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The Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold a symposium entitled "New Cultural Dialog and Reading" on June 22 (Saturday) to promote reading, which is an important role of schools and libraries.

The one-day symposium includes a panel discussion to examine the important roles that school libraries play in supporting the learning of local children from grassroot families. Ms Marta Pozo, Director & Library Architect, MVRDV Asia will share her experience in library space design. In the afternoon session, scholars and practitioners will share their successful reading, learning and authoring experiences related to martial arts and local culture. The HKU Faculty of Education hopes to promote reading as an enjoyable experience and to encourage audience to take a step further from reading to writing. 

The symposium is funded by the University of Hong Kong Knowledge Exchange Fund.

[For the details of the Symposium, please refer to the attached Programme Rundown (in Chinese only)]

Details of the symposium are as follows:

Date: June 22, 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 am - 5:45 pm (Media registration starts at 9:50 am)
Venue: CPD-3.28, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU (map)
Guest speakers:

• Professor Jasper Tsang Yok-sing (Former President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong)
• Professor Lui Tai-Lok (Vice President, Education University of Hong Kong)
• Ms Marta Pozo (Director & Library Architect, MVRDV Asia)
• Mr Shum Sai Shing (Famous Hong Kong author)
• Professor Chung Pak-Kwong (Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Professor Ricardo Mak (Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Language: Cantonese (except for Ms Marta Pozo’s talk, which will be in English)
Registration: http://bit.ly/2VC2Wnp

For media enquiries, please contact Dr Patrick Lo, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 9107 4893 / email: wotan455@gmail.com); or Dr Dickson Chiu, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2859 7087 / email: dicksonchiu@hku.hk).