Professor Bai Xian-yong hosts SHKP Book Club seminar

Professor Bai Xian-yong speaking on Kunqu and Chinese literature. Professor Bai is one of the most respected scholars specialized in Chinese literature and art. His valuable insights will inspire the audience in appreciation of Kunqu and Chinese culture in general ...

SHKP Book Club's initiative to take underprivileged children to book fair

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is working with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), St James’ Settlement and MGuru to take 700 children from low-income families to the annual Hong Kong from July 23 to 25.  Each of the youngsters will be given HK$200 in coupons to buy books ...

SHKP helping underprivileged children visit HK Book Fair and buy books

The Book Club is cooperating with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, St James' Settlement and Mguru to take nearly 700 underprivileged children from various districts to the Hong Kong Book Fair this July, with spending money $200 to buy their favourite books ...

SHKP Book Club Seminar with Leung Man-tao, Lau Sai-leung and Ivan Choy speaking on reading and urban living

The SHKP Book Club was established by Sun Hung Kai Properties to promote reading in Hong Kong. The Book Club, UP Publications and MGuru held a seminar today (April 13) with Leung Man-tao, Lau Sai-leung and Ivan Choy talking about reading and urban living.  The seminar was a hit with the audience of over 600 ...

SHKP Book Club presenting Joseph Sung and Ho Hoi-lam talking about reading and reflections on life

The seminar "Reading and reflections on life" co-organized by Up Publications and Mguru will have Professor Joseph Sung Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and medical student Ho Hoi-lam talking about their perspectives on reading and life ...

Professor Yu Dan at SHKP Book Club seminar in Hong Kong

Professor Yu Dan of the Faculty of Media and Arts at Beijing Normal University speaking on the ‘Philosophy of Life in Chinese Classics’ at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre ...

SHKP Book Club book review competition

The SHKP Book Club was set up by Sun Hung Kai Properties to promote reading in Hong Kong. It has staged various activities including book review and a young writers' debut competitions, it puts out a free literary magazine. A new book review competition is getting under way, centred on books about city life in different parts of the world ...

SHKP and Joint Publishing introduce seven new writers
Titles debut at Hong Kong Book Fair

The Book Club organized a competition with Joint Publishing to give writers 30 and under a chance to have their first book published, where entrants were guided by experienced artists and authors over the past year. Seven winners will see their books debut at next week's Hong Kong Book Fair....

SHKP-Joint Publishing writing contest draws over 1,000 entries
Budding new stars emerge

The SHKP Book Club began its Young Writers’ Debut competition with Joint Publishing last July and announced the winners today (May 29). The competition was meant to give writers under 30 years old a chance to have their first book published. The seven winners will see their books available in July this year at the Hong Kong Book Fair and major bookstores ...

SHKP book review competition draws record 14,000 entries

The Book Club's book review competitions are one means of achieving this aim, and the third competition that ended recently attracted 14,000 entries, including submissions from 670 schools ...

Presentations of "Young Writers' Debut Competition" Creative Seminars for participants

Included "What is editing?" and "The birth of a book".

Artists share publishing experience as youngsters vigorously take part

SHKP and Joint Publishing stage Young Writers' Debut competition to fulfil writers' dreams

The Book Club is now staging a Young Writers' Debut competition in collaboration with Joint Publishing (Hong Kong), to encourage young people with a passion for writing. The most promising entrants will have the benefit of advice from mentors recruited from the local literary scene, to coach them as they work to realize their dreams ...

Embracing Your Dreams seminar

The seminars on the theme Embracing Your Dreams include a look at one of the Book Club's recommended books on travel and a veteran journalist describing her work and how people can face life's challenges and realize their dreams ...

SHKP book review competition attracts nearly 10,000 entries

The SHKP Book Club's second book review competition drew over 9,400 entries including submissions from more than 600 schools, demonstrating the strong reading culture in Hong Kong. Competition winners received their prizes at a ceremony today (April 24) and details of the Club's next book review competition were announced ...

Dr Raymond Kwok's speech at the SHKP Book Club book review competition prize presentation ceremony

"We were impressed by the sharp increases in both the number of entries and the number of schools taking part. There were over 9,400 entries, which is more than triple the number in the previous last round, and entries came from more than 600 schools. The entrants ranged in age from 6 to 67 and the reviews were of much higher quality than in the previous round" ...

he SHKP Book Club set up a parent-child reading corner in New Town Plaza to encourage reading at young age. Various activities being staged to promote reading include shows, story-telling sessions by staff from Hong Kong Education City, appearances by authors, singing and dancing ...

The SHKP Book Clubs 10 Good Books poll closed with very good feedbacks as over 16,000 people have voted for their favourite books within just two months, scaling new heights in the promotion of reading in Hong Kong. The Club is following up by staging the latest round of book review competition, inviting members of the public to submit their reviews on the 10 good books. The Club hopes it will further the reading momentum already in place ...

Sun Hung Kai Properties set up the SHKP Book Club in 2005 to promote reading in Hong Kong through various channels. The Book Club opened parent-child reading corner at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin, with artists and writers talking about encouraging children to read. The audience heard how a suitable home environment can get children into the reading habit and possibly become authors, and of one childs struggle with dyslexia ...

The SHKP Book Club held a seminar series on child psychology, with experts discussing two of the Club's recommended books and explaining how parents can read with their children and help them face life's challenges ...

The '10 Good Books' poll got a good response, with over 16,000 people voting for their favourites among the 30 nominated books about home. We thank everyone who took part ...

SHKP Book Club will host a Chinese Cultural Week at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin from August 4 to 8 as part of its ongoing efforts to promote reading and awareness of Chinese culture. The week will include a major book fair offering discounts on books, and special events on Saturday and Sunday ...

SHKP Book Club is fostering a reading culture in Hong Kong with more than 2,000 entries received for the first round of its book review competition. The Club has earmarked an annual budget of HK$10 million for a series of events, including seminars and major book fairs. As part of this ongoing campaign, the Club is holding the "10 Good Books" Poll, nominating 30 books on the theme of "Home" for public voting ...

"In today's knowledge-based economy, reading is the only way to enhance competitiveness. Knowledge has the power to take us to new horizons and reading is what we can rely on to broaden our international perspective. Because we realize reading is an asset that benefits people's growth"...

The SHKP Book Club set up by Sun Hung Kai Properties recommended a number of books on positive living in May and subsequently held a book review competition, which drew over 2,000 entries. The judges are now choosing the winners. SHKP complemented these positive living initiatives with a Live Life with Passion show on July 23 at Grand Century Place in Mong Kok, with artists, writers and HKCEE candidates talking about life and books ...

The SHKP Book Club recommends good books and holding book review competitions. It also holds seminars related to the books recommended. The first seminars were one on Dunhuang culture and happiness and another on retrospection, stress management and how to look at tragedies in a way that makes them easier to accept ...

The first, 'Spiritual and Cultural Journey to Dunhuang' has been held in collaboration with Commercial Press. Author Jing Yin, who is also the Director of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong, spoke about his book Spiritual Journey to Dunhuang, and leading scholar and consultant to the Hong Kong Institute for the Promotion of Chinese Culture Lee Mei-yin talked on the art and culture of ancient Dunhuang ...

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) has formed the SHKP Book Club, in a major initiative to promote reading in the community. The clubs slogan is Reading Enriches Your Life. It will recommend about 50 books in Chinese and English over the coming year and stage book review competitions ...

"Sun Hung Kai Properties has been actively promoting personal development for many years, and this has included sponsoring many educational programmes to help young people. We believe in life-long learning, and this is what led to the idea of starting the SHKP Book Club" ...