News Update on Guangzhou Children's Library Bookmobile

OCTOBER 2008, GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG, CHINA. Since the Bookmobile was put into service in October 2007, Guangzhou Children's Library has visited the remoted areas to provide the books to the children and the citizens. The number of readers has reached to 15,990 persons, 1699 library cards have been issued, and 6986 books have been lent.

Building Completed for Chung Hwa Middle School

MAY 2008, BRUNAI. The Foundation donated HK$1,142,000 to Chung Hwa Middle School. The school used these funds to construct a new building, recently completed and designated Aw Boon Haw Hall.

Bookmobile Donated to Guangzhou Children's Library

OCTOBER 2007, GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG, CHINA. The Foundation donated a mobile library to the new branch of the Guangzhou Children's Library. The mobile library holds 10,000 volumes that circulate to children in 200 schools in the Guangzhou metropolitan and suburban areas.

Hong Kong Pagoda Rebuilt in Fujian Province

SEPTEMBER 2007, ZHONGCHUAN, FUJIAN, CHINA. The newly-built Tiger Pagoda was dedicated in a ceremony attended by more than 400 overseas dignitaries and Chinese officials. The celebration took place on the 125th anniversary of Aw Boon Haw's birth. The seven-story pagoda and adjacent monument to Aw Boon Haw stand on a hillside overlooking Aw Boon Haw Mansion and Museum. The pagoda, museum, and gate to the museum have become a popular tourist site in Yongding County. Many attendees climbed to the top of the pagoda to admire the view of Zhongchuan village below, the ancestral home of the Aw family.

Hong Kong Couple Donates Money for Playground at Qiaoyu Secondary School in Fujian Province

SEPTEMBER 2007, YONGDING, FUJIAN, CHINA. After attending the dedication of a new science wing at Qiaoyu Secondary School, financed by the Aw Boon Haw Foundation, Mr Chan Wai Kwong and Mrs Shirley Chan Tang Kai donated HK$50,000 to the Aw Boon Haw Foundation. The Chans earmarked this money for a new playground at the school; the Foundation matched the HK$50,000, making the grant for the playground HK$100,000.