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Professor LAU Chi Pang is the Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs and External Relations) of Lingnan University, and Professor of the Department of History. He is concurrently Coordinator of the Hong Kong and South China Historical Research Programme.
Professor Lau completed his BA and MPhil degrees at the University of Hong Kong and received his PhD (History) degree from the University of Washington, Seattle. He joined Lingnan University’s General Education Division in 1993 and became a founding member of the Department of History in 2002. He has been teaching Chinese history and Hong Kong history for the department ever since.
Professor Lau’s academic interests include the intellectual history of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Hong Kong history, as well as the study of Chinese Local Records. He has focused on the research and teaching of local history in recent 20 years, publishing more than 20 books on a wide range of topics such as: the development of Tuen Mun, the New Territories and other places; oral history records of residents from So Uk Estate and Chung Ying Street, local artists from 1960 to 1975, Shandong policemen in the last century, Hong Kong people during Japanese Occupation, etc.; as well as the history of the bar-bending industry, Ta Teh Institute, Hong Kong International Airport and so on.
Apart from research and education, Professor Lau has been actively engaging in promoting Hong Kong history to the general public. He contributes to newspaper columns and participates in radio and TV programmes on a regular basis. Recently he has completed the Jockey Club Hong Kong History Learning Programme with generous donation from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, compiling a comprehensive set of local history teaching kits for both primary and secondary school teachers and students.
Living up to the Lingnan motto “Education for Service”, Professor Lau has been sharing his professional knowledge with the wider public by earnestly taking part in community and cultural services. He had served the Tuen Mun District Council, Heung Yee Kuk, Antiquities Advisory Board, Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, Town Planning Board, History Museum Advisory Panel, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust. He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Built Heritage Conservation and member of Advisory Council on the Environment.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Provision of services in conducting professional development programmes to support the learning and teaching of the historical development of Hong Kong in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression for the Junior and Senior Secondary History Curricula
7/09/22 → 28/02/23
Project: Professional Projects (including Consultancy)
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Provision of Services for the Writing of the (New Edition) General History of China – Hong Kong History
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Contract Research
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Carnival for Education Sector of Hong Kong
1/12/21 → 17/02/23
Project: Professional Projects (including Consultancy)
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Hong Kong Chronicles : Overview & Chronology
Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, TING, J. S. (ed.), CHEN, A. J. (ed.), LAU, C. (ed.) & LIU, S. (ed.), Jul 2022, Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Company Limited. 777 p. (Hong Kong Chronicles; vol. 1)Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Editor) › Profession
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善道同行 : 東華三院一百五十周年史略
劉智鵬, 12 May 2021, 香港: City University of Hong Kong Press. 364 p.Translated title of the contribution :Hand-in-Hand for Benevolence: 150 Years of History of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals of Hong Kong Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author)
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新界族譜的歷史意義及其現代應用
Chi Pang LAU (Speaker)
25 Apr 2020Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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香港史 : 從源起、五四到現在
劉智鵬 (Speaker), 陳學然 (Speaker) & 譚家齊 (Speaker)
20 Jul 2019Activity: Talks or Presentations › Public Lecture
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從《香港相冊》回憶小城的桑田變幻 New book on the stories of Hong Kong after 1997 edited by Prof Lau Chi-pang and Prof Liu Shu-yong published
26/01/23
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學者倡教育局清晰規劃普通話教學 Scholar suggests Education Bureau to have a comprehensive plan for Putonghua education
15/01/23
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