JUN 2003

In response to the severity of the atypical epidemic in Beijing, the Centre once again collaborated with the Chinese Braille Press to fully support the publication of 4,000 copies of the Mandarin Braille version of the ’SARS Prevention Handbook” in mainland China.

This became the only Mandarin Braille publication on SARS in mainland China at the time, and also allowed visually impaired people in mainland China to feel the immense care and concern from Hong Kong’s visually impaired community and Hong Kong friends