Every summer, to promote reading, the SHKP Reading Club organizes its annual flagship programme Read to Dream and attends the Hong Kong Book Fair, an annual mega event. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR. The Read to Dream programme presented a series of activities, which were accredited as official events for the celebration of the HKSAR's 25th anniversary, to encourage students to enjoy reading and explore new knowledge by participating in an innovation and technology (I&T) competition.
This year, the Read to Dream programme continued its collaboration with long-term partners the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and St. James' Settlement, sponsoring over 1,000 students with free admission tickets to the book fair, along with a book allowance. Additionally, the SHKP Reading Club and the Hong Kong STEM Education Alliance are jointly organizing the Read to Dream x Future Engineer Grand Challenge, in which 110 teams from 51 primary and secondary schools are participating. With the theme 'Innovation and Technology Ideas for Improving Daily Life', the participating teams are leveraging the latest technology and designing various applications and tools. The competition also organized a STEM talk, titled 'Joy of Reading and Reading for Innovation STEM', at the Hong Kong Book Fair. SHKP Executive Director Christopher Kwok and six I&T professionals and authors were invited to explain STEM from educational, lifestyle and community perspectives and share facts about Hong Kong’s technology development over the past 25 years and the I&T achievements on the mainland. The talk was well-attended by over 100 students, parents and book lovers.
SHKP also sponsored the publication of an illustrated book for children, titled Hong Kong Chronicles for Children – the HKSAR 25th Anniversary Edition, and organized the free distribution of the book and outreach activities in kindergartens and primary schools, to enable students to learn more about some of Hong Kong's unique landmarks and their stories over the past 25 years in an interesting way.