SHKP Quarterly

SHKP Reading Club promotes the joy of reading 新閱會傳送喜“閱”氣氛 The SHKP Reading Club encourages people from all walks of life to enjoy reading with recent events like a talk by an author dubbed ‘Wheelchair Angel’ and a members’ guided cultural tour of Wan Chai plus a wide range of initiatives to be kicked off this summer. Guided cultural tour through the settings of winning Young Writers’ Debut Competition titles Memoir of the Sun, Moon and Stars and Luard Road No. 20 文化導賞團的行程環繞“年輕作家創作比賽”優勝作品《日月星傳》及《盧押道 20 號》 ‘Wheelchair Angel’ Susan So’s sharing The Reading Club has authors come and speak from time to time, with the latest being ‘Wheelchair Angel’ Susan So. Susan had an accident when she was young that left her lower body paralyzed, but she has still volunteered for some 40 years despite her disability. This remarkable effort earned her a Hong Kong Humanity Award from Hong Kong Red Cross. She wrote her autobiography to share her life-influencing stories and positive thoughts. Recently, she spoke at the Reading Club’s session to tell about her book and encourage people to love and care for those in need and live life to the full. Finding the Stories of Wan Chai guided cultural tour The Reading Club organized a guided cultural tour for members through Wan Chai, such as the areas around Sun Street, Moon Street and Star Street, Nam Koo Terrace at Ship Street, pre-war buildings along Luard Road, Queen’s Road East, Blue House and the Pak Tai Temple. The guide recounted interesting stories about the history of Hong Kong and legends of Wan Chai, as well as listed related books for extended reading. Summer activities preview The Reading Club will stage a series of activities this summer. Results of the sixth Young Writers’ Debut Competition co-organized by the Reading Club and Joint Publishing will be announced with the winning entries to be published for debut at the Hong Kong Book Fair, where the winning authors will meet book lovers at seminars. The Reading Club will promote happy reading at the book fair for another year. The 10th Read to Dream programme will again sponsor over 1,000 underprivileged children to different reading activities at the book fair. 企業社會責任 - 閱讀及全人發展 Vol 84 • Q2 2017 • SHKP Quarterly 28