{"id":47692,"date":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/press\/exhibition-showcasing-botanical-water-color-paintings\/"},"modified":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"exhibition-showcasing-botanical-water-color-paintings","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/exhibition-showcasing-botanical-water-color-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Showcasing Botanical Water-color Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-47692","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20080221","keep":false,"details":"<p>\tThe exhibition, A Botanical Artist in South China 1972 &ndash; 1983, jointly organized by the University Library System of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Mrs. Beryl Walden was formally opened by the world renowned botanist Dr. Hu Shiu-ying, the painter Mrs. Beryl M. Walden and the University Librarian Dr. Colin Storey today (21 February 2008). Attending guests included Mr. Lay Chik-chuen, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD); Mr. Chan Ping-kwong Richard, Senior Nature Conservation Officer, AFCD; Ms. Tsui Ho-fun Florence, Chief Leisure Manager (Kowloon), Leisure and Cultural Services Department and professors and students from CUHK. As it happened to be Dr. Hu&rsquo;s 107th birthday, all guests and visitors joined in a joyous celebration with Dr. Hu.<\/p><p>\tThe exhibition displays 99 delicate water-color paintings painted by Mrs. Walden and about 12 dried specimens. By contrasting the paintings and specimens, one will find the paintings so life-like to be photographic.<\/p><p>\tAll are welcome. Details of the exhibition are as below:<\/p><p>\tExhibition Period: 21 February &ndash; 13 March 2008<br \/>\tExhibition Venue: University Library Exhibition Hall, CUHK<br \/>\tWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk\/Exhibition\/Walden\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk\/Exhibition\/Walden<\/a><\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"646","photos_original":[{"photo":"080221_1.jpg","caption":"Dr. Hu Shiu-ying officiates at the opening ceremony."},{"photo":"080221_2.jpg","caption":"Mrs. Beryl Walden delivers an address at the ceremony."}],"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/47692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/47692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}