College and hotel join hands for sake of the future
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. — A private college and a five-star hotel are organizing a joint newspaper recycling campaign to help preserve the environment and create an environment-caring society.
The year-long campaign by the SAL Group of Colleges in collaboration with Equatorial Hotel is to support the New Straits Times National Environmental Education Programme.
The objective of the campaign is to create and promote greater environmental awareness among educational and industrial institutions as well as the public.
SAL’s staff and students will also be involved in the campaign to protect the country’s forests and preserve the environment for future generations.
Its chairman Encik Rashid Ghani said, "We have only one Earth. Now is the time for us to show that we really care for the environment so that the present and future generations can continue to live in a clean, green and safe environment."
Rashid later handed over bundles of old newspapers weighing a total of 1,410 kilogrammes to NST’s Environment Education Programme executive Encik Azall Abdol.
Equatorial Hotel’s executive housekeeper Ms Julia Vincent said a portion of the newspapers was collected over the past three weeks by the hotel staff who were eager to contribute towards environmental preservation.
"Even our guests played a part by leaving their old newspapers outside their rooms.
"To realize the nation’s aspiration of cultivating an environment-caring society we will be handing over all our old newspapers to the New Straits Times Environment Programme on a weekly basis.
"In the near future, we hope to collect used cans and magazines to be recycled." added Julia.
Meanwhile, in Johor, almost the entire town of Pagoh, 30km from Muar, supported the old newspapers recycling programme launched by Sekolah Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah.
About 1,500 students literally took the "green" message to the streets by visiting estates and shops in the area.
Their two-week campaign paid off when they collected about 2,000kg of old newspapers.
NSTP Muar sales executive Encik Mohamed Najib Aiwi received the contribution from school principal Encik Mohamed Salih Ahmad today.
The project was initiated by school teacher Mr K. Krishnan, who is also in-charge of the school’s counseling club. Krishnan said almost half the amount of old newspapers collected came from Pagob residents.
Another school in Muar, Sekolah Menengah Perumpuan Sultan Abu Bakar, also contributed 2,000kg of old newspapers today.
Its principal, Zakiah Shuib, handed over the collection to NST representative Mohamed Najib Alwi at the school.
The contribution was made possible through a campaign by the school’s Young Scientist Club.
Also planned is a glass and tin cans recycling campaign. "We plan to write to the Muar South District Council to install collection receptacles to facilitate this campaign," said club chairman Heng Soo Wei.
Source : New Straits Times January 11 1993
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