A PUBLIC education programme jointly organised by the Action for Vision Eye Foundation (AFV) and The Outstanding Young Persons' Association (TOYPA) has been launched to promote eye care knowledge.
The programme, titled Eye Care 108, is part of the Vision Possible Eye Care Campaign that kicked off in June.
It includes the introduction of 108 eye care tips, cartoon episodes, comics, songs, videos and an exhibition based on various themes of eye protection.
According to a recent survey conducted by AFV and TOYPA, more than 75 per cent of the 858 respondents did not know what the proper distance should be between their eyes and books or computer screens. It should be 40cm and 70cm, respectively. Also, many people do not know how to rest their eyes.
'To rest your eyes does not mean closing them. It is about looking at distant objects. You should do that for 30 seconds after every 30 minutes of work,' said Dennis Lam Shun-chiu, chairman of AFV and professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Other ways to rest your eyes include looking at green objects, flying a kite or observing birds.