UTAR Recycling Campaign a Success
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
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By: Toon Kit Yi
Photos by: Jayanthi Doraisingam
KAMPAR: The Journalism department of
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) held a recycling campaign here yesterday
in SK Sentosa.
The campaign was a success, graced with
the presence of Y.B. Counselor Chan Hoon Yip, who represented Y.B. Dr. Mah Hang
Soon and also the Dean of Faculty Arts and Social Science, Dr. Sebastian
Francis and Pn.Khairiyah, Assistant Officer of Health and Environment from
Majlis Daerah Kampar.
The campaign started at 8.30am with the
drawing and colouring competition involving several primary schools and
secondary school students in Kampar. The theme for the competition was “1
Hijau, 1 Kampar, 1 Malaysia" and a total number of 70 students took part.
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| The mascots of the Kampar District Government interacting with the students during the drawing competition |
This was followed by a demonstration
sponsored by the co-organizer of the event, Kampar District Government on
Effective Microorganisms (EM), which aimed at educating the students on the
importance of recycling. The Perak State Government and Department of
Environment Perak were also co-organizers for the Recycling Campaign.
“The enforcement of not using plastic bags is
not as strict in Malaysia as compared with other developed countries like the
UK,” Dr. Sebastian said, and he felt that recycling should be taught since one
is young.
In his speech, Counselor. Chan also emphasized
on the importance of recycling, and announced that Dr. Mah has decided to
sponsor a sum of RM2000 to the campaign, which earned a round of applause from
the students. The VIPs were then led to plant a tree in the grounds of the
school to officiate the campaign.
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Counselor Chan shoveling some soil for
the tree planting to officiate the event as Dr. Sebastian and the students
looked on.
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After the prize giving ceremony for the
winners of the drawing competition and also creative design from recyclable
items, souvenirs were also given out to the VIPs of the campaign.
The campaign ended on a high note with a
photo taking session of all the VIPs and also the organizing committee of the
recycling campaign.
