SHKP Reading Club staging a host of activities to mark 4.23 World Book Day
Expanding literature to speech and drama

22 Apr 2015


Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) Reading Club announced a series of activities in a kickoff ceremony for its World Book Day celebration, as a way of broadening people’s horizons and understanding the myriad possibilities in the written word.  SHKP Chairman and Managing Director Raymond Kwok hosted the ceremony, joined by Dr Tony Mok, Hong Kong fencer Yu Chui Yee, singer Eman Lam, film director Heiward Mak, HKU School of Modern Languages and Cultures professor Stephen Chu and artist Stephen Au.

Raymond Kwok said: “Reading is very enjoyable and satisfying.  My latest interest is the I Ching an ancient Chinese classic full of wisdom that is inspiring and offers enlightenment on personal development and life principles.  I also like biographies because they help me understand how adversity can be channelled into success, and this is encouragement to overcome life’s challenges.”

The SHKP Reading Club’s celebration activities for World Book Day include the online Read EVERYDAY campaign combining reading and charity.  The goal is to motivate public participation and ‘shares’ on facebook by having various guests from different walks of life talking about reading.  Dr Mok, Yu Chui Yee and Eman Lam urged the kickoff ceremony audience to join the campaign.  Stephen Au from Theatre Dojo performed a scene from Joan of Arc to show the dramatic side of literature as a demonstration of the different formats it can take, and finally Heiward Mak, Stephen Chu and Stephen Au talked about the Possibility of Text, explaining their unique insights into reading.

The ceremony was meant to mark World Book Day (April 23) declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The online Read EVERYDAY campaign, Literature Classic Theatre, seminar, school tours, reading installation display and more will broaden people’s concept of reading and promote literature as a part of daily life in a brand new way. Anyone wanting to know more about World Book Day or interested in joining the celebrations can go to www.shkpreadingclub.com or check the SHKP Reading Club’s facebook page.

About the SHKP Reading Club

SHKP set up the Reading Club in late 2013 to consolidate its reading-related initiatives. Anyone is welcome to join for free. The Club publishes the regular free ReadIt and Read Monthly magazines, organizes cultural events like seminars with leading speakers, reading and writing camps and guided cultural tours to inspire more people to enjoy reading and make it a habit. The SHKP Reading Club organizes regular activities for members.  Anyone who is interested can join for free at www.shkpreadingclub.com.
Film director Heiward Mak (second left), HKU School of Modern Languages and Cultures professor Stephen Chu (second right) and artist Stephen Au (first right) talking about their unique reading insights in the Possibility of Text seminar
SHKP Reading Club staging a host of activities to mark 4.23 World Book Day
Expanding literature to speech and drama

22 Apr 2015



Film director Heiward Mak (second left), HKU School of Modern Languages and Cultures professor Stephen Chu (second right) and artist Stephen Au (first right) talking about their unique reading insights in the Possibility of Text seminar

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) Reading Club announced a series of activities in a kickoff ceremony for its World Book Day celebration, as a way of broadening people’s horizons and understanding the myriad possibilities in the written word.  SHKP Chairman and Managing Director Raymond Kwok hosted the ceremony, joined by Dr Tony Mok, Hong Kong fencer Yu Chui Yee, singer Eman Lam, film director Heiward Mak, HKU School of Modern Languages and Cultures professor Stephen Chu and artist Stephen Au.

Raymond Kwok said: “Reading is very enjoyable and satisfying.  My latest interest is the I Ching an ancient Chinese classic full of wisdom that is inspiring and offers enlightenment on personal development and life principles.  I also like biographies because they help me understand how adversity can be channelled into success, and this is encouragement to overcome life’s challenges.”

The SHKP Reading Club’s celebration activities for World Book Day include the online Read EVERYDAY campaign combining reading and charity.  The goal is to motivate public participation and ‘shares’ on facebook by having various guests from different walks of life talking about reading.  Dr Mok, Yu Chui Yee and Eman Lam urged the kickoff ceremony audience to join the campaign.  Stephen Au from Theatre Dojo performed a scene from Joan of Arc to show the dramatic side of literature as a demonstration of the different formats it can take, and finally Heiward Mak, Stephen Chu and Stephen Au talked about the Possibility of Text, explaining their unique insights into reading.

The ceremony was meant to mark World Book Day (April 23) declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The online Read EVERYDAY campaign, Literature Classic Theatre, seminar, school tours, reading installation display and more will broaden people’s concept of reading and promote literature as a part of daily life in a brand new way. Anyone wanting to know more about World Book Day or interested in joining the celebrations can go to www.shkpreadingclub.com or check the SHKP Reading Club’s facebook page.

About the SHKP Reading Club

SHKP set up the Reading Club in late 2013 to consolidate its reading-related initiatives. Anyone is welcome to join for free. The Club publishes the regular free ReadIt and Read Monthly magazines, organizes cultural events like seminars with leading speakers, reading and writing camps and guided cultural tours to inspire more people to enjoy reading and make it a habit. The SHKP Reading Club organizes regular activities for members.  Anyone who is interested can join for free at www.shkpreadingclub.com.