Ecological tours across Peng Chau, turning Aberdeen into a green paradise and enhancing historical buildings' economic benefits are among the eight projects supported by the government under a $100 million fund to promote sustainable development in Hong Kong.
The fund, established in mid-2003 under the initiative of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, aims at promoting public understanding and discussion of sustainable development.
It is available to non-government organisations, individuals and schools over a 10-year period.
Projects sponsored by the scheme must be one-off projects that do not need ongoing financial commitment.
All projects should be non-profit making and any proceeds should be ploughed back in to help further the aims of the programme.
Christian Fang Meng-sang, chair of the Education and Publicity Subcommittee, which approved the funding, said yesterday 127 proposals were received in the first round of applications.