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Objectives
This Symposium was held from 26 March to 29 March 2006 to mark the official launch of the Centre. The Symposium aimed to discuss directions and strategies for research in the areas covered by the Centre including context, meaning, and modelling behaviour. It also provided an opportunity for participants to share the speakers’ insights into how the study of meaning, and particularly of systems and discourse in language, contributed to any of the research areas that the speakers were personally concerned with.

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Dates and Venues
Official Launch and Opening Session
Date : 26 March 2006 (Sunday)
Time : 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Tea Reception from 6:00 pm to 6:50 pm)
Venue : Wei Hing Theatre, 6/F, Amenities Building, City University of Hong Kong

Officiating Guests :
Professor Sritawat KITIPORNCHAI, Professor (Chair) of Building and Construction; Chairman of the Advisory Group for Research Centres; Deputy Chairman of the Research Committee; Chairman of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Committee; Head of Department of Building and Construction, City Univeristy of Hong Kong
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Professor Ian HOLLIDAY, Professor (Chair) of Policy Studies; Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City Univeristy of Hong Kong

Inaugural Lecture :
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Emeritus Professor M.A.K. HALLIDAY, "Working with Meaning: Towards an Appliable Linguistics"
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Professor Ian HOLLIDAY, Professor (Chair) of Policy Studies; Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong

Introduced by :
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Dr. Jonathan WEBSTER, Head of Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics; Acting Director of HCLS, City University of Hong Kong

The Symposium
Date : 27 – 29 March 2006 (Monday – Wednesday)
Time : (Monday and Tuesday) 8:30 am – 5:45 pm
            (Wednesday) 8:30 am – 1:45 pm
Venue : Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong

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Organizer
The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS), City University of Hong Kong

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Programme
Please click here for the Symposium programme.

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Invited Participants
Professor John BATEMAN University of Bremen, Germany
Dr. David BUTT Macquarie University, Australia
Professor FANG Yan Tsinghua University, China
Emeritus Professor Ruqaiya HASAN Macquarie University, Australia
Emeritus Professor HU Zhuanglin Peking University, China
Professor HUANG Guowen Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, China
Emeritus Professor Braj KACHRU University of Illinois, USA
Professor Christian MATTHIESSEN Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Jon PATRICK University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Erich STEINER Saarland University, Germany
Emeritus Professor Michio SUGENO Doshisha University, Japan
Emeritus Professor Edwin THUMBOO National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Geoff WILLIAMS University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor ZHU Yongsheng Fudan University, China

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Registration *

Official Launch & Opening Session
(26 March 2006)		 Free of charge
The Symposium – including lunches
(27 – 29 March 2006)		 HK$1,300 / US$170
Symposium Buffet Dinner
(28 March 2006)		 HK$250 / US$30
The Symposium – including lunch
(27 March 2006 only)		 HK$500 / US$65
The Symposium – including lunch
(28 March 2006 only)		 HK$500 / US$65
The Symposium – including lunch
(29 March 2006 only)		 HK$400 / US$50

* Registration fees were waived for all full-time and part-time students of City University of Hong Kong (except for the Symposium buffet dinner on 28 March 2006).

Registration is no longer available.
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Accommodation

Special arrangements have been made for discounted room rates for registered participants:

Royal Park Hotel Shatin Hong Kong (4-star)
http://www.royalpark.com.hk/
Address: No.8 Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, Hong Kong
Tel.: (852) 2601 2111 Fax: (852) 2601 3666
Email: inquiry@royalpark.com.hk

Room booking is no longer available.

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Transportation
Airport to the Royal Park Hotel
  1. By bus (fare: HK$20; duration: 50 minutes) [Map 1 – AirBus A41]
    • Take Airbus Route A41 at Airport Ground Transportation Centre

      • (Airport Group Transportation Centre < -- > Yu Chui Court - Shatin)
    • Get off at Bus Stop No 4 (Royal Park Hotel Bus Stop)

  2. By taxi (fare: around HK$300; duration: 45 minutes)
    • Take the taxi in the colour of red only

  3. By limousine (fare: around HK$480 per car per trip; duration: 45 minutes)
    • Please contact the Royal Park Hotel directly at (852) 2601 2111 for details
Getting to City University from the Royal Park Hotel [Map 2]

The Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) station at Shatin is a short walk from the Royal Park Hotel. Then, it is two stops from Shatin to the Kowloon Tong Station (in the Tsim Sha Tsui East direction).

City University can be accessed via Exit C at Kowloon Tong station, where signs direct pedestrians to the Concourse upstairs and then to City University. The University link tunnel is located on Level LG1 of the Festival Walk shopping mall and takes you directly to the campus.

How to get to Wei Hing Theatre, 6/F, Amenities Building, City University of Hong Kong



Arrived at Pedestrian Subway :
  1. When you get off the MTR/KCR, look for Festival Walk exit.
  2. In Festival Walk, on Level LG1, there is a Pedestrian Subway which will lead you to CityU campus.
  3. After walking through the Pedestrian Subway, go down the staircase on your right and follow the directional signs, you will find yourself walking under a covered corridor alongside the garden which will lead you to the University Circle.
  4. From the University Circle, go along the Covered Walk Way which will lead you to the Amenities Building.
  5. Take Lift No. 13 opposite to the Security Counter to Floor 6.
  6. Turn left and you will see Wei Hing Theatre.
Arrived at University Circle :
  1. When you drop off at the University Circle, go along the Covered Walk Way which will lead you to the Amenities Building.
  2. Take Lift No. 13 opposite to The Security Counter to Floor 6.
  3. Turn left and you will see Wei Hing Theatre.


How to get to Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong



Arrived at Pedestrian Subway :
  1. When you get off the MTR/KCR, look for Festival Walk exit.
  2. In Festival Walk, on Level LG1, there is a Pedestrian Subway which will lead you to CityU campus.
  3. After walking through the Pedestrian Subway, go down the staircase on your right and follow the directional signs, you will find yourself walking under a covered corridor alongside the garden which will lead you to the University Circle.
  4. From the University Circle, you will see Cheng Yick-chi Building on your right.
  5. Go inside Cheng Yick-chi Building, you will find Multi-Media Conference Room there.
Arrived at University Circle :
  1. 1. When you drop off at the University Circle, go along the Covered Walk Way which will lead you to the Cheng Yick-chi Building.
  2. Go inside Cheng Yick-chi Building, you will find Multi-Media Conference Room there.


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Conference Secretariat
Joey Wong (Ms)
Email: joeywong@cityu.edu.hk
Address: The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, HONG KONG
Tel: (852) 3442 6546 / (852) 3442 6604     Fax: (852) 2265 7642
Website: http://hallidaycentre.cityu.edu.hk
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