You or your representatives are cordially invited to cover a launch ceremony of “Jockey Club from Words to Culture Programme: an Animated Way to Learn Chinese” project this Saturday (3 November) at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK).

Thanks to a generous donation of HK$16.5 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the three-year project commenced in early 2018 with an aim to cultivate junior form students’ interest in Chinese language and culture and develop their moral values characters through diverse and vivid learning experiences. Training sessions and seminars will be organised in addition to the use of the Chinese language animation, multimedia games and teaching kits. The EdUHK expert team is collaborating with famous local artist Chao Yat (Mr Leung Chung-kei) in the production of the animation, which will be available in both Cantonese and Putonghua.

Officiating at the ceremony will be President Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, Ms Elsie Tsang, Executive Manager, Charities (Projects) at The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Chao Yat (Mr Leung Chung-kei) and the project team.  Other details are as follows:

Date: 3 November 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Venue: Lady Ivy Wu Lecture Theatre (D1-LP-04), The Education University of Hong Kong, 10, Lo Ping Road, Tai Po

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