日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Books

Travel around world in Hong Kong book fair

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-07-24 09:03
Share
Share - WeChat
[Photo/Xinhua]

Shopping around booths in the Hong Kong Book Fair, Clement Leung was looking for a Belgian children's book for his grandson.

"Reading books from around the world can further broaden our horizons," said the 65-year-old, who had worked in the education sector before retiring and was a regular of the annual event.

"This is also a good way for us to learn more about other people's culture, and most importantly, many of the foreign books have got English versions," he added.

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the largest annual literary fest in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), running on July 17-23, is featuring publications and writers from different countries and regions.

On the first floor of the fair, booths set up by various consulates in Hong Kong, present a wide range of books and related products to help the public get a better understanding of their cultures.

Maria Jose, a Spanish teacher in Hong Kong, was enthusiastically introducing Spanish tourism publications and different levels of Spanish learning materials to visitors.

"I'm afraid there is only a few Spanish book stores in Hong Kong and we are happy to be here to tell people more about our language," she told Xinhua, saying that it was the fifth year that the Consulate General of Spain in Hong Kong joined the fair.

English books were especially popular among readers. Simplified versions of Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare collection for young people were on sale at a limited number every day and they went out of stock in no time.

The original price of a set of the Sherlock Holmes children's collection costing 69.9 British pounds (about 87 U.S. dollars), was selling at 100 HK dollars (12.8 U.S. dollars) at the fair.

"We came here for some English books because they are at good deals," said a mother of two boys, who wished to be named Wong. She bought some second-hand English titles at 10 HK dollars each.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the book fair was more than just a platform for trading books; it also presented a smorgasbord of cultural activities, including renowned writers' seminars, art gallery exhibitions and story telling sessions for kids.

The theme for this year's Book Fair is "Sci-Fi and Mystery," with the tagline "Reading the World, When Fantasy Meets Reality" to encourage readers to explore these fascinating literary genres.

"When reading a book, you don't simply enjoy it, but you can also gain new insights from it," French science-fiction writer Bernard Werber said at a sharing session at the book fair on Sunday evening.

With over 30 million books sold, Werber is one of France's most widely read authors and his work is translated all over the world.

Werber encouraged the audience to spend time to explore the nature. "Listening to the sound of waves, strolling along the woods and observing insects in a garden," he said, adding that all these activities can help stimulate imagination.

"Hong Kong is an international, culturally diverse place," Chan Man Hung, former president of the Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Ltd, a cross-regional publishing conglomerate based in Hong Kong said earlier in an interview with Xinhua. "Such an environment has enabled people to read bilingually, Chinese and English, which is rare in the world.

Bilingual reading is common among children in Hong Kong and English books in local book stores take up around 20 percent of the total number of books in general, which is quite high, Chan added. (1 U.S. dollar equals 7.81 HK dollars)

Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 很黄很色的小视频在线网站 | 高清视频在线观看 免费 | 欧美日韩一区二区三区免费视频 | 黄片毛片一级 | 国产一区二区三区在线观看免费 | 国内成人自拍视频 | 夜夜操狠狠操 | 91香蕉视频在线看 | 香蕉久久久久久 | 夜本色 | 狠狠躁躁夜夜躁波多野结依 | 日韩在线看片 | 久久99深爱久久99精品 | 国产精品美女久久久久久免费 | 久草手机视频在线观看 | 12306播播影院午夜 | 九九九国产在线 | 成人网在线观看 | 无码无遮挡成人A片 | 日本大学生免费一级一片 | 欧美视频网 | 91色在线观看 | 欧美成人精品一区二区男人看 | 婷婷色九月综合激情丁香 | 国产色婷婷视频在线观看 | 国产精品视频99 | 污视频网页 | 1级a的观看视频 | 日本视频高清免费观看xxx | 日韩欧美精品综合久久 | 国产精品高清视亚洲乱码 | 激情五月激情综合网 | 久草精品免费 | 草草久久久 | 拍拍拍无遮挡高清视频在线网站 | yw在线播放| 久久久9999久久精品小说 | 日韩精品久久 | 国产一区二区三区在线看片 | 日日爱669 | 国产精品毛片一区二区三区 |