About
Exhibition
展覽詳情
ArtWalk 日期和時間 Date
& Time: 18/4/2013 4:30pm - 11:30pm
展覽日期和時間 Date & Time: 17/4 - 27/4
2013 10:30am - 6:30pm
地點Venue: 中環荷李活道27號 少勵畫廊 Schoeni Art
Gallery, G/F, 27 Hollywood Road, Central
查詢Enquiry: 2713 9165 (吳衛東 Ng Wai Tung,
陳倩兒 Irene Chan) |
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Photos
of the Homeless
in HK 本港露宿者相片
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"For
protection of my own safety, I would believe in anything"
Ah
Lun has many nicknames - "drunkard", "foolish Lun",
"Grosvenor momordica fruit", because he loved drinking
very much and there was always with him a bottle of brown wine
with Grosvenor momordica fruit. Drinking too much led him to a
dreamy state. He always giggled when he talked. Why drinking all
the time? It was because "if I don't drink, I would remember
the old days and cannot fall asleep."
「為保自己平安，我乜都信」
阿倫有很多外號，「醉貓」、「傻倫」、「羅漢果」，皆因他酷愛飲酒，身旁總有一支咖啡色的羅漢果酒。酒飲多了就如在夢中，說話臉帶傻笑。為何酒不離手？因為「唔飲酒就會想當年，就會睡唔著」。
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Naked
Friendship
Choosing
to have the starry sky as their roof, and cold concrete ground
as their bed, most street sleepers are naturally solitary and
do not like to socialize with others. However, 65- year-old Ah
Choi was all smiles as he talked to you, "I have a good friend
called Hoi Gor." Hoi Gor is Ah Choi 's "neighbour",
both of them sleeping in Sham Shui Po. The brothers are inseparable
- often sharing food out of the same meal box, and taking turns
to smoke the same cigarette.
赤裸友情
選擇以星空為瓦，冷冰冰石屎地為床，露宿者大多性格孤僻，不大愛與人交往，但６５歲的阿財卻笑盈盈跟你談起，「我有個好朋友叫海哥。」海哥是阿財的「鄰居」，兩人同於深水 露宿。
這對露宿兄弟，形影不離，常常一個飯盒兩人分，一支煙仔輪流食。
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"Renting
a cubicle? What happened to my cats and dogs?"
There
were few female street sleepers. Ah Mui was one of the few. Ah
Mui was separated with her husband. Though she still had a daughter,
elder brother, younger sister and mother, this 59-year-old lady
did not get along well with them and slept under the flyover by
herself. But it was not that she could not afford to pay several
thousand dollars to rent a mosquito-size cubicle. In the housing
shortage throughout Hong Kong, no landlord would rent a cubicle
to a single woman with a dog and three cats. As she loves cats
and dogs, she simply slept in the street. A place of 100 to 200
square feet, she lived with four pets leisurely and carefree.
「租房住？我的貓狗怎麼辦？」
女露宿者很少，阿妹是少數之一。阿妹跟丈夫分開了，雖然有女兒有兄妹有母親，但關係不和，59歲的她獨個兒睡在天橋底。數千元的蚊型 房租金原來不是付不起，但在全港樓荒下，沒業主願租給有一狗三貓之單身女子，為了愛貓狗，她索性到街上睡，一家五口佔用了百多二百呎，樂得自由自在無人管。
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"I
wish to learn to grow up by myself"
Ah
Ho, Ken, Dick, and Ah Wing (from left to right) had all slept
in the street before. Later, referred by social workers, they
moved into this free short-term "Street Sleepers'
Shelter". The hostel was provided by a charitable organization.
There were eight to twelve bedspaces in a large room. Though it
was just a temporary home, Ah Ho elaborately decorated his single
bedspace. He purposely put a mirror beside the bed. Every morning,
he "combed his hair neatly" before going to work.
「我想學會自己長大」
阿豪、Ken、Dick、阿榮（從左到右）都曾經在街頭露宿，後經社工轉介，入住短期免費宿舍「露宿者之家」。這家宿舍由慈善團體提供，一間大房裏共有八至十二個床位。雖然不過是個臨時的家，阿豪卻很用心布置自己的單人床位。他特意在床邊掛了塊鏡子，每早上班前都要先「梳靚個頭」。
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Sleeping
with the light on
It
was 11pm. At the Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui, the
sky was still bright with light everywhere. The light pollution
here was the worst in Hong Kong. It was difficult to tell whether
it was day or night. The performances inside the Centre had finished
and the door was closed. Street-sleepers walked one by one to
what they called "the grand hotel" and made preparation.
Among them was a regular visitor Tak Ming - strong build, 6 feet
tall and 40 odd years in age, the prime years of life.
與光同眠
晚上11時，尖沙咀香港文化中心漫天仍是光澄澄，這裏光污染冠全港，總叫人分不清是日是夜。場內所有表演活動完畢，關上門，露宿者陸續步至他們口中的「大酒店」準備，當中包括身材健碩有六呎高、正值四十多歲壯年的常客德明。
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Homelessness
in Hong Kong
Homelessness
is a common problem all over the world. It exists in rich and
developed countries like the United States as well as developing
nations such as India. People who are homeless have no access
to the most basic and fundamental resources - they have no roof
over their head, not to mention having adequate food to keep
them from hunger and maintaining personal hygiene.
In
Hong Kong, the increase in the number of the homeless cannot
be overlooked. According to the Social Welfare Department, up
until March 2013, there are 586 registered "street sleepers".
Most of them are men, staying in Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and
Mong Kwok (30.2%) and Sham Shui Po (51.3%). Over half of them
expressed that the inability to afford rent after they lost
their job is the main reason leading to their homelessness.
Over 40% of homeless individuals are not receiving government
welfare; they mainly survive on unstable and low-paying jobs
or scavenging.
SoCO
has been helping the homeless since 1999. We have noticed that
in order to avoid facing public discrimination and harassments
from the city departments, most of them only appear to sleep
in hidden places after dark. They are highly "nomadic"
and difficult to reach and engage, and thus the statistics from
the Social Welfare Department could be an under-estimation of
the real situation. SoCO estimates that there are around 1,200
street sleepers in Hong Kong.
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露宿者在香港
世界各地均面對露宿的問題。無論在富庶的美國、正在發展的印度還是那些更為貧窮的地區，我們都能看見露宿者的身影。他們幾乎失去一切人賴以生存的基本條件，沒有一個可以遮風禦寒的居所，更難以維持三餐溫飽和個人衛生。
在香港，露宿者的數量亦不可輕視。根據社會福利署提供的數據，截止至2013年3月，全港共有586名露宿者登記在案。他們大部份分佈在油尖旺(30.2%)和深水地區(51.3%)，絕大多數是男性，超過一半的人表示，露宿的主要原因是失業後無力支付高昂的租金。另外，超過40%的露宿者並無領取任何福利，主要依靠低收入工作或拾荒維生。
香港社區組織協會於1999年開始協助露宿者的工作。我們發現，絕大多數的露宿者習慣入夜後才到隱蔽的地方露宿，以此躲避社會歧視和政府驅趕。他們流動性極高，不易被接觸。因此，社會福利署所公佈的露宿者數字很有可能被低估。香港社區組織協會估計，全港大約有1200名露宿者。
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How does
HK Government treat the Homeless?
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At
present, there is no specific legislation in Hong Kong on whether
citizens can sleep on the street. From its work in the last
14 years, SoCO has found on several occasions that the Government
used "targeting executive measures" to address the
problem of street sleeping. To expel the street-sleepers and
clear the street-sleepers' personal belongings are measures
frequently adopted by the Government. For example:
In 2001 and 2006, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha
Tsui on two separate occasions used loudspeakers at late night
to wake up the street-sleepers at an hourly interval;
Starting from 2009, closed the spectator stand in Maple Street
Playground and employed security guards from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
to guard the stand and prevent entry by street-sleepers;
In 2011, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department changed
the water-sprinkling arrangement in the "Tung Chau Street
Park". Additional sprinkling took place at 8 p.m. but only
in three kiosks occupied by street-sleepers and not other places
in the park. Furthermore, corrosive antiseptic powder was sprayed
to make the street-sleepers feel itchy on the skin;
On 15 February 2012, the Home Affairs Department, joined by
the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department the Police Force,
mounted an ambush to expel the citizens sleeping under a flyover
in Sham Shui Po. Policemen kicked the street-sleepers to wake
them up while the FEHD staff dumped the personal belongings
of about forty street-sleepers onto refuse trucks.
Uneven stones and decorations were installed under many flyovers
to prevent street-sleepers from sleeping there. Handles were
installed on benches in parks to prevent street-sleepers from
lying down there. The roofs of kiosks were demolished such that
people sleeping there were more exposed to wind and rain.
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香港政府如何對待露宿者？
香港目前並無明確的法例規定香港市民是否可以在街頭露宿。在過往14年的工作中，香港社區組織協會屢次發現政府利用「針對性的行政手段」來處理露宿問題。驅趕露宿者、清理露宿者在街頭的私人物品是政府常常採取的行動，例如：
- 2001年和2006年，尖沙咀文化中心分別兩次使用揚聲器，在深宵時每隔一小時將露宿者叫醒一次；
- 2009年開始，封鎖深水區楓樹街球場的看台，雇用保安晚上十一時至早上七時，看守看台防止露宿者進入；
- 2011年，康文署改變「通州街公園」的灑水方法，加開晚上八時灑水，但只是灑水在三個有露宿者的涼亭內，公園其他地方不灑水，並加上有腐蝕性的臭粉，令露宿者皮膚感到痕癢；
- 2012年2月15日，民政署聯同食物及環境衛生署及警務處，突擊驅趕在深水一天橋底下露宿的市民，警務人員先用腳踢醒露宿者，食環署職員再把近四十多位露宿者物品丟上垃圾車；
- 在全港多個天橋底加建凹凸不平的石頭和裝飾物，阻礙露宿者露宿；在公園的木椅中間加裝把手，防止露宿者平躺；拆除公園內的涼亭頂蓋，令在涼亭下露宿的人更容易受風吹雨打。
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How
does SoCO work with the Homeless?
SoCO believes that
every street-sleeper should enjoy the dignity and basic human
rights that make a person a human being. To press that the
Government face the street-sleepers' difficult circumstances,
we have done the following:
- Three surveys on
street-sleepers were conducted respectively to assess the street-sleepers'
needs and the effectiveness of existing services:
In 1999, survey
found out new patterns of street sleeping, including younger
age of street sleepers, shorter duration of street sleeping
and street sleeping after midnight. SoCO successfully advocated
the Government to improve the service period of streetsleeper
outreaching team.
In 2010, survey
found that 35% of the respondents are returned Hong Kong residents
and they became streetsleepers due to the discriminatory welfare
policy.
In 2012, survey
found that though the median wage of the street sleepers grew
from HK$3000 to HK$5000, they cannot afford rent because the
instability of work and the ever rising rent.
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Organise street-sleepers to take various social actions such
as petition, demonstration, meeting with government officials
in order to express their requests；
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Assisted over ten street-sleepers to sue the government for
civil claims for their forced eviction and removal of their
personal belongings;
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Since
2005, co-working with WoFoo Social Enterprises, SoCO organized
every year one new homeless soccer team - the Dawn Football
Team, which participates in the Homeless World Cup.
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我們如何協助露宿者？
香港社區組織協會相信，每一位露宿者都應該享有人的尊嚴和基本人權。為了讓香港政府及社會各界正視露宿者的困境，我們曾經：
- 三次進行露宿者調查，了解露宿者需求和現有政策問題：
1999年，發現露宿者出現「年青化」、「短期化」、「深宵化」現象，成功令政府改變「露宿者外展隊」的服務時間；
2010年，發現35%受訪的露宿者為「回流港人」，原因是他們被政府綜援政策排斥，其後通過司法途徑，成功改變綜援政策；
2012年，調查顯示，由於最低工資立法，露宿者工資中位數由3,000元上升至5,000元，可惜仍因工作不穩定及租金昂貴，租不起樓；
- 組織露宿者以請願、遊行、約見官員等不同的社會行動表達訴求；
- 協助十多名被政府無理驅趕及沒收個人財物的露宿者控告政府，提出民事索償；
- 2005年起，社協與和富社會企業每年組成新一隊「無家者足球隊」--曙光足球隊，代表香港參與「無家者世界盃」。
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Voices
from the Homeless People 無家者的聲音
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Street-sleepers
are also human beings
At 9.30 a.m. on 15
February 2012, Cheung Gor, who was sleeping on the street in
Sham Shui Po, was "kicked and woken up" by a policeman.
Opening his eyes, he saw himself surrounded by several tens
of policemen and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department staff.
The Police ordered all street-sleepers to leave their sleeping
places but forbade them to take their personal belongings. Cheung
Gor and forty-odd street-sleepers witnessed all their personal
belongings - mattress, clothes, identity cards and bank passbooks
- being dumped onto refuse trucks as if they were rubbish.
It was a cold winter
day. Those street sleepers suddenly lost all their warm clothing.
Angry but helpless, some of them dare not speak up lest the
government would "settle the scores afterwards". However,
ten odd people, including Cheung Gor, Hoi Gor, Ah Cheung and
Ah Lun did not hesitate and intended to stand up. SoCO immediately
organized a meeting with government officials. It was a pity
that no official shouldered responsibility. Finally, the only
way was to sue the government through the judicial process.
As can be imagined,
the street-sleepers faced many difficulties when suing the government.
The 60-year-old Cheung Gor led 19 fellow street-sleepers to
demand the government to pay compensation of $3,000 each and
tender apologies. Unexpectedly, the case dragged on from May
to November 2012. After several twists and turns, the government
eventually paid each street-sleeper $2,000 as compensation but
refused to apologise.
"Even if the
government compensates us $1, I shall be very satisfied. It
is because the payment of compensation amounts to admitting
that they had done wrong. We have won …" That was what
Hoi Gor said to all the mass media when he walked out of the
court. He felt the society had meted out justice to the street-sleepers.
Unfortunately, during the half year when the litigation was
in process, two of the street-sleepers (Leung Chi Ming and Chan
Kin Ming) passed away in illness and could not hear this late,
good news.
露宿者也是人
2012年2月15日早上9時半， 在深水街頭露宿的祥哥突然被一名警員「踢醒」。他一眼睜開，數十位警員和食環署職員已把他團團圍住。警方命令所有露宿者離開床鋪，但不准他們收拾私人物品。祥哥等40多位露宿者就眼睜睜看著自己的被鋪、衣物、身份證和銀行存摺通通被當成廢物，扔到垃圾車上。
當日正值寒冬，這群無家可歸的人突然失去所有禦寒衣物，既憤怒亦無奈，部份人不敢揚聲，擔心政府會「秋後算帳」。但祥哥、海哥、阿昌、阿倫等十多人沒有猶疑，打算挺身而出。香港社區組織協會的社工馬上組織大家與政府官員開會面談，可惜無政府官員承擔責任，最後惟有循司法途徑起訴政府。
露宿者告政府，可想而知困難重重。60歲的祥哥帶領19名露宿兄弟，向政府提出每人賠償3000元並作出道歉的要求。沒想到，案件的審判從2012年5月一直拖延至11月。幾經波折，政府最終向每位露宿者賠償2000元，卻欠他們一個道歉。
「就算政府賠一蚊，我都已經好滿意，因為佢地賠償，都代表政府認錯，我地係贏了……」走出法庭後，海哥對著所有傳媒這樣說。他感到，社會終於還了露宿者一個公道。但遺憾的是，在案件審判的半年時間裏，其中兩位露宿者(梁志明及陳健明)均因病離世，沒有聽到這個遲來的好消息。
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Hero of the "returning
Hongkongers"
Yau
Man Fai is a Hong Kong permanent resident. He reached the crossroad
of his life at the age of 60. His employer gave him two choices:
either follow him to work in his garment factory in Jiangxi
as a "quality control technician" with a monthly income
of $8,000, or to be fired. Forced by the reality, Yau Man Fai
followed the employer to lead the life of "immigrant in
the mainland". The year 2008 saw the financial turmoil.
The factory closed down overnight. The 64-year-old Man Fai migrated
back to Hong Kong.
When he was about to use up his saving and had no fixed residence,
Man Fai applied for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
Unexpectedly, staff of the Social Welfare Department told him,
"You are not qualified to apply for CSSA. Only those who
have lived in Hong Kong for 309 days or more can apply."
Man Fai had no choice but to move into the "pigsty"
in Yuen Long, paying a rent of $700 per month. The neighbours
of his "pigsty" advised him to seek help from SoCO.
SoCO helped him to proceed with judicial review in order to
take the government to court and tell the society that the welfare
of "returning Hongkongers" should not be "taken
away for 10 months". After three years' litigation, eventually
in February of 2012, Yau Man Fai won the case again in the Court
of Appeal.
At present, the right of "returning Hongkongers" to
apply for CSSA has been revived. A social worker once asked
Man Fai whether he felt he had become "the returning Hongkongers'
hero". Man Fai replied, "The government is doing injustice.
I have merely done what I ought to do."
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「回流港人」的英雄
游文輝是香港永久居民，60歲時他遇上人生的十字路口。老闆給他兩條路：一是跟他回江西省製衣廠任職「質檢師傳」，月入仍有八千元，一是炒了他。迫於現實，游文輝跟老闆「移民大陸」生活。2008年竟又碰上金融風暴，工廠一夜倒閉，64歲的文輝回流香江。
盤川快將用盡，又居無定所，文輝去了申請綜援。不料社署職員告訴他：「你不合格申請綜援，要在香港住滿309日才可申請」。文輝無可奈何，入了元朗住「豬屋」，因為月租才七百元。「豬屋」旁的鄰舍教他找社協求助，社協協助他進行司法覆核，將政府告上法庭，告訴社會「回流港人」的福利不應被「剝奪10個月」。經過3年的官司，12年2月游文輝的官司終於在上訴庭再次勝訴。
現時，「回流港人」已經恢復了申請綜援的權利。
一次，社工問文輝有否覺得自己成了「回流港人的英雄」，文輝回答說：「政府不公義，我只是做了應做的事。」
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Society
for Community Organization (SoCO) 香港社區組織協會
SoCO
was founded in 1972 and is a registered non-profit making non-governmental
human rights organization for the underprivileged. SoCO's mission
is to serve the most underprivileged in Hong Kong, including
cage and cubicle dwellers, the single elderly, new immigrant
women, children living in poverty, street-sleepers, people with
mental illness, low-paid workers, refugees and ethnic minorities.
'For
People, We Care; For Justice, We ACT!' Over the past four decades,
SoCO stands together with the grassroots and conducts hundreds
of social actions advocating for their fundamental human rights
and advocating fair and just social policy.
香港社區組織協會於1972年成立，註冊為一間非牟利的民間人權組織，主力服務本港貧困社群，包括:
籠屋、板房租戶、獨居老人、新移民婦女、貧窮兒童、露宿者、精神病康復者、低薪工人、難民及少數族裔等。
與弱勢並肩，為公義行動！ 香港社區組織協會紮根本港基層40年，致力組織最無助的弱勢社群，透過無數社會行動，倡導公平和合理的社會政策，保障公民基本權利。
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Acknowledgements
嗚謝
Exhibition
contributors:
主辦
Organizer : 香港社區組織協會SoCO, Hong Kong ArtWalk
攝影 Photograph : 雷日昇 LEI Jih-sheng
錄影 Video : 劉健倫 Alan LAU
文字 Writing : 何美華 HO Mei Wah, 吳衛東 NG Wai Tung, 陳倩兒 CHAN
Sin Yee
平面設計 Graphic Design : 邱晨 QIU Chen
翻譯 Translation : 吳漢華 NG Hon Wah, 程詠樂 Constance CHING,
杜雪虹 Mia DU, 劉韻炘 LAU Wan Yan
展覽贊助 Exhibition Sponsor : ArtWalk
場地贊助 Venue Sponsor : Schoeni Art Gallery
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Photo
Journalist LEI Jih-sheng
LEI
Jih-sheng is a veteran photo journalist with over 20 years'
experience. He currently works at Sing Tao Daily as chief photo
journalist. He is the winner of the Amnesty International's
Human Rights Press Awards, as well as awards from Newspaper
Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association.
Since
1999, LEI has been working with SoCO as a volunteer, documenting
life of street sleepers. In 2002 and 2007, exhibitions named
"Homeless" and "Homeless II" were held with
publications of the same titles. Through his camera, LEI hopes
to enhance social concern over the disadvantaged in Hong Kong.
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攝影記者 雷日昇
雷日昇從事新聞攝影工作超過20年，現職星島日報首席攝影記者。他曾獲國際特赦組織人權新聞獎，及香港報業公會及香港攝影記者協會等多個新聞攝影獎項。
雷日昇於1999年開始為香港社區組織協會從事義務攝影工作，記錄露宿者的生活，分別於2002年和2007年推出《野宿》和《野宿二》的展覽，其作品收錄於同名攝影集。他希望透過攝影，令社會各界更關注香港低下階層的困境。
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Reporter HO Mei
Wah
HO
Mei Wah's career as journalist has begun ever since her graduation
from university. Now she is the Executive Chief Editor of iMoney,
a financial magazine managed by Hong Kong Economic Times. She
interviews billionaires as well as penniless street sleepers,
going in and out of luxurious hotels and cubicles in Sham Shui
Po. She wrote publications "Homeless" and "Homeless
II" in collaboration with SoCO, witnessing the city's change
over last decades of years.
記者 何美華
大學畢業後第一份工作便當記者至今，現任香港《經濟日報》旗下財經雜志《iMoney》執行主編。採訪對象包括億萬富豪也包括身無分文露宿者；經常出入採訪地點包括半山豪宅六星級酒店，也包括深水板間房。曾合著《野宿一》及《野宿二》，見證這城露宿者過去十多年變遷。
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Director Alan
LAU
Alan
LAU is a director based in Hong Kong. He has worked on many
challenging documentaries for numerous TV channels, including
National Geographic Channel, BBC, ATV, RTHK and CCTV, with topics
on history, social issue and environment protection. Those films
gained many international prestigious awards including an award
of Silver Lucite Hugo in 2007 Chicago International Film Festival
and a Gold Panda International Documentary Award. He recently
produced the feature documentary "Missing Home" about
the orphans from Sichuan earthquake.
導演 劉健倫
劉健倫，香港導演，曾為國家地理頻道、英國廣播公司、香港有線電視台、香港電台和中央電視台執導多部富有挑戰性的紀錄片，題材涉及社會時弊、歷史和環保。他的影片曾獲得多項國際項目，包括2007年芝加哥國際電影節Silver
Lucite Hugo獎、四川電視節「金熊貓」紀錄片獎。近期他剛完成關注四川大地震孤兒的紀錄片《想家》。
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Misereor,
Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst - EED, Maryknoll Sister of
St. Dominic, Community Chest of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Artwalk
SoCO
is the Hong Kong ArtWalk 2013 benefiting charity
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