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Kowloon Park arts fair to open

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will launch a new phase of its Arts Fun Fair at Kowloon Park this Sunday.   It will have 16 stalls displaying and selling craftworks that feature fabric crafts, floral artworks and ornaments. Park-goers can also participate in art services such as painting and portrait sketching.   The fair will be open from 1pm to 7pm on Sundays and public holidays at the park's loggia until May 26 next year.   Visitors can enjoy the park’s beautiful scenery while appreciating a wide range of handicrafts and artworks.   The Arts Corner at Hong Kong Park is being held from noon to 6pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until December 31.   The Arts Corner at Victoria Park welcomes applications from today until June 23 for operating stalls in the coming round of the fair.   For enquiries about the fair in Kowloon Park, call 2724 3344. For questions about Hong Kong Park and Victoria Park, call 2521 5041 or 2890 5824 respectively. http:

Shaw Prize expo to be held

The Science Museum will launch the Shaw Prize 2021 Exhibition tomorrow to introduce this year's Shaw Laureates and their outstanding contributions.   Established in 2002, the Shaw Prize consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science & Medicine and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences.   It is an international award to honour individuals who are currently active in their respective fields, have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, have recently achieved distinguished and significant advances, or have achieved excellence in other domains.   The Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine is awarded to the Frank HT Rhodes Class of 1956 Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics and Director of the Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology at the Cornell University, the US, Prof Scott D Emr.   His remarkable discovery of the pathway and mechanism of the Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport has contributed to further study of diseases including viral dissemination and those which are neurodegenerative.   The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded in equal shares to two female scholars - the Professor of Physics and Director of McGill Space Institute at the McGill University, Canada, Prof Victoria M Kaspi and the Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at George Washington University, the US, Prof Chryssa Kouveliotou.   They developed new and precise observational techniques which enabled them to confirm the existence of neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields. Their work has established magnetars as a new and important class of astrophysical objects.   The two Shaw Laureates in Mathematical Sciences are the Emeritus Professor of the Mathematics Department of the Université Paris-Saclay of France, Prof Jean-Michel Bismut and the Silver Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, the US, Prof Jeff Cheeger.   They solved long-standing open problems in geometry. They also introduced important new ideas and built tools which have greatly extended possibilities in modern geometry, and as a result have transformed the subject.   Jointly presented by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department and the Shaw Prize Foundation, the exhibition will run until January 5 next year.   Click here for details.
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