The winners of a photography competition successfully captured environmental problems on film and demonstrated a high degree of awareness and concern.
The Little Green Journalist contest was part of the Eco-spotter Campaign, organised by Friends of the Earth (FoE) and sponsored by the H S Chau Foundation. It aimed to encourage youths to pay attention to the environment and raise public awareness of the importance of environmental protection.
The competition was divided into primary and secondary categories. Twenty-four primary and 22 secondary schools submitted more than 100 photographs.
Each school was allowed to submit a maximum of three en tries, with each entry comprising a photograph of a beautiful site and one of an ugly site in Hong Kong.
At the prize presentation ceremony, FoE director Mei Ng Fong Siu-mei said the photographs were the voices of young people.
'They are the future leaders and their voices are powerful. They know how serious the situa tion is but just don't know what to do,' she said.
Mrs Ng urged the Government to pay attention to young people's voices. For the well-being of the Earth, people should change their attitude and behaviour, she said.
