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Summer Library Festival 2025 to explore local cultural stories with readers (with photos)
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     The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will launch the Summer Library Festival (SLF) 2025 under the theme "Summer Footprints - Stories of Local Culture" in July and August. The HKPL will offer a diverse range of on-site and online programmes to deepen the public's understanding of the life and traditional culture of the city, and raise their interest in reading.
 
     A series of interesting parent-child workshops will be held at public libraries in various districts, where parents and children can learn more about the life and culture of Hong Kong, such as the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival, street food and the love for giant pandas through making handicrafts together such as small ornaments, clay keychains and origami. Young readers can participate in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) workshops with their parents to make mini neon signs and distinctive music boxes, while learning about the science behind them. For teenaged and adult readers, they can participate in the Landscape Painting with Hong Kong Characteristics workshops to learn about drawing and painting Hong Kong's beautiful scenery with coffee and pencils, or the Transportation 3D Origami workshops to make paper crafts of Hong Kong's public transport icons.
 
     Storytelling workshops with the theme of traditional festivals will also be held at public libraries in various districts. Children will learn about the significance of traditional festivals and make related handicrafts in the workshops to cultivate their interest in reading. The storytelling workshops will be conducted in Cantonese, Putonghua or English.
 
     The HKPL will launch an online programme with the theme "From the Dining Table to the Writing Desk". In the four-episode series, Professor Tam Ka-chai and Dr Tsang Cheuk-yin will guide readers to learn more about the history and cultural meanings in Hong Kong's food culture and recommend related books. The programme videos will be uploaded onto the HKPL YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/hkplgovhkchannel), the LCSD Edutainment Channel (www.lcsd.gov.hk/edutainment/en) and the programme website of SLF 2025 (www.hkpl.gov.hk/slf-en) in phases.
 
     Public libraries in Kwai Tsing District, Southern District and Sham Shui Po District will also organise various activities including exhibitions on the history of Hong Kong in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and intangible cultural heritage, different handicraft as well as traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy workshops, large-scale calligraphy performances featuring the history and culture of the Qin and Han dynasties, and more.

     All activities are free of charge. Seat reservations are required for some of the programmes. For details, please visit the SLF 2025 website. Members of the public can also visit the "Reading is Joyful" Facebook page (www.facebook.com/readingisjoyful) and Instagram page (www.instagram.com/readingisjoyful) for more information on different events of the HKPL.

     Some of the SLF 2025 programmes are under the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. For more information, please visit www.ccpo.gov.hk.
 
Ends/Thursday, July 3, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:00
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The Hong Kong Public Libraries of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the Summer Library Festival 2025 under the theme "Summer Footprints - Stories of Local Culture" in July and August. A range of fun-filled activities will be held at public libraries in various districts, including the Transportation 3D Origami workshops for teenagers and adults. Photo shows a demonstration work example of the workshops.
The Hong Kong Public Libraries of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the Summer Library Festival 2025 under the theme "Summer Footprints - Stories of Local Culture" in July and August. A range of fun-filled activities will be held at public libraries in various districts, including the parent-child workshops, where participants will make creative handicrafts featuring unique icons of Hong Kong's life and culture. Photo shows a demonstration work example of the workshops.
The Hong Kong Public Libraries of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the Summer Library Festival 2025 under the theme "Summer Footprints - Stories of Local Culture" in July and August. A range of fun-filled activities will be held at public libraries in various districts, including the parent-child workshops, where participants will make creative handicrafts featuring unique icons of Hong Kong's life and culture. Photo shows a demonstration work example of the workshops.