" Awardees 2023

21 Feb 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall

Is the US China relations heading towards more conflicts and decoupling? Cantonese* Mr. YAU Tang-wah Edward
25 Feb 2025 (Tue)
7:30pm - 9:15pm

Lee Hyan Concert Hall
Chopin's Piano Music - Performance and Sharing Cantonese Mr. SHUM Kin-wai, "Star of Shaw" Awardees 2023
28 Feb 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Mastering Your AI Before They Do So Cantonese* Mr. CHENG Ki-sum Cheney
14 Mar 2025
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Anti-deception Talk Cantonese* Hong Kong Police Force
14 Mar 2025
7:00pm - 10:00pm

Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Movie watching Finding Forrester + Post-screening Sharing Cantonese* Mr. TSOI Sik-cheong Hardy and Mr. Aman CHIU
15 Mar 2025 (Sat)
3:00pm - 6:00pm

Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
'MakeZen' Series x 'Zen Art Daily': Movie watching + Post-screening Sharing Cantonese Ven. CHANG Lin and guest
28 Mar 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Life (cycle) of the Hong Kong Newt Cantonese*

Mr. FUNG Hon-shing

11 Apr 2025
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Mental Health and My Family Story Cantonese*

Ms. TAM Wai-wan Vivian

Term 1

Date / Venue Theme / Topic Language Speaker
13 Sep 2024 
Shaw College Lecture Theatre (date and venue updated)
Inauguration Assembly
[Video]
English College Head, Chairman of Student Union Executive Committee
20 Sep 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Debate competition
[Video] (Cantonese Only)
Cantonese Shaw College Debate Team vs The Education University of Hong Kong Debate Team

24 Sep 2024 (Tuesday)
7:30pm - 9:00pm

Sir Run Run Shaw Hall

Cantopop: A Journey of Seven Decades Cantonese* Mr. CHEUNG King-hin Hins
04 Oct 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Students' Sharing
[Video]
Cantonese* Participants of "Caring Heart Community Service Project Scheme" and "Shaw College Summer Programme"

15 Oct 2024 (Tuesday)
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Shaw College Lecture Theatre

Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 2023/24:
Racing to Zero: Initiatives and Technologies for Decarbonizing Global Value Chains
English Professor Dr.-Ing Holger Kohl, Head, Department of Sustainable Corporate Development, Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management, Technical University Berlin
18 Oct 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
The Fortunate Journey of Social Innovation
[Video]
Cantonese* Mr. WONG Tsz-mang Healthy, Founder of FOODSPORT
25 Oct 2024
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
The Lives of A Cell: Observations of a Stem Cell Scientist
[Video]
Cantonese* Professor Rocky S. TUAN
8 Nov 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
The urban Imagination of 'Strollology'
[Video]
Cantonese* Dr. WONG Yu-hin Sampson
8 Nov 2024 (Friday)
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK (venue updated)
Introductory Lecture of the Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy 2024: Time-domain Astronomy - Gamma Ray Bursts, and Supernovae Cantonese Professor CHU Ming-chung, Dr. LIN Lap-ming, Professor NG Chun-yu
13 Nov 2024 (Wednesday)
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Yasumoto International Academic Park LT2 (CMA Lecture Theatre)
The Shaw Prize Lecture in Astronomy 2024: The Dynamic Night Sky English Professor Shrinivas R KULKARNI
22 Nov 2024
Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Learning how to relax
[Video]
Cantonese* Professor LEUNG Yiu-kin Freedom
26 Nov 2024 (Tuesday)
7:00pm - 10:00pm

Sir Run Run Shaw Hall
Movie watching "Once Upon a Time in HKDSE" + Post-screening Sharing Cantonese* Mr. HUI Yin, Mr. LEUNG Yik-ho, Mr. MAN Wing-cheong, Mr. CHAN Yat-long, Mr. HO Shun-hei
29 Nov 2024
Shaw College Lecture Theatre
Ageing @ Hong Kong Cantonese* Ms. CHAN Hiu-lui Leila

* Simultaneous interpretation will be provided for non-Cantonese speakers

College Assemblies in recent 2 years

2023/24

08/09/2023
Inauguration Assembly (cancelled due to adverse weather)
06/10/2023
13/10/2023
Cantopop Music Industry: Past, Present & Future
20/10/2023
The Scenery of History
24/11/2023
23/02/2024
Humanitarian Aid: Leading from the Front Lines
19/04/2024

2022/23

07/10/2022
A melodious chat of music concert
21/10/2022
28/10/2022
From Shaw College to the Festival de Cannes
04/11/2022
25/11/2022
18/01/2023
Movie watching To My Nineteen Year Old Self + Chat with the Director
03/03/2023
16/03/2023
Movie watching The Way We Keep Dancing + Chat with the Director
14/04/2023
Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture 2022/23 -
21st Century Frontiers of Medical and Health Humanitarian Assistance: along the Belt and Road

Enquiry

Ms. Fiona HO / Ms. Sharon HO / Ms. Zoe LAM / Ms. Emily NG 
Tel: 3943 8538 / 3943 7354 / 3943 7369 / 3943 1553
Email: shaw-assembly@cuhk.edu.hk