The Water Supplies Department (WSD) today (December 18) held the "Cherish Water Campus" Award Ceremony for the 2024/25 school year to present over 240 awards to recognise the active efforts of school sponsoring bodies, principals, teachers, and students in fostering a water-saving culture on campus. Prize presenters at the ceremony included the Director of Water Supplies, Mr Roger Wong; Principal Education Officer of the Education Bureau Mr Paul Lee; the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Water Supplies, Professor Joseph Kwan; and the Chairperson of the Subsidised Primary School Council, Dr Cheung Chok-fong.

     The "Cherish Water Campus" Integrated Education Programme continued to receive support from the education sector this school year since it was rolled out in 2015. The programme has gradually expanded its coverage from primary schools to kindergartens, with over 450 primary schools and 490 kindergartens participating across Hong Kong to date. In recent years, the WSD has been organising more parent-child activities and competitions to further extend "cherish water" education to families.
 
     Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Wong said that extreme weather events have increasingly become frequent in recent years, and changes in rainfall patterns have led to an unstable amount of gathered water, affecting the reliability of water supply. Faced with global climate change, the threat of water scarcity is imminent. Therefore, he encouraged students to develop water-saving habits from childhood and cherish every drop.
 
     In addition to public education, the WSD has been promoting water conservation through various programmes. The "Water-smart Taskforce" Programme, launched earlier this year, installs smart devices on the water meters of selected high-water-consuming customers to identify the causes of high water usage and provide suggestions, thereby assisting them in saving water. The WSD previously held a parent-child four-panel comic strip creation competition themed "Water-smart Taskforce", and the awards were also presented at today's ceremony.
 
     The WSD will continue to promote water conservation to the public through various channels, with a focus on the younger generation. The "Cherish Water Campus" Integrated Education Programme uses a series of interactive teaching resources to enable students to understand the preciousness of water resources, inspire their thinking on water conservation and cherishing, and develop good water-using habits.
 
     The award list of Cherish Water Campus and a full list of awardees for the "Water-smart Taskforce" Kindergarten Parent-child 4-Panel Comic Drawing Competition and Primary School Parent-child 4-Panel Comic Drawing Competition are available on the WSD website.

Ends/Thursday, December 18, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:22

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