by Zhangxin Zheng | Dec 6, 2018 | Community, environment, Ho Ching, mwer, nea, Perspectives, plastic
Plastic pollution is an imminent environment problem and, increasingly a health concern. Many corporate and national leaders are paying attention to this issue and apparently so does our Prime Minister’s wife, Ho Ching, who also heads Temasek Holdings. Advertisement...
by Zhangxin Zheng | Nov 28, 2018 | Abroad, environment, Hong Kong, lantau island, News, plastic, wildlife
Hong Kong is made up of some 263 islands. Advertisement The largest one is called Lantau Island, and it’s a popular tourist destination. And on this island lives a famous bull named Billy, who lived on Pui-O beach. Photo from 貝澳牛傳奇 – ‘Billy’ – The Pui O legendary cow...
by Grace Yeoh | Nov 23, 2018 | colleagues, Culture, DBS, eco-conscious, environment, Events, name and shame, plastic, recycle, recycle more waste less, reduce, reuse, sponsored ad, sustainable living, work
Cover image for illustrative purposes. As workaholics who have too much to do and too little knowledge in the way of time management, most of the RICE team eats a sad desk lunch at least once a week. When we do, we dabao from the nearest hawker centre. We don’t bring...
by Grace Yeoh | Nov 9, 2018 | clothes, crafting, Culture, DBS, Events, Fashion, plastic, recyclable, recycle more waste less, recycling, sustainable fashion
I never thought I’d need to revisit the nightmare that was Home Economics until I was tasked, for this story, to create an entire outfit from recyclables to help reduce my carbon footprint. Me, the student who once coerced her domestic helper into doing all her Home...
by Zhangxin Zheng | Oct 22, 2018 | Abroad, environment, News, plastic, preschool, UK, United Kingdom
Marine pollution is one of the consequences of irresponsible disposal of waste into open waters. A quick encapsulation of this reality is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of plastic, floating trash halfway between Hawaii and California. The Daily Mail...
by Zhangxin Zheng | Oct 4, 2018 | environment, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, National Environment Agency, News, Parliament, plastic
Should the government levy charges for all single-use carrier bags to discourage the wastage of plastics in Singapore? Member of Parliament Louis Ng raised an adjournment motion in Parliament to urge Singapore to address the plastic waste problem — which, he argues,...
