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10,000 Hong Kong students appeal for Harry Potter author to visit
Nov 9, 2005, 3:42 GMT
Hong Kong - Ten thousand Harry Potter fans in Hong Kong have signed a petition pleading with author J.K. Rowling to visit and give them a reading, a news report said Wednesday.
The appeal from pupils at schools across the city was sent through the organizers of the Hong Kong Book Festival which starts on November 19, the South China Morning Post reported.
Festival director Peter Lam told the newspaper: 'Harry Potter books, both the ordinary English edition and the Chinese translation, have sold very well in Hong Kong.
'Ms Rowling has never been to Asia. We are inviting her to come to the book festival through the British Council.'
The invitation and the petition was sent two months ago through the British Council and the organizers of the festival, which runs until November 27, were waiting for a reply, the newspaper said.
© dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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