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24 Dec 2012
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) and St. James’ Settlement staged book fairs at Noah’s Ark and Yuen Long Plaza this month and took 800 underprivileged local children to them encourage reading during the winter break, and gave the children allowances to buy books. This was part of the fifth Read to Dream programme to encourage interest in reading at a young age. The same programme also enabled underprivileged youngsters to visit the Hong Kong Book Fair earlier this year.
Children visited the Noah’s Ark theme park on 8 and 9 December to take part in the book fair accompanied by dozens of SHKP volunteers helping them choose books, and learned about social harmony and environmental conservation to broaden their knowledge and horizons.
Another book fair at Yuen Long Plaza on 14 and 15 December catered to young people from Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun, Ta Kwu Ling, Sha Tau Kok, Kwai Tsing, Tung Chung, Sheung Shui, Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong. Book allowances and transportation were provided.
About the SHKP Book Club
SHKP set up the Book Club in 2005 to get people into the habit of reading to broaden their knowledge and horizons and encourage self-improvement and life-long learning. The Club organizes reading-related activities such as book review competitions, “Young Writers’ Debut Competition”, the Books4You magazine, taking children to the book fair, good books polls and public seminars. Visit www.shkpbookclub.com for details.
About St. James’ Settlement
St. James’ Settlement is a non-governmental organization established over 60 years ago. It provides comprehensive services to meet the community’s diverse needs and promotes self reliance for a socially integrated, harmonious society. Its target groups include children, teenagers, families, homeless people, mentally-challenged people and the elderly.
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24 Dec 2012
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Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) and St. James’ Settlement staged book fairs at Noah’s Ark and Yuen Long Plaza this month and took 800 underprivileged local children to them encourage reading during the winter break, and gave the children allowances to buy books. This was part of the fifth Read to Dream programme to encourage interest in reading at a young age. The same programme also enabled underprivileged youngsters to visit the Hong Kong Book Fair earlier this year.
Children visited the Noah’s Ark theme park on 8 and 9 December to take part in the book fair accompanied by dozens of SHKP volunteers helping them choose books, and learned about social harmony and environmental conservation to broaden their knowledge and horizons.
Another book fair at Yuen Long Plaza on 14 and 15 December catered to young people from Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun, Ta Kwu Ling, Sha Tau Kok, Kwai Tsing, Tung Chung, Sheung Shui, Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong. Book allowances and transportation were provided.
About the SHKP Book Club
SHKP set up the Book Club in 2005 to get people into the habit of reading to broaden their knowledge and horizons and encourage self-improvement and life-long learning. The Club organizes reading-related activities such as book review competitions, “Young Writers’ Debut Competition”, the Books4You magazine, taking children to the book fair, good books polls and public seminars. Visit www.shkpbookclub.com for details.
About St. James’ Settlement
St. James’ Settlement is a non-governmental organization established over 60 years ago. It provides comprehensive services to meet the community’s diverse needs and promotes self reliance for a socially integrated, harmonious society. Its target groups include children, teenagers, families, homeless people, mentally-challenged people and the elderly. |
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