The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) held the Greening School Project Award prize presentation ceremony at the Kowloon Park Sports Centre today (July 22) to present awards to 37 schools for their meritorious green school projects and contributions to environmental greening. Meanwhile, a horticultural education exhibition, "Let's learn about edible plants", is being held by the LCSD today and tomorrow (July 22 and 23) at the Arcade and the Green Education and Resource Centre of Kowloon Park. Admission is free.
The LCSD is committed to promoting greening. To cultivate students' interest in horticulture, enhance their related knowledge and beautify the school environment, the department's Greening School Subsidy Scheme provides subsidies to schools every year to organise more greening activities and encourage students to plant more trees and shrubs on campuses. Targets of the subsidy scheme are kindergartens, primary, secondary and special schools in the territory. Under the scheme, the Greening School Project Award will also be presented to acknowledge schools' achievements in campus greening.
Speaking at the prize presentation ceremony, the Chief Leisure Manager (Green Campaign) of the LCSD, Tina Tai, said that the Greening School Subsidy Scheme is one of the educational and community involvement activities under the Green Hong Kong Campaign. The scheme has been well received, with the number of participating schools increasing from over 300 in the first year to about 900 this year. The standard of green projects has also been climbing. It was also encouraging to see that both teachers and students had worked very hard to make their schools' environments greener and more beautiful, and that a variety of environmentally friendly elements had been incorporated into the projects which help strengthen students' awareness of environmental protection.
Tai added that both the greening school project and the horticultural education exhibition were major activities of the Green Hong Kong Campaign. The exhibition is being held today and tomorrow from 10 am to 5 pm. Members of the public can learn more about edible plants through descriptive display panels. Other activities for people of all ages include thematic talks (conducted in Cantonese), potted plant activities, guided tours, game stalls and workshops.
The Greening School Project Award was presented in eight categories. The champions are as follows:
1) Large Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
2) Large Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
ELCHK Lutheran Academy (Primary Section)
3) Small Garden Plot Project (Secondary School Section):
Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School
4) Small Garden Plot Project (Primary School Section):
SKH St Andrew's Primary School
5) Garden Plot Project (Kindergarten Section):
St Mark's Church Bradbury Kindergarten
6) Tree Planting Project:
Shek Lei Catholic Primary School
7) Horticultural Maintenance:
Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School
8) Best Green Concept:
Little Buds Kindergarten
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