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Message from The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
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Message from The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA)
Message from HKIE
On behalf of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, it is my pleasure
to offer my warmest congratulations to all on the occasion of the Green
Building Award 2008 presentation ceremony.
To conserve our environment and maintain a sustainable living,
engineers could play a signification role and be a main contributor
towards these goals. Since the launch of the Award in 2006, I am glad to
witness the efforts that the building industry has made in promoting the
advantages of sustainable planning, design, construction, maintenance
and renovation of a building. The Award has provided an excellent
platform for building specialists to showcase and share their professional
knowledge and experience with other stakeholders in the community.
I am confident that not only the industry will be benefited from the
Award but so do the society at large.
The industry’s efforts made towards builidng a greener Hong Kong
are highly commendable and the achievements of all awardees are
remarkable.
Ir Peter Wong
President of HKIE
We commend PGBC for launching the second GBA in 2008. As this event
brings together collaborative team efforts from professionals of the
building industry in Hong Kong, we are proud to see GBA bring great
awareness of green and sustainable practices.
Especially in the area of landscape architecture, nature’s requirement in
the city is one of our main concerns. We take on the huge task of making
every development a greener place by incorporating greeneries and
other natural elements. Indeed, we believe that any green development
seeks to include more of nature’s elements.
We congratulate PGBC on the success of GBA 2008 and we hope that
GBA will encourage more projects to contribute in making our city more
naturally green and pleasant.
Mr. Leslie Chen
President of HKILA
Message from Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects
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