Dr CHENG Kam-chung, Eric, SBS, MH, OStJ, JP
Chairman of the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee
Welcome Message
Welcome to the website of the Environment and Conservation Fund (“ECF”) and the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee (“the Committee”).
This year marks the 30th anniversary and a new milestone of the ECF. To commemorate this new beginning, the Committee will organise activities in retrospect of our past achievements and designate our targets to open up the future. The ECF’s work began with planting and nurturing the seeds for environment protection and nature conservation 30 years ago. Through the pioneering visions of the predecessors and concerted efforts of the successors over the years, the planted seeds have become strong and thrived wherever they settled in Hong Kong, bringing forth plentiful fruits. In the future, we will continue to display the many possibilities of the planted seeds and cultivate more new varieties in the hopes of growing our mature green trees into a splendid and vigorous forest.
I am sure that the ECF will continue to play an active role in environmental protection and ecological conservation, with a view to helping Hong Kong achieve the targets of environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality. Let us also consciously safeguard the national security and integrate Hong Kong into the overall national development setting, work together to take forward the development of Hong Kong into a green city, foster harmony between humanity and nature, endeavour to build a healthy and pleasant city for ourselves and our future generations, and contribute our efforts in turning Hong Kong people’s aspiration for a better living environment into reality.
Special
30th Anniversary
LET'S GROW FOR GREEN
The Environment and Conservation Fund (“ECF”) has been established for 30 years since 1994. In order to let the public to gain a deeper understanding and make better use of the Fund, the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee has launched a 30th anniversary publicity and promotion campaign. By showcasing the past fruitful achievements of the ECF, it aims to raise the public awareness and encourage active participation in practicing a green lifestyle. We are committed to encourage all parties to take continuously action and actively participate in projects and activities to lie in with the Government policies, fostering the achievements of the environmental sustainability goals of "Waste Reduction at Source" and "Carbon Neutrality" for Hong Kong, and building a new green future together.
Special
30th Anniversary
LET'S GROW FOR GREEN
The Environment and Conservation Fund (“ECF”) has been established for 30 years since 1994. In order to let the public to gain a deeper understanding and make better use of the Fund, the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee has launched a 30th anniversary publicity and promotion campaign. By showcasing the past fruitful achievements of the ECF, it aims to raise the public awareness and encourage active participation in practicing a green lifestyle. We are committed to encourage all parties to take continuously action and actively participate in projects and activities to lie in with the Government policies, fostering the achievements of the environmental sustainability goals of "Waste Reduction at Source" and "Carbon Neutrality" for Hong Kong, and building a new green future together.
Chairman’s Message
“Let’s Grow For Green”
In taking stock of the development of the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) over the past 30 years and mapping out the future direction, the ECF Committee believes that environmental protection and nature conservation starts with “Publicity and Education” - by raising our children’s awareness of environmental protection and the general public’s understanding of current environmental agendas as well as policy initiatives, we can achieve the first and important step towards securing support from the community to improve the quality of the environment. Following by “Practice and Action”, the public’s aspiration for green living can be transformed into behavioural practices and living habits of individuals, and this is the second step in our pursuit of sustainable development. Even with the support from the community and public participation, there would still be a need to address prevailing environmental and nature conservation problems through innovative solutions, and it is on the basis of the third step “Research and Development”. The above three steps illustrate the major types of projects to be carried out by eligible organisations under the funding support from the ECF in the coming years.
On account of the increasing public awareness of environmental protection and active participation and action in different aspects, as well as the focused research and development of innovative solutions conducive to promoting local sustainable development and moving towards carbon neutrality by more organisations and groups, the ECF Committee has renamed the projects vetting subcommittees so as to better channel the efforts of different sectors of the community for taking forward the aforementioned three steps as well as aligning with the Government’s latest environmental policies and priority areas.
The ECF will continue to join hands with different sectors of the community in laying the groundwork for a green future and striving to achieve the vision of “Let’s Grow for Green”.
Dr CHENG Kam-chung, Eric, SBS, MH, OStJ, JP
Chairman of the Environment and Conservation Fund Committee
July 2024