Hong Kong Stories

Our Old Textbooks (32x8)

: 01, 2017

Do you still remember the old textbooks you studied in primary and secondary school? Most likely they were thrown away once the exam was over or simply lost. Do you remember what you read or learned from them? Lau Chi Chung is a visual artist and a visual art teacher. A decade or so ago he started collecting old things. He has amassed thousands of old primary and secondary textbooks. To share the fruits of his labour of love, he has opened an exhibition space in Wanchai. When he looks through these old textbooks, Lau enjoys the interesting illustrations. But what’s more important is that with the passage of time, reading them is like reading the modern history of Hong Kong.