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Dim view of city to light up reputation
Hong Kong Standard
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
More than 75 landmark buildings and billboards on the Victoria Harbour skyline will, for an hour on June 21, attempt to dim Hong Kong's image as a city of light for a good cause.
The Dim-It, Lights Out program - when some lights will be switched off while others are dimmed - is part of a 20-nation campaign by Friends of the Earth to reduce greenhouse gases and to get the government to set a gas reduction target.
Friends' director Edwin Lau Che-feng said the message is everything in moderation - including the consumption of electricity.
Though he declined an invitation to attend, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has called on government bureaus to participate with more than a dozen agreeing to do so, including City Hall, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Legislative Council building.
They will be joined by 30 privately run concerns including One IFC, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Central Plaza, APM, Manulife, Principal, Zurich, Epson, Olympus, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
The 8.30pm to 9.30pm campaign will be joined by 20 cities on the mainland, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Remarking on the success of a lights-out campaign in Australia that saved 10 percent of Sydney's daily electricity usage, Lau said the increase in the number of corporate participants this year is a positive step, given their ability to reach thousands of their employees.
"The dimming of lights is a great gesture, but we need to spread the message to the wider community. Even the chief executive has got the message and we anticipate there will be many more joining before the event," Lau said.
That night, Friends will also host a free carnival of games, stalls and dancing at Chater Garden until 9pm.
The green group will also hold a lights-out photo competition with entries for pictures taken during the campaign accepted until July 10.
Hong Kong Standard
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

More than 75 landmark buildings and billboards on the Victoria Harbour skyline will, for an hour on June 21, attempt to dim Hong Kong's image as a city of light for a good cause.
The Dim-It, Lights Out program - when some lights will be switched off while others are dimmed - is part of a 20-nation campaign by Friends of the Earth to reduce greenhouse gases and to get the government to set a gas reduction target.
Friends' director Edwin Lau Che-feng said the message is everything in moderation - including the consumption of electricity.
Though he declined an invitation to attend, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has called on government bureaus to participate with more than a dozen agreeing to do so, including City Hall, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Legislative Council building.
They will be joined by 30 privately run concerns including One IFC, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Central Plaza, APM, Manulife, Principal, Zurich, Epson, Olympus, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
The 8.30pm to 9.30pm campaign will be joined by 20 cities on the mainland, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Remarking on the success of a lights-out campaign in Australia that saved 10 percent of Sydney's daily electricity usage, Lau said the increase in the number of corporate participants this year is a positive step, given their ability to reach thousands of their employees.
"The dimming of lights is a great gesture, but we need to spread the message to the wider community. Even the chief executive has got the message and we anticipate there will be many more joining before the event," Lau said.
That night, Friends will also host a free carnival of games, stalls and dancing at Chater Garden until 9pm.
The green group will also hold a lights-out photo competition with entries for pictures taken during the campaign accepted until July 10.
