Thirty-seven schools were commended today (May 19) at the prize presentation ceremony of the Greening School Project Award organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) in recognition of their meritorious green school projects and contributions to environmental greening.
To enhance students' interest in and knowledge of greening, the LCSD's Greening School Subsidy Scheme provides subsidies to schools to organise more greening activities and encourage students to plant more trees and shrubs on campuses.
Speaking at the prize presentation ceremony, the Chief Leisure Manager (Green Campaign) of the LCSD, Ms Wendy Or, said the Greening School Subsidy Scheme has been well received by teachers and students since its launch in 2000, with the number of participating schools increasing from around 300 in the first year to more than 880 this year.
Ms Or added that the standard of green projects has been rising. Both teachers and students have worked very hard to make their schools' environments greener and more beautiful.
The Greening School Project Award is presented in seven categories. The champions are as follows:
1) Large Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
SAHK Ko Fook Iu Memorial School
2) Large Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School
3) Small Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
New Asia Middle School
4) Small Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
Bonham Road Government Primary School
5) Garden Plot Project (Kindergarten Section):
SKH St Joseph's Church Kindergarten
6) Tree Planting Project:
CCC Kei Faat Primary School (Yau Tong)
7) Horticultural Maintenance:
Anchors International Nursery (Constellation Cove)
The list of other winners of the Greening School Project Award is available at the LCSD webpage
www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/green/education/greeningschool/2017schoolawardlist.html.
Other guests attending the ceremony were the Chairman of the Tuen Mun District Council, Mr Leung Kin-man; the Chairman of the Culture, Recreation and Sports Committee of the Kwun Tong District Council, Mr Kan Ming-tung; the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, Ms Ng Tze-kwun; non-official member of the Community Involvement Committee on Greening of the Development Bureau Ms Wong Kit-lin; and the Chief School Development Officer (Kowloon City) of the Education Bureau, Mr Ching Yiu-yuen.
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