See and Touch - Fun for Inclusion

To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of Factory for the Blind (FTY) and 20th Anniversary of Family Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired Center (FRC) under HKSB, we organized “See and Touch – Fun for Inclusion” event on 20 October 2018 at Kwun Tong apm mall. It was our honour to have Mr. Caspar Tsui, JP, Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare to be the Officiating Guest of the Ceremony.

Art without boundary, we used “Art Inclusion” as the theme of this celebration event. A djembe performance by a group of visually impaired and disabled person kicked off the Ceremony, Ms. Jessica Chiu, ADA Green Leaf Artist gave a special sand painting performance to introduce the development and service features of FTY and FRC. In addition, visually impaired persons and people with disabilities demonstrated their talents via different inclusive stage performances during the event. Apart from stage performance, Rico, the founder of Beyond Vision Project lead the public to experience tactile arts and ceramics art pieces created by the visually impaired were displayed. Last but not least, blind-folded ceramics workshop were welcomed by the public.

Mr. Caspar Tsui, JP, Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare, the Officiating Guest of the Ceremony recognized the contribution of the FTY and FRC to the community, and congratulated the anniversary of these two units.

 
Guest group photo

Mr. Caspar Tsui, JP, Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare, and Ms. Maureen Tam, Chief Executive of HKSB at the reminiscent photo area

Djembe performance
 

Sand painting performance  

Group photo

Children participated in the blind-folded ceramics workshop

Huge HKSB string art piece

Reminiscent photo area 
 

Children used chalk to write on the black board 

A kid closed her eyes and touched the ceramics art piece

A factory worker demonstrated how to make a filing tag

Ebenezer band performance 

Visually impaired teenager Rex Wan (right) singing and piano accompaniment by Kitty Wong (left)

Johnny Tsang, Artist with Disability (left four) playing harmonica and the Happy Clown magic performance  

Acapella performance 

Visually impaired members, Lau Yik Keung (left) and Ethan Yang (right) playing piano and Erhu
  

Visually impaired member, Wan Chi Kan (right) singing and piano accompaniment by Lau Yik Keung (left)

Tactile Arts