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1. Approximately how many guide dogs are helping visually impaired as a soul mate now at your organisation?

2.What is the most hardest challenge from your perspective for the visually impaired and the guide dog among all of the challenges e.g. restaurants, no space to train dogs, etc.

3. What are current challenges are the following parties facing?

1. For the Guide Dog user

2. For the Trainers

3. For the Organisation

4. For the foster family

4. What are the common excuses people give to reject guide dogs? How are you going to overcome it?

5. What kind of help do you want to receive from the government to further develop the guide dogs services?

6. Why do you call guide dog a guide dog?

7. Is there any financial support for visually impaired person with no income but wants a guide dog?

8. How do you think HK guide dog services compare with the foreign countries?

9. Is it common for guide dog users or trainers experience access refusal? Where?

10. What do you think about the HK law? Do you think it needs to improve to support Guide Dog services?

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1.For your organisation what does the guide dogs there wear? How about the training guide dogs? Is it the same? If yes why?

2. Approximately how many guide dogs are helping visually impaired as a soul mate now at your organisation?

3. Is golden retriever a guide dog in HK?

4. What is the most hardest challenge from your perspective for the visually impaired and the guide dog among all of the challenges e.g. restaurants, no space to train dogs, etc.

5. What are current challenges are the following parties facing?

1. For the Guide Dog user

2. For the Trainers

3. For the Organisation

4. For the foster family

6. What are the common excuses people give to reject guide dogs? How are you going to overcome it?

7.What kind of help do you want to receive from the government to further develop the guide dogs services?

8. Why do you call seeing eye dog a seeing eye dog?

9. Is there any financial support for visually impaired person with no income but wants a guide dog?

10. How do you think HK guide dog services compare with the foreign countries?

11. Is it common for guide dog users or trainers experience access refusal? Where?

12. What do you think about the HK law? Do you think it needs to improve to support Guide Dog services?

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Send email to organisation.

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1. What is your name? Email? 名字？ 電郵？

2. What is your knowledge and understanding about guide dogs and visually impaired? 你對導盲犬和視障人士了解多少？你如何理解他們的處境？

3. Did you ever see a guide dog and visually impaired in the public? 你有沒有在公眾場合看過導盲犬和視力障礙人士？

4. How might you react when you see a guide dog and a visually impaired being in trouble? Will you help? Ignore? Give reasons. 當你看到導盲犬和視障人士遇到麻煩時，你會有什麼反應？你會幫忙嗎？還是會忽視他們？請說明原因。

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Dear HKGDA,

My name is Mikako Shiomi and I attend Renaissance College Hong Kong. I am currently working on a personal inquiry connected to visually impaired people and guide dogs.

If time permits I would like to interview a member of your Organisation HKGDA. I would like to find out more about difficulties connected to using a guide dog/seeing eye dog by visually impaired people in Hong Kong. I would value having the perspective of a trainer or maybe even a visually impaired person that you might be able to put me in contact with. I would like to know more about how they feel when they have a guide dog by their side.

Thank you for taking time to read my email and I look forward to hearing more about how you might be able to help me with my inquiry, which is due on June 15th.

Kind Regards,

Mikako Shiomi

RCHK Year 6.

親愛的HKGDA,

我的名字是Mikako Shiomi，我是啟新書院六年級的學生。我現在正在做和導盲犬有關的調查研究。如果有可能，我想採訪貴組織HK的成員。我想了解更多有關香港視障人士使用導盲犬/看守狗狗的困難。我很相了解你們的看法和角度。而且，我想知道更多關於視障人士對導盲犬服務的感受。感謝您花時間閱讀我的電子郵件，我期待與您見面和採訪，我希望可以在六月十五日之前和您見面。                                           致以親切的問候，                            Mikako Shiomi,                                      RCHK六年級學生。

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Dear HKSEDS,

My name is Mikako Shiomi and I attend Renaissance College Hong Kong. I am currently working on a personal inquiry connected to visually impaired people and guide dogs.

If time permits I would like to interview a member of your Organisation HKSEDS. I would like to find out more about difficulties connected to using a guide dog/seeing eye dog by visually impaired people in Hong Kong. I would value having the perspective of a trainer or maybe even a visually impaired person that you might be able to put me in contact with. I would like to know more about how they feel when they have a guide dog by their side.

Thank you for taking time to read my email and I look forward to hearing more about how you might be able to help me with my inquiry, which is due on June 15th.

Kind Regards,

Mikako Shiomi

RCHK Year 6.

親愛的HKSEDS,

我的名字是Mikako Shiomi，我是啟新書院六年級的學生。我現在正在做和導盲犬有關的調查研究。如果有可能，我想採訪貴組織HKSEDS的成員。我想了解更多有關香港視障人士使用導盲犬/看守狗狗的困難。我很相了解你們的看法和角度。而且，我想知道更多關於視障人士對導盲犬服務的感受。感謝您花時間閱讀我的電子郵件，我期待與您見面和採訪，我希望可以在六月十五日之前和您見面。                                           致以親切的問候，                            Mikako Shiomi,                                      RCHK六年級學生。

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Guide dogs bring confidence to blind Hong Kong owners

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Through financial support from the Lee Hysan Foundation and in cooperation with the Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired, the Hong Kong Society for Blind and the International Guide Dog Federation, four blind persons from Hong Kong have received guide dogs from Guiding Eyes for the Blind, New York, USA and returned with their dogs to Hong Kong.

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Service Hot Line: +852 8113 2577
Phone: +852 2628 1833
Fax: +852 2628 1913

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Guide dogs are the eyes if the blind
Please keep in mind and be kind

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Guide Dogs supports and raises awareness for blind and partially sighted people. Learn about our services or how you can donate or volunteer today.

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My Guide Service - Guide Dogs Sighted Guiding Service

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Lisa Squirrel is visually impaired - but visual art is one of her great passions. As a student she fought resistance from teachers to study art history, and now leads tours at some of London's leading galleries.

To experience works she cannot fully see, Lisa reads about them extensively. Close description by a sighted person and guided hand movements in front of the pieces allow her to understand their shapes and forms. Her in-depth knowledge of artists' techniques and materials let her build a rich picture in her mind.

BBC Culture joined Lisa on a recent tour for visually impaired people of Tate Britain's exhibition Turner: Painting Set Free to find out about her experience of art and her work to bring enjoyment of it to partially sighted people.
If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our page or message us on .

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Visually impaired artists explore scents in new exhibition - in pictures

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RNIB's Scents and Sensibility exhibition features works by sight loss artists inspired by the sense of smell

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First Hong Kong-born guide dogs set to help meet huge demand from the visually impaired

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With an increasing number of visually impaired people waiting for guide dogs, the city finally has its first locally born canines - four female Labrador puppies....

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Taiwan's cat-loving president Tsai Ing-wen to adopt three retired guide dogs

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Taiwan's new president, whose two cats grace many of her Facebook posts, said on Thursday she would adopt three retired guide dogs, but dismissed media speculation over a "civil war" among the...

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Visual impairment is a fact of life for many thousands of people in the UK. We're campaigning alongside them for the rights that most sighted people take for granted.

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Outdated Hong Kong laws are holding back guide dog training, trainer says

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More than 40 years after city got its first guide dog, those training them to help visually impaired people cannot have the dogs live with them in public housing and have no right to take them on public transport

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How guide dog led blind Hong Kong athlete to a better life

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Of 5 million blind Chinese, just 200 are lucky enough to have a guide dog. And even those who do face constant barriers to travelling with their companion

Chen Yan is not an ideal guest for most hotels in China. Instead of being welcomed by receptionists, she is often stopped at the front door. Her latest rejection came when she travelled to the southern Chinese city of Wenchang for business last week. The problem? Chen, a piano tuner, is blind: she wanted to check in with her guide dog.

"I told the hotel Jenny is a certified service dog, but they said no dogs were allowed in their hotel," Chen recalls. Their exchange of words went on for some time and it was only when Chen called the local tourism industry association for help that the hotel relented and allowed her companion a room.

It was not the first time Chen had argued with someone over Jenny, a 9-year-old black Labrador retriever, and it will probably not be the last. By law, registered guide dogs have been allowed in public areas since China amended the Law on the Protection of the Disabled Persons in 2008. But every visually impaired Chinese This Week in Asia spoke to had been the target of discrimination because of their dog in one way or another. Some had been prevented from seeing a doctor by Chinese hospitals citing "hygiene issues" related to their furry best friends; others had been turned down by restaurants.

Across the nation, "it is not rare to see guide dogs remaining unwelcome in public places", says Liang Jia, who works at China's main guide dog training centre in the coastal city of Dalian.

The public's reluctance to accept service dogs underscores China's mixed record at improving the lives of its disabled citizens.

The country has made some strides. Most sidewalks in major cities have textured strips on the pavement to help guide visually impaired people and community support networks are being forged nationwide. But disabled people still face discrimination in education and employment. A survey this year by the non-profit organisation Inclusion China found that of 2,140 respondents across the country, about 27 per cent of them had been told by Chinese schools to drop out because of their disability. In addition, many cities have yet to become fully accessible to those with disabilities.

The problem is particularly acute for China's blind. Statistics from the World Health Organisation estimate the country is home to the largest number of blind people in the world - about five million. But there are fewer than 200 guide dogs across China, according to Liang, whose Dalian China Guide Dog Training Centre graduates about 20 canines each year. Trainers say the country's complicated road conditions and high costs of training a guide dog - about US$30,000 - contribute to the low numbers.

For every one of those lucky enough to receive a guide dog, there are thousands on the Dalian centre's waiting list. Yet even for them, having such a companion creates a new kind of discrimination. In November, a blind saleswoman in Beijing spent seven hours trying to convince subway staff to allow her guide dog on board, Guangzhou newspaper Southern Weekly reported. The same month, Zhou Yunpeng, a blind singer who was scheduled to perform in Hangzhou, struggled to find accommodation as hotels refused to cater to his guide dog (Zhou later resolved the problem by booking through a home-sharing platform).

Those barriers have prevented some visually impaired Chinese from leaving home. Wang Jianjun lost her sight 40 years ago after being injured in an earthquake and has rarely left her hometown of Dalian since. The retired factory worker, 62, dreams about touring the country but does not dare to.

"What if hotels would not allow Bei Bei to stay there?" she says, referring to her golden retriever. "Guide dogs are supposed to help blind people like me have a better life, but sometimes, I feel they have actually become a burden as it is so difficult to go out with the dog."

She once walked two hours to get home because taxi drivers and city buses in Dalian refused to allow Bei Bei to accompany her.

Disability advocates blame vague wording in the regulations for the trouble. In principle, the Chinese government has granted guide dogs access to public areas, but a lack of detailed rules on where exactly they can go, and under which conditions, has left room for different interpretations.

On top of that is an issue of public awareness. Unlike Western countries where service dog training centres mushroomed after the first world war as part of efforts to empower disabled soldiers, China's first training centre was not established until 2006. "Some Chinese have never heard of guide dogs, let alone understand their importance to blind people," Liang says.

To raise awareness, Ping Yali, a blind long-jumper and China's first Paralympic gold medallist, decided to run alongside her guide dog, Lucky, when she carried the torch in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A passionate advocate, the 55-year-old spent a decade walking around the Chinese capital with Lucky, a golden retriever, to seek out discrimination and educate others. Whenever a bus driver refused to let Lucky come aboard or a supermarket employee said "no" to the dog, Ping jumped at the chance to explain what service dogs do and why they should be allowed in public places. Despite the recent incidents, Ping says social acceptance of service dogs is growing.

"Ten years ago, I had to reason with everyone I met on the way in order to get Lucky into public areas; now, I have only five or six arguments a day," Ping says. "[Nowadays], when I run into resistance at subway stations, other passengers help me convince the staff there. There is definitely a rising acceptance of guide dogs among the Chinese general public."

Chen echoes her words. The same week Chen was refused her room because of Jenny, the pair received a warm welcome at another hotel. When she arrived, Chen found a notice in the lobby telling other guests that a guide dog would be in the hotel and explaining why she was welcome - a moment that gave Chen renewed hope that China's attitudes towards guide dogs are changing.

"If someone says 'no' to Jenny, I don't think they are unkind; I think they are just uninformed," Chen says. "The more the Chinese know about guide dogs, the more likely they will accept them. Within 20 years, we will see guide dogs walking freely everywhere in the country."

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'Guide dogs welcome' in 80 Hong Kong taxis, operator announces

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Artificial insemination the answer to Hong Kong guide dog shortage

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One of Hong Kong's two guide dog associations is hoping to raise at least HK$1 million to set up a laboratory to breed guide dogs by artificial insemination, so those in need can get their canine...

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Q1 What are the challenges of using a guide dog by visually impaired people?

Q2 Why is it important for the visually impaired people to have a guide dog?

Q3 How are the visually impaired supported by the wider community?

Q4 What action can we take to support visually impaired people?

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Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services 香港導盲犬服務中心 HKSEDS

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What are you going to do if you see a guide dogs and a visually impaired person in trouble? Will you help? Ignore?

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10 Reduce Inequalities

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Survey goal: To raise awareness for the visually impaired people and guide dogs.

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-Understand visually impaired peoples' feeling, their needs and their rights.

-Support then while they are with the seeing eye dog.

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Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Services 香港導盲犬服務中心 HKSEDS

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《香港導盲犬服務中心》 介紹

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-No money support from government for training dogs

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Hong Kong has fall behind many other countries about the services of seeing eye dog. In order to achieve our goal on localization of this services, it is necessary to boost the promotion and education to the public. Let us explain more in the following about the services of seeing eye dog.

Seeing Eye Dog, also known as "The Eyes of Blind", is a specially trained dog to help the visually impaired. Upon completion of training by professional trainers, they can guide the users to move freely in their community by avoiding potential road hazards or obstacles, and taking the users to their destination safely and efficiently. In addition they serve as the companion of the users who would regain their confidence and dignity to be in touch with the community and live independently.

The breeds of the Seeing Eye Dog are usually Labrador, Golden Retrievers, or their cross breeds. They are gentle, friendly and non-aggressive. To be a successful Seeing Eye Dog, it must have the heart to serve. Other factors include health and willingness to work. A dog can be suspended from the program at any time for a number of reasons like health or behavioral problems.

Seeing Eye puppies will stay with puppy walkers from the 45th days after birth. This is a training for adapting human and family daily routine. When the Seeing Eye Dogs reach their age of 1, they will start Seeing Eye Dog training for 6 to 9 months. Upon completion of training, they will match with Seeing Eye Dog applicants. On a successful match, Seeing Eye Dogs work for around 8 to 10 years. Retired Seeing Eye Dogs will stay with their users' family or go back to their puppy walkers.

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Harnessing the power of partnership by connecting people, dogs, and communities.

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A NGO that helps to train guide dogs to help blind people.

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HKGDA & HKSEDS video on why is training guide dog so hard

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The law makes it hard to address a shortage of guide dogs with more training.
Editors: Jayce Lai, Julian Ng
Reporters: Rubie Fan, Eunice Ip, Gloria Lee, Megan Leung

Guide dogs made a comeback to Hong Kong in 2011 after a gap of 26 years; the territory's first two guide dogs were sponsored by a Hong Kong resident who came from Germany. Currently there are fewer than 40 serving guide dogs in the city, or around one guide dog for every 4,300 visually impaired people; the International Guide Dog Federation says ideally there should be one guide dog for every 100.

Puppies have to be descended from at least seven generations of selectively bred guide dogs to be selected for training, so the lack of guide dogs in Hong Kong means the city relies on dogs donated from other countries. The two groups that provide training and guide dog services are Hong Kong Guide Dogs Association and Hong Kong Seeing Eye Dog Service.

The two groups are trying to localise the breeding and training of guide dogs so more of the visually impaired can get guide dogs.

But trainer Edith Lee Yuen-yan explains this doesn't work without more volunteer host families to care for the puppies.

Host families have to care for guide puppies for months, giving them socialisation training before they go on to professional training. They have to walk the puppies in as many different places as possible so that the puppies become familiar with different environments.

Raising a guide puppy is very different from keeping a pet, and it's especially challenging in Hong King due to the many constraints on day-to-day training.

The public may know about guide dogs but they generally don't understand the training process, and this causes problems for walkers and their puppies during socialisation training.

For one, the Disability Discrimination Ordinance only acknowledges the rights of visually impaired people and their guide dogs, but not of people with normal vision who are raising or training guide dogs for the blind. That means guide-dog trainers have to deal with different daily challenges without legal protection.

"Guide dogs are not allowed in public housing estates so we will not accept any host family applications living there," Lee says.
The Housing Authority says guide-dogs-in-training can't live in public housing because the tenancy agreements say tenants cannot keep any dogs on the premises without prior written consent. As of now, only the visually impaired or tenants who need a dog for mental support can get such approval.

Also, most of the visually impaired in Hong Kong take public transport, so a guide dog has to be familiar with different forms of public transport. Lee says that most bus drivers welcome guide dogs but this in fact violates the Public Bus Services Regulations. The Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) says training guide dogs can only get on buses if accompanied by a visually impaired person. On the other hand, City Bus says that while it is illegal to bring a training guide dog onto a bus during service, the company agrees to arrange trial rides for guide dog puppies and their trainers on a non-service franchised bus at depots to experience on-board travelling.

David Leung, Commissioner for Rehabilitation of the Labour and Welfare Bureau, said that it is challenging for guide dog training to reach the magnitude of other countries like Japan or New Zealand, as Hong Kong is comparatively smaller and more densely populated. He said while the government recognises this discrepancy, it still has to take into consideration, the different interests of society's stakeholders. He says the government is working to improve the environment for guide dog training in Hong Kong, but it is still unavoidable that some training have to compromise to certain regulations.

"If the government can allocate more resources to encourage the public not to reject us and let us utilize every opportunity to carry out socialised training, it will be very helpful for us as guide puppy raisers," Mok Kei-yee a guide puppy raiser, says.

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Why It's So Hard to Train Guide Dogs in Hong Kong - Varsity

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Hong Kong needs 1,700 guide dogs, but where can they be trained?

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When Meicy Choi took her four-month-old Labrador retriever named Don Don out on a sunny Saturday in December, she did not expect to get into a row over going to the park with her canine buddy....