Green project brings many pleasant surprises
By Nor Azlina Ismail
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Schools participating in the New Straits Times National Environmental Education programme are realising happily that the project not only has multi-pronged objectives but also several immediate benefits.
One of the main objectives of collecting old newspapers is to help save a little bit of the environment by selling the papers for recycling.
In return, the schools not only get cash but also daily delivery of current newspapers at discounted price.
And today, the schools got a surprise: five schools around here, which had collected the largest amount of old newspapers since the project was launched in February, each received 100 free tickets to the movie, Medicine Man, which has a pro-environment story line.
The tickets were donated by Golden Communications (M) Sdn Bhd.
The principals and representatives of the winning schools — Sekolah Menengah Sri Aman Petaling Jaya, Convent Bukit Nanas, Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Selayang Baru, Methodist College and Methodist Girls’ Primary School (both in Brickfields here) received the tickets from New Straits Times Sdn Bhd group editor A. Kadir Jasin at a tea reception in Balai Berita.
Together, the five schools had collected 10,440kg of old newspapers for recycling under the NST project.
Golden Communications publicity manager Yap Teck Lin represented his company.
Commending the schools for their active participation in the project, Kadir said the schools were inculcating environmental awareness and appreciation among the pupils m a lively way.
"It is essential that children learn to appreciate the importance of preserving the forests which harbor a lot of medicinal plants."
Kadir hoped that after seeing the movie, the children’s love for trees would be enhanced.
SRK Selayang Baru headmaster Abdul Aziz Abu said activity-oriented projects, such as the one launched by the NST, were very much in line with the activity-based new curriculum for the schools.
Teacher Faridah Mohamed, who represented Sekolah Sri Aman principal Datin Hazimah Abdul Rahman, said the school was happy to participate in environment-preserving projects such as this.
Source : New Straits Times, April 30, 1992
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