Fifth Cultural Heritage Summer Course for Secondary School Students of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao SARs (Application is closed)

The Antiquities and Monuments Office (“AMO”) now invites Forms 3 to 6 (or equivalent) students in Hong Kong to join the 5th Cultural Heritage Summer Course for Secondary School Students of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao SARs to be held from 12 to 17 August 2023 in Sichuan province.

The summer course is jointly presented by National Cultural Heritage Administration, Development Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, and jointly organised by China Cultural Property Promotion Association, Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration and AMO.

This 6-day cultural heritage summer course aims at enhancing the participants’ understanding of cultural heritage conservation and inheritance.  Through the lectures to be delivered by scholars and experts as well as fieldwork, participants can understand the pluralistic origins of the integrated Chinese civilization.  The course can also deepen the cultural exchange amongst Hong Kong, Macao and the Mainland.  After completing the course, participants will be presented a Certificate of Completion.  Details of the summer course are as follows:

Date: 12 August (Saturday) to 17 August 2023 (Thursday)
Venues: Chengdu, Sichuan province
Itinerary: Tentative itinerary at Annex I
Target Group: Forms 3 to 6 secondary school students or equivalent (applicants must be permanent residents of Hong Kong SAR)
Quota: 20
Language: Putonghua (no simultaneous interpretation)
Fee: No course fee required.  Local transportation, meals, accommodation and travel insurance during the course will be provided by National Cultural Heritage Administration.  Participants are required to arrange and pay transportation cost from Hong Kong to Chengdu and vice versa.
Enquiries: Ms Hiu Wai Lee, Assistant Curator I (Tel. 2655 0823)
Ms Ida Lui, Assistant Curator II (Tel. 2208 4413)

Notes to Applicants:

  1. Representatives of AMO will accompany the participants from Hong Kong for the summer course.
  2. Participants should have a valid travel document to enter and exit the Mainland.
  3. Participants are required to arrange and pay the transportation cost from Hong Kong to Chengdu and vice versa by themselves.
  4. Due to limited quota, lot drawing will be conducted to select applicants if oversubscribed.  Successful applicants will be notified in writing by AMO.  A briefing session will be arranged for the successful applicants.  The briefing will include the course details, assembly time and place, as well as accommodation, local transportation, meals and so on during the course.
  5. The organiser will arrange transportation to pick up participants from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to hotel on 12 August 2023 (Saturday) and vice versa on 17 August 2023 (Thursday).  Successful applicants are kindly reminded to arrange their round-trip air-tickets as soon as possible and send a copy of their air-tickets, Hong Kong Identity Cards and Home Return Permits by email (chtsang@amo.gov.hk), by mail or by hand to the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre of the Antiquities and Monuments Office, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (Attn: Mr Chi Hung Tsang) on or before 28 July 2023 (Friday).
  6. If successful applicants are not available to join the course, please inform Mr Chi Hung Tsang of AMO (Tel. 2208 4402) during office hours as soon as possible.
  7. The organiser reserves the rights to change or reschedule the course as and when required in response to the actual situation like the weather, traffic, etc.

Annex I: Tentative Itinerary

Antiquities and Monuments Office
June 2023

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