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Chris Wardlaw
Deputy Secretary(EM)5 Curriculum and Quality Assurance Branch
Hi. World Book Day is on April 23rd. This is the day where all around the world, authors and illustrators and books are being celebrated. We're one in Hong Kong to be part of that celebration. So we're making an appeal for the whole Hong Kong community to make time for reading, and that hopefully will happen on April 23rd. And we're hoping the whole of Hong Kong will find 10 minutes to do some reading, anywhere, any time during that day, any sort of reading. But that's just a part of what we're after. That's a symbolic gesture if you like. What we want is the schools to make time for reading. They are a very important place where students can read, read for interest, and have a quiet time when they can engage in something that interests them. We know that learning to read and reading to learn is so important for students as they progress through their life, and indeed for all of us. We should never ever stop reading. What we hope is that parents in particular will spend some time sharing their reading with their children at home. And their teachers will find some time at school to do some reading. So the whole theme builds around World Book Day but not just on World Book Day is to make time for reading.
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