Three teachers plan to read aloud for more than nine days in a row in a May marathon bid to break a world record.
The trio of native English-speaking teachers (NETs) aim to take four-hour shifts and read more than 60 books in a non-stop 'read-a-thon', which will start on May 19.
They hope to increase awareness of reading and raise funds for underprivileged children in Hong Kong and on the mainland through Christian Action, a charity group.
'We are teachers and encouraging reading is very natural,' said Briton Marysia Marchant, a teacher at Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School who hatched the idea.
'I have lived here for more than six years and it is important for NETs to give back to the community. We are hoping to involve teachers who can raise funds and use the read-a-thon as a tool to bring more reading programmes to local schools.'
The longest reading-aloud marathon in the Guinness World Records was set last September by a team of six from Uruguay who read for 224 hours - or more than nine days - in a shopping mall.
Brandi Katz, a teacher from C.C.C. Heep Woh Primary School (AM), is enthusiastic about the challenge.