'Bug house' puts spotlight on our tiny neighbours in the insect world
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Insect House (pictured) at Tai Po Waterfront Park presents a close-up on the world of insects to help increase our understanding of the countless tiny lives sharing the world around us.
The 250-square-metre insect house includes more than 130 specimens and models of five of the most diverse groups of insects - beetles, flies, bugs, wasps, and butterflies and moths. Information panels include facts and figures about insect lives, insect friends and relatives, the science of entomology and the relationships between people and insects in our daily lives, diet, health, leisure and entertainment.
There is also a surprising mythology and a host of artwork with insects as the focus.
Interactive computer games and a question-and-answer corner will test visitors' level of knowledge about insects.
The Insect House opens daily from 8 am to 7 pm. Admission is free. For information, call 2664 2107.
Family Fun Films characters this year include Comical Mouse, Cinderella Penguin, White Elephant, Dancing Cactus, Robot Girl, and Flying Fish.
The event runs until August 12, and comprises four programmes including Danish animation Circleen - Mice and Romance, Indian children's film White Elephant, and World Animation I and World Animation II.
Screenings will be presented at the Hong Kong Science Museum Lecture Hall, the Hong Kong Space Museum Lecture Hall, the Sha Tin Town Hall Cultural Activities Hall and the Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre Theatre.
Tickets at $30 (students, half price) are now available at all Urbtix outlets. Programme details and reservations can be made at 2734 2900 and 2734 9009, respectively.
To coincide with International Museum Day 2001, the Hong Kong Museum of Art is showcasing Hong Kong Artists' Vision, an exhibition of 90 works illustrating the changing face of our city over time.
Having grown from 20 fishing villages to a modern metropolis, Hong Kong's history has influenced many styles and media.
Images of the changes that have moulded Hong Kong are on display at Exhibition Gallery 1 and 2, Hong Kong Museum of Art, from 10 am to 6 pm daily until September 2.
The Museum is closed on Thursdays. Admission is $20 and $10 (students).
Britain's Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will perform six concerts in the Midsummer Classics series, beginning with a programme called the Romantic Generation in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC) at 8 pm on August 6.
The programme opens with the tone-poem Don Juan by Richard Strauss, followed by Elgar's Cello Concerto and Dvorak's New World Symphony.
Midsummer Classics 2001 also features compositions by Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Beethoven and Rachmaninov.
Viennese Charm will be performed at HKCC on August 7, Everlasting Melodies at HKCC on August 8, Rachmaninov Passion at HKCC on August 10, Opera Delizia in the Tsuen Wan Town Hall on August 11, and Tchaikovsky Fantasy in the Tuen Mun Town Hall on August 12. All concerts start at 8 pm.
Tickets ranging from $70 to $240 (students, half price) are available at all Urbtix outlets.
Programme enquiries and reservations can be made on 2734 2935 and 2734 9009.
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