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Forty-seven primary and secondary schools and kindergartens were commended today (June 2) at the prize presentation ceremony of the Greening School Project Award in recognition of their meritorious green school projects and their contribution to environmental greening.
To promote green consciousness among students, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Greening School Subsidy Scheme provides subsidies to schools to plant more trees and shrubs in campuses and to organise more greening activities, through which students' interests and knowledge of greening can be enhanced. Awards are given to meritorious green school projects.
The Greening School Subsidy Scheme is well received as the number of participating schools has doubled since its introduction in 2000.
Speaking at the ceremony today, a member of the Community Involvement Committee in Greening of Home Affairs Bureau, Prof Wong Chi-kui, said the scheme had been well received by teachers and students since its launch, with the number of participating schools increasing steadily, rising from around 300 in the first year to some 740 this year.
"The standard of green projects are on the rise. Both teachers and students are working very hard to make their schools' environment greener and more beautiful," he said.
Other officiating guests at the ceremony included the Chief School Development Officer (Yau Tsim & Mong Kok District) of Education and Manpower Bureau, Ms Rita Chen Suk-shyan, and the Chief Leisure Manager (Passive Amenities) of Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Mr Wan Kuen-fat.
Results of the Greening School Project Award are as follows:
Large Garden Plot Project: Secondary School Section
Champion:
Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School
1st Runner-up:
Hong Chi Morninghill School, Tuen Mun
2nd Runner-up:
Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College
Merit Award:
Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
Lions College
The H.K.T.A. Ching Chung Secondary School
Small Garden Plot Project: Secondary School Section
Champion:
T.W.G.Hs. Li Ka Shing College
1st Runner-up:
Pok Oi Hospital Chan Kai Memorial College
2nd Runner-Up:
C.U.H.K. F.A.A. Thomas Cheung Secondary School
Merit Award:
S.K.H. Lam Kau Mow Secondary School
Po Leung Kuk Tong Nai Kan College
Buddhist Wai Yan Memorial College
Confucius Hall Middle School
Large Garden Plot Project: Primary School Section
Champion:
Tun Yu School
1st Runner-Up:
AD & FD of POHL Leung Sing Tak School A.M./W.D.
2nd Runner-Up:
Yan Chai Hospital Chan Iu Seng Primary School
Merit Award:
Precious Blood Primary School (South Horizons)
St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School
S.K.H. Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School
Pentecostal Yu Leung Fat Primary School
Small Garden Plot Project: Primary School Section
Champion:
Kwong Yuet Tong Excel Foundation Primary School
1st Runner-Up:
Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee Kung Yik She Primary School
2nd Runner-Up:
Taoist Ching Chung Primary School
Merit Award:
Toi Shan Association Primary School
Caritas Lok Jun School
S.K.H. Kei Lok Primary School
Alliance Primary School (Sheung Shui)
Garden Plot Project: Kindergarten Section
Champion:
S.K.H. Crown of Thorns Church Sadick Kindergarten
1st Runner-Up:
The True Light Middle School of Hong Kong Kindergarten
2nd Runner-Up:
T.W.G.Hs. Lai Tang Yuen Kaw Kindergarten
Merit Award:
S.K.H. St. Joseph's Church Kindergarten
S.K.H. St. Peter's Church Kindergarten (Castle Peak)
Sheung Shui Church Kindergarten
Tree Planting Project
Champion:
T.C.F.S. Yeung Yat Lam Memorial School
1st Runner-Up:
Yan Chai Hospital Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School
2nd Runner-Up:
Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College
Merit Award:
AD & FD of POHL Leung Sing Tak School A.M./W.D.
Y.L.P.M.S. Alumni Association Ying Yip Primary School
Lok Wah Catholic Primary School
Shun Tak Fraternal Association Cheng Yu Tung Secondary School
Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School
Hong Kong True Light College
St. Bonaventure College and High School
Horticultural Maintenance
Champion:
Yan Chai Hospital No. 2 Secondary School
1st Runner-Up:
T.W.G.Hs. Lui Yun Choy Memorial College
2nd Runner-Up:
Kam Tin Mung Yeung Public School
Merit Award:
Margaret Trench Red Cross School
Yan Oi Tong Chan Wong Suk Fong Memorial Secondary School
Ma On Shan St. Joseph's Secondary School
Rosaryhill School (Secondary Section)
Ends/Saturday, June 2, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:30
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