You or your representatives are cordially invited to cover a press conference this Friday (17 February) on QEF Project 2013/0545 entitled “Building Reading Community of Tomorrow in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific Region”, organised by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK).

The project is led by Professor Kong Siu-cheung, Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology (MIT) and Director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC) at EdUHK, with support from six collaborating schools, including The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School (EDUJCPS), Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School (MOSLLPS), Marymount Primary School (MPS), Baptist Rainbow Primary School (RAINBOW), Po Leung Kuk Chee Jing Yin Primary School (PLKCJY) and Po Leung Kuk Dr Jimmy Wong Chi-Ho (Tin Sum Valley) Primary School (PLKWCH).

The project team has scaled up the successful experience in Taiwan to Hong Kong primary schools to promote modelled sustained silent reading, for which teachers act out the model consistently in school to encourage students to develop sustainable reading habits and better prepare them for self-directed learning in the future. The students participating in the two-year project are using the online game-based learning platform “Bookstore of Tomorrow” to discuss their reading with peers in the same local school, across different local schools and with overseas schools (in Taiwan, Singapore and/or Macau) by stages.

At the press conference, Professor Kong will join Professor Chan Tak-wai of the National Central University in Taiwan in explaining the vision behind extending the reading community of tomorrow in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by reporting the two-year outcomes of the “Reading Community of Tomorrow in Hong Kong” project together with Principal Sylvia Chan of MOSLLPS, Principal Shirley Duthie of EDUJCPS, Principal Ko Oi-luen of PLKCJY, Vice Principal Candy Chan of MPS, Ms Wong Ka-yung of RAINBOW and Ms Wong Chung-king of PLKWCH. Other details are as follows:

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For media enquiries, please contact Professor Kong Siu-cheung of MIT at EdUHK (Tel: 2948 7646 or email: sckong@eduhk.hk).