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Honour Your Mother on Mother's Day

10 May 2007

 

Honour Mothers with Books Programme

More than 200 people chose to send gifts to their mothers through The University of Hong Kong Libraries Honour with Books Programme.

With a $200 gift to the Honour with Books programme in this Mother's Day promotion, a commemorative bookplate bearing your name and the name of this special person will be placed in a new book in the Libraries' collection. As an acknowledgement of your thoughtfulness, a card of the bookplate will be sent to the honouree or to the family.

They expressed their deepest feelings to mothers in words:

"Thank you for your unconditional love and support since we were born! We love you!" ;

"To my momma for her greatest love of all";

"For her guidance, care and unconditional love";

"Thank you mother!!! Without you, I cannot be so happy in the world. Happy Mother's Day forever.";

"A million and one thanks to a mother who's one in a million! Happy Mother's Day!";

" 'Mother' - a word that means the world to me."

As an acknowledgement of your thoughtfulness, we will also send a card to the honouree.

One of the donors, a HKU student Li Oi Sum said, "the bookplate speaks of my deepest love to my dearest mother. She is the best mother in my eyes, and also my most intimate friend. Without her enormous sacrifice, there would not be the present me. There is no greater idea than to dedicate my love for her in HKU's library forever. For both my parents and I are book-lovers, I am sure that she will be overwhelmed and very happy at receiving the card of the bookplate on Mothers' Day."

Another donor, also a student of HKU Vincent said that his relation with his mother is very close. "Sometimes she has to be on night shift and I always wait for her to come back home before I go to bed. I will chat with her about my school life, her work, almost everything!" Vincent's mother is always proud of him for being able to study in HKU. She always encourages him to read and learn more, so having a bookplate with her name on it also means a lot to both of them. "I am very sure that she will like this gift as much as I do."

Mrs Carmen Lau received two bookplates from her husband Benjamin and her four kids. Ben said, "Carmen gave me the greatest gifts on earth – the four kids. She is a great supporter of big family!! She enjoys her role as a mother of four young kids (from 7 years old to 10 months old), and at the same time enjoys the challenge at work." Mrs Lau always encourages her friends to have more children and she thinks that "Mother" is the most beautiful name for women.

If you want to honour someone special in a special occasion through the University of Hong Kong Libraries' Honour with Books Programme

Enquiry
Carmen Tsang (HKU Libraries): 2859-2211, 9303-7937 yytsang@hkucc.hku.hk