Page 8 - Sphere No.24 (Mar 2009)

6 SPHERE
KEEPINGTHE LID
ON PLASTIC BAGS
HWL retailers are playing their part in
helping to reduce the use of plastic bags in Hong Kong.
PARKnSHOP, TASTE, GREAT, GOURMET, International
by PARKnSHOP, Fusion by PARKnSHOP and Watsons
are all participating in the Every Day No Plastic Bag
Day campaign organised by the Hong Kong Retail
Management Association (HKRMA). The HKRMA
expects the programme to help reach the industry’s
voluntary target of reducing annual plastic bag
distribution to 400 million at participating retailers, a
decrease of more than 50 per cent from 2005. R
H O N G K O N G
Book Donation
TOM Group and
the Oriental Charitable Foundation
have donated more than 100
books to the Po Leung Kuk to help
underprivileged children. I
H O N G K O N G
Wanchai
Goes Green
Wanchai has
a new landmark – two micro
wind turbines on the roof of
HK Electric’s new building on
Marsh Road. The building is HK
Electric’s most environmentally
friendly and energy efficient
station building and connects
Lamma Power Station and
the northern part of Hong
Kong Island. I
EUROPEAN
BOOST
Hutchison
Port Holdings (HPH) has
strengthened its presence
in northern Europe through
the addition of extra
container-handling capacity
in Amsterdam. HPH and
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Kaisha (NYK) have signed
an agreement through
which HPH will become
the majority shareholder
of Amsterdam Container
Terminals (ACT) in the
Netherlands. In exchange
for the majority stake
in ACT, NYK will have a
minority stake in Europe
Container Terminals in
Rotterdam.
H O N G K O N G
N E T H E R L A N D S
P
KEEPING INTOUCH
3 has
introduced special rates for
calls from Indonesia to
Australia to help families
keep in touch with their loved
ones Down Under. About 30,000
Indonesians live in Australia,
19,000 of them students.
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