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Jockey Club promotes green living at schools

07/08/2011

To promote healthy and green living among the younger generation, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has donated some HK$960,000 to organise the Hong Chi – Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Organic Farming Competition for Primary and Secondary Schools this past academic year, held as part of the student education component under the Trust-initiated Environment Project.  Today (8 July), the Club’s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So joined Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau and Hong Chi Association Chairman Professor CK Yeung to attend the Award Presentation Ceremony.

Mr So noted that the Club has established a close partnership with Hong Chi Association for more than 30 years, contributing over HK$100 million to support their services for people with intellectual disabilities and their environmental education programmes. “We not only launched the three-year Glass Bottle Recycling Campaign with the Association and the Government’s Environmental Protection Department, but also supported the Community Organic Farming Competition in promoting green living in the community.  With the participation of some 64,000 primary and secondary school students and 1,800 mentally handicapped people, the competition has also promoted social inclusion.”

Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau commended the students’ active participation in the competition by creating a unique garden to foster organic farming, as well as to spread the green message to the community.

A total of 94 primary, secondary and special schools in Hong Kong participated in the competition. Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien (Yan Ping) Primary School and Shun Tak Fraternal Association Lee Shau Kee College had won the “Best Greening Design”, the “Best Organic Planting” and the “Best Student Involvement”. The latter had also won the “Outstanding Community Promotion” with P.L.K. Fong Wong Kam Chuen Primary School. For more information about the competition, please visit the official website www.communityorganicfarming.hk.

The Jockey Club has long been a keen supporter of green living. Its Charities Trust initiated the Environment Project with a $350 million donation to raise public awareness and concern about environmental issues through extensive public education, so as to foster sustainable development.  In addition to funding Hong Chi’s Community Organic Farming Competition and the Glass Bottle Recycling Campaign, the project also supports international symposia and public forums, such as Climate Dialogue 2010.

To demonstrate the Club’s commitment to environmental conservation as part of the Environment Project, the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course is the first in the world to introduce solar-powered golf carts. And to reduce carbon emission, solar-hybrid catamarans have also been brought in since 2010 to carry passengers travelling between Kau Sai Chau and Sai Kung pier.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has become one of Hong Kong’s best known and respected organisations, providing the public with world-class sporting entertainment as well as being the city’s major non-Government community benefactor, now donating more than HK$1 billion a year to charitable and community projects.  It has been a part of Hong Kong through good times and bad, sharing the city’s growth and development with its people, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for future generations.

The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So says the Organic Farming Competition helps promote green living in the community.
The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So says the Organic Farming Competition helps promote green living in the community.

The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (right), Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau (centre) and Hong Chi Association Chairman Professor CK Yeung (left) at the Award Presentation Ceremony.
The Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (right), Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau (centre) and Hong Chi Association Chairman Professor CK Yeung (left) at the Award Presentation Ceremony.

Officiating guests with winners.
Officiating guests with winners.

Photos 4/5: Shun Tak Fraternal Association Lee Shau Kee College wins a total of four awards including a£į?Best Greening Designa£į?, a£į?Best Organic Plantinga£į?, a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? and a£į?Outstanding Community Promotiona£į? in the secondary section.
Photos 4/5: Shun Tak Fraternal Association Lee Shau Kee College wins a total of four awards including a£į?Best Greening Designa£į?, a£į?Best Organic Plantinga£į?, a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? and a£į?Outstanding Community Promotiona£į? in the secondary section.

 
 

Photos 6/7: Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien (Yan Ping) Primary School wins three awards including a£į?Best Greening Designa£į?, a£į?Best Organic Plantinga£į? and a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? in the primary section.
Photos 6/7: Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien (Yan Ping) Primary School wins three awards including a£į?Best Greening Designa£į?, a£į?Best Organic Plantinga£į? and a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? in the primary section.

 
 

P.L.K. Fong Wong Kam Chuen Primary School wins the a£į?Outstanding Community Promotiona£į? award in the primary section.
P.L.K. Fong Wong Kam Chuen Primary School wins the a£į?Outstanding Community Promotiona£į? award in the primary section.

Hong Chi Morningjoy School,Yuen Long wins the a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? award in the special schools section.
Hong Chi Morningjoy School,Yuen Long wins the a£į?Best Student Involvementa£į? award in the special schools section.

Guests tour the booths set up by participating schools.
Guests tour the booths set up by participating schools.

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