SHKP Quarterly

Popular SHKP Reading Club activities 新閱會活動多元化 深受歡迎 The SHKP Reading Club’s ‘A Letter to My Family’ SHKP Book Review Competition proved very popular, drawing thousands of entries expressing feelings of family love. Other recent activities like talks and cultural tours also attracted interest from the public. ‘A Letter to My Family’ SHKP Book Review Competition The 2016 ‘A Letter to My Family’ SHKP Book Review Competition was a success with over 6,600 entries. The top entries were well written and touching. Many of the winners brought relatives or friends to share their success at the award presentation as the best in each category told their touching stories of gratitude to family. Most winning letters were to family members on topics like getting along with family, childhood memories, challenges and problems in life, career and future. The biennial ‘A Letter to My Family’ SHKP Book Review Competition began in 2012 to bridge reading and writing by encouraging people, especially the young, to write letters strengthening relationships with family or friends. Exploring the World of Creativity talks The Reading Club and Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) staged a series of Exploring the World of Creativity talks with talented individuals sharing their experience and thoughts. Audiences appreciated the six inspiring talks with judges and past winners of Young Writer’s Debut Competition delving into various aspects of the creative process like cross- media creation, nurturing inspiration, satisfac tion from creative work and sustaining creative expertise. Read On, Move On series The Reading Club’s Read On, Move On programme encourages people to read and exercise more. Participants rode bikes and climbed stairs at locales featured in books to learn about the culture and history of Hong Kong. Another talk by a sports scientist and a psychologist on how exercise benefits children’s growth advised parents about introducing children to reading and fitness. Group Deputy Managing Director Mike Wong (second row, fifth left), former Director of Welfare, Secretary for Health and Welfare, writer and English teacher Elizabeth Wong Chien Chi-lien (second row, sixth right), Chairman of the Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association Lai Tsz-man (second row, fifth right), Publisher & CEO of Master Insight Media Man Cheuk-fei (second row, fourth left) and ‘A Letter to My Family’ SHKP Book Review Competition winners 集團副董事總經理黃植榮（第二排，左五）、前福利署署長及衛生福利司、作家及英語老師黃錢其濂太平紳士（第二排，右六）、香港資助小學校長會主席賴子文校長（第 二排，右五），以及灼見名家傳媒社長及行政總裁文灼非（第二排，左四）頒獎予一眾「濃情．家書」新地閱讀寫作比賽得獎者 CSR - Reading & Holistic Development Vol 82 • Q4 2016 • SHKP Quarterly 28