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# Hong Kong speaking
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/hong-kong-speaking/
- Published: 2007-04-15T17:53:38.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:35:23.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, Misc

[![C4152MLinFngmnAtnClrs1196.jpeg](https://www.lorcandempsey.net/content/images/wordpress/lorcan/C4152MLinFngmnAtnClrs1196.jpeg)](https://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/gug/indxs/new/newpaintpgs/C4152M.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)I have spent this last week in Hong Kong, hence the lightness in posting. I was pleased to be speaking at the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) at a conference named *[The academic librarian: dinosaur or phoenix](https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/conference/aldp2007/info/index.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net)* focusing on change management, and later in the week at *[The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat](https://digital.casalini.it/retreat/retreat%5F2007.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)* at the [University of Hong Kong](https://lib.hku.hk/?ref=lorcandempsey.net). The staffs of the two libraries, and their directors, Colin Storey and Tony Ferguson respectively, were wonderful hosts and everybody was very well looked after.  
I ate a lot of food and had very little sleep. I think that it was the first time that I was shifted 12 hours from home. An interesting experience: no need to change the time on any devices! Going there we flew over the North Pole. Coming back, I changed my seat thinking that I might see something interesting out the window. However, I was disappointed when the pilot announced that we were heading out over the Pacific towards Seattle.  
The picture is by Lin Fengmian to whom an exhibition was devoted at the [Hong Kong Museum of Art](https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/index.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net), by Hong Kong Harbour on the Kowloon side. I visited in the evening, when you can look back over to the spectacular, and spectacularly lit, skyline of Central.  
More later ….