{"id":29161,"date":"2015-12-08T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/?p=29161"},"modified":"2015-12-08T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T19:20:35","slug":"initiatives-in-support-of-the-visually-impaired-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/initiatives-in-support-of-the-visually-impaired-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiatives in Support of the Visually Impaired in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29151 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01-Cheque-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"HANDOUT - Arnaud Nazare-Aga artist of the The Little Prince Exhibition, Olivier d'Agay great-nephew of the Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Goris Vervurg managing director of North east Asia of IWC Shaffhausen and Fiona Shiu General Manager of Pacific Place attends the Press Conference presentation of The Little Prince Exhibitions at the Pacific Place Upper House Hong Kong on 2nd of December 2015 in Hong Kong, China. (PHOTOPRESS\/ Photo by Aitor Alcalde \/ studioEAST)\" width=\"669\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01-Cheque-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/01-Cheque-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At Sotheby\u2019s Fine Timepieces auction held on 29<sup>th<\/sup> November 2015 in Hong Kong, a customised Pilot\u2019s Watch Double Chronograph Edition \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d from luxury Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen was sold for HKD 130,000. All proceeds from the sale benefitted IWC\u2019s longstanding partner, the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, which decided to support Ebenezer School, the one and only non-profit organisation in Hong Kong that provides education and training for the visually impaired in the city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29153 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02-Ebenezer_School_Students-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"HANDOUT - Arnaud Nazare-Aga artist of the The Little Prince Exhibition of and Olivier d'Agay great-nephew of the Antoine de Saint-Exupery attends the Ebenezer School Student Tour at The Little Prince Exhibitions at the Pacific Place shopping mall on 2nd of December 2015 in Hong Kong, China. (PHOTOPRESS\/ Photo by Aitor Alcalde \/ studioEAST)\" width=\"669\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02-Ebenezer_School_Students-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/02-Ebenezer_School_Students-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olivier d\u2019Agay, Delegate General of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, and Goris Verburg, Managing Director North East Asia of IWC Schaffhausen, presented to Remy Wong Kwan Bo, Principal of Ebenezer School, a cheque of the auction proceeds as well as the first-ever Little Prince tactile art book with drawings in relief and texts in English, French and Braille, published by blind artist Claude Garrandes with the support of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, during a press conference on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> December 2015 in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29155 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03-Ebenezer3-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"HANDOUT - Arnau Nazare-Aga artist of the The Little Prince Exhibition of and Olivier D' Agay great-nephew of the Antonie de Saint-Exupery attends the Ebenezer School Student Tour at The Little Prince Exhibitions at the Pacific Place shopping mall on 2nd of December 2015 in Hong Kong, China. (PHOTOPRESS\/ Photo by Aitor Alcalde \/ studioEAST)\" width=\"669\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03-Ebenezer3-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/03-Ebenezer3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blind students from Ebenezer School were then invited to visit <em>The Little Prince in the Dark<\/em> exhibition by French artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga, which was created in collaboration with the Foundation with the support of Pacific Place shopping mall and IWC. It features 13 all-white sculptures in relief (to be discovered by the senses of touch and hearing) that are presented in two dark tunnels at Pacific Place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29157 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04-Ebenezer6-1024x860.jpeg\" alt=\"HANDOUT - Arnau Nazare-Aga artist of the The Little Prince Exhibition of and Olivier D' Agay great-nephew of the Antonie de Saint-Exupery attends the Ebenezer School Student Tour at The Little Prince Exhibitions at the Pacific Place shopping mall on 2nd of December 2015 in Hong Kong, China. (PHOTOPRESS\/ Photo by Aitor Alcalde \/ studioEAST)\" width=\"669\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04-Ebenezer6-1024x860.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/04-Ebenezer6-300x252.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are pleased to have the famous philosophical and poetic tale accessible to the visually impaired thanks to this meaningful exhibition created by artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga and his PAJ\u2019Art Studio. All the magic, dreams and poetry of Saint-Exupery\u2019s beloved book are thus revealed in a new way never imagined before. Visitors of this exciting exhibition can now immerse themselves in the dream world of <em>The Little Prince<\/em> and its planets by touching the sculptures while listening to an audio version of the book,\u201d said Olivier d\u2019Agay, great-nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, during his visit in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition: <\/strong><em><strong>The Little Prince in the Dark<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Date: 25\/11\/2015 \u2013 01\/01\/2016<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Venue: Pacific Place, Level L1, Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more\u00a0information :<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebenezer.org.hk\"><strong>www.ebenezer.org.hk<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificplace.com.hk\"><strong>www.pacificplace.com.hk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Photos Credits :\u00a0PHOTOPRESS\/ Photo by Aitor Alcalde \/ studioEAST<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>01- Goris Verburg, Managing Director North East Asia of IWC Schaffhausen, Remy Wong Kwan Bo, Principal of Ebenezer School, and Olivier d\u2019Agay, Delegate General of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>02- French artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga with blind students from Ebenezer School at Pacific Place.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>03 and 04- Visually-impaired students from Ebenezer School discovering the sculptures with artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Sotheby\u2019s Fine Timepieces auction held on 29th November 2015 in Hong Kong, a customised Pilot\u2019s Watch Double Chronograph Edition \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d from luxury Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen was sold for HKD 130,000. All proceeds from the sale benefitted IWC\u2019s longstanding partner, the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, which decided to support Ebenezer School, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29166,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29161\/revisions\/29166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}