Ms Catherine Woo suffered from polio when she was young. The Chinese book "The Challenge of Life in a Wheelchair" (《我在輪椅上挑戰命運》) is a biography of her life on the wheelchair, telling how her strong mind and positive attitude made her overcome the disabilities and become a successful business woman.

Her stories, as depicted in the book, also intertwined with the major episodes of the history of Hong Kong from 1941 to 1989 ─ from Japanese Occupation Era in 1940s, 1953's Shek Kip Mei Fire, 1967's Riot, to June-Fourth Movement.

Members of the media are invited. Details as below:

Date:           April 24, 2008 (Thur)
Time:           7:15pm - 9:00pm
Venue:         1/F, Main Library, HKU
Language:   Cantonese　(supplemented with English)
Speaker:      Dr Ming-gon John Lian
Moderator:  Mr Andrew Tse
The author Ms Catherine Woo will also attend.

For enquiries, please contact:- HKU Libraries, Ms Carmen Tsang (Tel: 2859 2211 / E-mail: yytsang@hkucc.hku.hk); or Ms Elsa Ling (Tel: 2241 5828)

For online registration and further information, please visit:-
http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2008_7.html

About HKU Libraries Reading Club
HKU Libraries Reading Club was established in 2001 to promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong. The Reading Club sponsors a series of book talks featuring leading members of the Hong Kong intellectual community. At these book talks, we invite interesting people to talk about books that interest them.