Two days later.

In the front page section of the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, a big headline was written in bold and thickened font:

"Huo Yaowen: Cultivating Kindness with Goodness, Love Gives Birth to Love"

There is such a passage in Liang Qichao's "Juvenile China Says": The wisdom of the youth is the wisdom of the country, the strength of the youth is the strength of the country, and the progress of the youth is the progress of the country.

But after decades, how many children in Hong Kong have no books to read, no knowledge to learn, and they don't want to study?

No, they want to!

A few days ago, I visited most of the impoverished areas of Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Education Foundation, and I saw many children as young as teenagers, shirtless working as farm workers at home, or working as newspaper boys and waiters near squatter houses.

What they show is a pair of eyes eager to learn, and they have a fiery heart that is eager to spread their wings and fly in the blue sky of knowledge......

There are also many children who have no education to go into society, and when they are not mentally mature, they are unable to face all kinds of temptations in society, and eventually go astray and become members of the reformatory home.

They are still children, they should have had a good childhood, they are just children, but they have a different childhood from many of us, and everything that causes this different childhood is due to poverty......

Family poverty may be one of them, but I think all children should be the same, entering school rather than entering society early.

The day before yesterday, my colleagues and I went to interview Mr. Fok Yiu-man-huk, the president of the Hong Kong Education Foundation, near Tai Wai Village, Sha Tin District.

Mr. Fok established the Hong Kong Education Foundation with the aim of enabling more families to reduce the burden of school fees, so that children can go to school to learn knowledge, and only by learning knowledge can they change their destiny and make Hong Kong more prosperous.

I have learned from the Education Department and the Civic Affairs Department that so far, there are 530,000 school-age children and teenagers in Hong Kong, but only about 300,000 students are actually receiving school education, and there are still more than 100,000 teenagers who do not have any education.

This means that nearly one-third of Hong Kong's children will be illiterate in the future......

When Mr. Fok was interviewed, I asked a question: why does the foundation require each student to sign a contract and donate the same amount of money in their future life. (No term, no interest)

Mr. Huo said to me with a smile: A person's shine will warm a group of people, and a person's sincerity will move a group of people. It is difficult for the Hong Kong Education Foundation alone to send all the children in Hong Kong to school, and the people of the Education Department are working hard to develop a free education plan, and we are also trying to get more people involved. But we must also let students understand a truth, education-oriented, moral education first, good to cultivate goodness, love to generate love.

That's how it lasts..."

At the end of this article, reporter Li Yelei specially wrote: Mr. Fok Yaowen is the president of the University of Hong Kong Press, a philosophy teacher at the University of Hong Kong, the chairman of Yaowen Book Publishing Company, the founder of the Hong Kong Education Foundation, and the president of the Hong Kong Education Foundation.

At the same time, Mr. Fok is also a well-known Hong Kong science fiction, martial arts, romance, and horror writer, with a pen name of Fusheng, and is the author of: "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Sweet Honey", "1999 - Our Journey is the Sea of Stars", "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind", "Tang Heavenly Demon Chronicles" and so on.

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After the article in the Hong Kong Commercial Daily was published, in just one week, it set off a heated discussion on Hong Kong education in dozens of newspapers.

Ming Pao: "Education is the foundation of a country, and Hong Kong's illiteracy rate is too high, which is not conducive to Hong Kong's construction and development. ”

Wen Wei Po: "Education is indispensable for people!"

"Sing Tao Daily": "Put an end to illiteracy and let more children enter school!"

"Ta Kung Pao": "The vast number of poor students in Hong Kong need the help of all of us at this moment, to paraphrase a sentence of Mr. Fok Yaowen: a person's shine will warm a group of people, and a person's sincerity will move a group of people, such people, wherever they go, the seeds of goodness will be sown." ”

As the founder of the Hong Kong Education Foundation and the subject of an interview with Commercial Daily, Fok Yiuwen once again became the darling of major newspapers, and appeared on the front page of the news one after another.

At the same time, she also told these reporters that next month, during the Hong Kong Festival, she will apply to the Education Department, the Chief Secretary and the Hong Kong Governor's Office for a venue in Queen's Square on Hong Kong Island to hold a grand Hong Kong education charity performance.

The Hong Kong Festival is a large-scale cultural and recreational event held by Hong Kong Governor Tai Lin-toe in order to alleviate the instability of Hong Kong after the 67 riots, and the time has been announced as early as last month, December 6-15, 1969.

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"Applying for a venue for the Hong Kong Festival, didn't you just say that you were just looking for a hotel and inviting some people to hold an educational charity gala?"

Fok Yaowen looked at Luo Qiaozhen with a surprised face, he knew that Hong Kong Governor Tai Lin-toe was going to hold the Hong Kong Festival in December, and he also knew how important the Hong Kong Festival was.

This is a grand event that started as early as half a year ago, how can it be said that you can apply for a venue by applying for a venue?

Moreover, the Hong Kong Festival is a cultural and recreational activity, which is an activity to enliven the atmosphere of Hong Kong people, heal the pain of 67, and stabilize the stable development of Hong Kong society.

How could it be possible to casually install a charity event, and also temporarily install a charity event!

Facing the surprised Huo Yaowen, Luo Qiaozhen smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about the application for the venue, I have already communicated with the Director of the Chief Secretary and the Hong Kong Governor's Office, and they have agreed to reserve a venue for us in Queen's Square on the afternoon of December 10." So what you should be thinking about now is, how can we do this charity event in half a month? ”

"You've already applied for a venue?"

Huo Yaowen raised his eyebrows, he knew that Luo Qiaozhen's family was a very powerful family, but he didn't expect to be able to communicate directly with the nominal top political boss in Hong Kong.

"Yes. ”

Luo Qiaozhen nodded, as if this was a very common thing.

Seeing her so sure, Huo Yaowen hesitated for a few seconds, to be honest, he didn't disagree with holding a charity event during the Hong Kong Festival, after all, there must have been many citizens coming at that time, and it was an obvious increase in the improvement of his reputation.

And according to the current newspaper disclosure of the Hong Kong Festival event, the Hong Kong Governor and a number of government officials will participate in this event, and he can also make a face in front of these people, which will be of great help to him if he wants to obtain the title of Justice of the Peace.

Luo Qiaozhen saw that Huo Yaowen didn't speak, and then said: "President Huo, don't worry, I have contacted many well-known people in the Hong Kong charity industry, and they will all be there that day." ”

Huo Yaowen looked at her deeply and asked, "Why are you helping me?"

He is not stupid, Luo Qiaozhen did this, obviously to help himself, not only did the venue get it, but even people invited him.

Luo Qiaozhen faced Huo Yaowen's straight eyes, and said in a flat tone: "If a person keeps wearing a mask, it is difficult to take it off after wearing it for a long time, and even if he takes it off, others will no longer know him." ”

Huo Yaowen's eyes shimmered: "You want me to wear this mask all the time?"

Luo Qiaozhen didn't answer directly, but picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip elegantly, and when she put the cup back on the table, she said leisurely: "After wearing it for a long time, maybe you are reluctant to take it off." ”

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