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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>Symposium on English as the</FONT></SPAN></B><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW">Language of Asian Business and Professions (ELABP)</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>5-6 November 2009</FONT></SPAN></I></B><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Polytechnic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><o:p><FONT color=#000000></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>THEMES</FONT></SPAN></B><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Curriculum design, materials writing, instruction and assessment</SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>PROGRAMME</FONT></SPAN></B><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Invited Panel Discussions</SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><o:p></o:p></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>PLENARY SPEAKERS</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Plenary Talk 1: <B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Understanding risk, trust & quality: What can Discourse Analysis offer to professional practice?</I></B></SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Professor Christopher Candlin, </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Department of Linguistics, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Macquarie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN></I></FONT><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Plenary Talk 2: </SPAN><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW">Another look at Asian Business Discourse(s) – with an eye on ELABP</SPAN></I></B></FONT><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 1.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Dr Francesca Bargiela,</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Independent Researcher in Linguistics<B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></I></FONT></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>PANEL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:</FONT></SPAN></B><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Tony Bruno,<I> Director of PCCW Teleservices</I></SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Vincent Ho, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Chairman, <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place> Association of Risk Management and Safety</I></SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; tab-stops: list 19.55pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">v<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Deanna J McGonigal, <I>Director of Learning and Development, Marco Polo Hotels</I></SPAN></FONT><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW"><FONT color=#000000>symposium organising committee</FONT></SPAN></B><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT color=#000000>Winnie Cheng, Stephen Evans, Gail Forey, Christopher Green, Li Lan, David Qian, and Martin Warren, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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