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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan answers greeting card, tells Hong Kong kindergarten children to ‘write a better future’ for city

She reminisces about her school visit last year when she was in town with President Xi Jinping to mark city’s 20th handover anniversary

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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan (centre), accompanied on her left by Yin Xiaojing (in grey), deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong and Regina Leung Tong Ching-yee (in orange), wife of former chief executive Leung Chun-ying. Photo: Sam Tsang
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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan has written to three Hong Kong children at a kindergarten in the city’s upscale Kowloon Tong neighbourhood, telling them to “draw the most beautiful paintings” of their life, and “write a better future for Hong Kong” when they grow up.

The printed message from Peng came after the trio from Yau Yat Chuen School sent her a greeting card which showed a drawing of her surrounded by flowers and two children on the cover.

They also wrote in the card: “Auntie Peng, thank you and wishing you health and a happy life”.

The three were among a group of children and teachers who met Peng on June 29 last year, when the kindergarten was one of the stops during her visit to the city with President Xi Jinping. They were in town to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return from British to Chinese rule.
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In the letter to the three children, dated July 15, Peng wrote that she had received the card they made.

“The drawings and the writings were really good, I like them a lot, thank you!” she wrote.

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A combination showing Peng’s note to the children on the left, and the greeting they sent her on the right. Photo: Facebook
A combination showing Peng’s note to the children on the left, and the greeting they sent her on the right. Photo: Facebook
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