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Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung says bottled water will be phased out from vending machines at government facilities. (Sing Tao Daily)

S
OME vending machines at governmental “I call for citizens to adopt the habit of bringing
sports and leisure facilities have stopped their own bottles. I also ask for members from different
背 政務司司長張 selling small water bottles since late February, sectors of the community and corporations to step
景 建宗在網誌以 Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung (張建宗) forward and help reduce waste at the facilities,” he
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資 wrote in his blog. wrote.
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料
表示政府場地超 There are some 1,500 vending machines, of which In 2012, the government issued internal
過四成，即六百 40 percent – about 620 of them – stopped providing guidelines for its staff on environmental friendliness
多部自動售賣
bottled water. The remaining vending machines will and reducing waste, requiring government
機，已開始停售
塑膠樽裝水，其 also stop upon their next contract renewal or through departments to opt for reusable containers to provide
餘售賣機亦會陸 agreement. The move aims to encourage people drinks over disposable plastic bottles when preparing
續透過更新合約 to bring their own bottles and reduce the amount of for events and meetings.
或協議落實停售
waste. Greeners’ Action (綠領行動) welcomed the
安排，以鼓勵源
頭減廢。他指全 Cheung said people need not worry as there are government’s initiative to stop selling bottled water,
港公共設施有約 over 2,700 drinking fountains at government venues, and lauded it for stepping forward “as a role model for
二千七百部飲水
mostly at public sports stadiums, sports grounds and corporations to look up to”.
機，呼籲市民養
成自備水樽習 swimming pools, and more will be installed. (The Standard, 26 February, 2018)
慣。

Matthew Cheung blog Plastic not fantastic

@ goo.gl/JkMfuH
@ goo.gl/fTk3xS
Website Website
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5 March 2018
● Text : Lon Yan

6 words to know Worksheet

contract (n) 合約
• When you sign a contract, you are expected to honour it. Junior level
True, False, or Not Given
install (v) 安裝 State whether the sentences below are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG).
• A new air conditioner has been installed in our classroom.
1. There are about 2,700 vending machines at government venues. ___

adopt (v) 採取; 採用

• It will take time for new practices to be adopted. 2. Vending machines at government venues have stopped selling soft drinks. ___

internal (adj) 內部的 3. The government will not install more water fountains at its facilities. ___
• Internal company documents should not be leaked out.

4. Greeners’ Action lambasted the new measure. ___

reusable (adj) 可多次使用的
• Reusable lunch boxes are environmentally friendly.

Advanced level
initiative (n) 主動的行動; 倡議
• Hong Kong can benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative. A. Mind map
Please fill in the blanks below:

Content: he noted that 40 Content: the remaining machines

Writing tips percent of vending machines at will follow suit by agreement
government venues have stopped or when their 3. ________ are
Disposable is an adjective that means intended to be selling 2. ________. renewed.
thrown away after use.

– Disposable cups and utensils are creating a lot of

waste. Blog written by Matthew Cheung,
who is the 1. ________ of the
– Hospitals and clinics are all using disposable syringes
SAR government.
nowadays.

The word, when used to describe a person or idea,

means able to be dispensed with or easily dismissed. Call: he urged citizens to
Purpose: the aim of the new
5. ________ as there are
– As an employee, I certainly hope I am not disposable. measure is to reduce the
thousands of 6. ________ at
amount of 4. ________.
Disposable can also be used as a noun to mean an government facilities.
article designed to be thrown away after use.
Answers on P12
– We should stop buying disposables as these items
harm the environment. B. Critical thinking
Dispose is a verb that means to get rid of by throwing 1. Is it good to stop selling bottled water at vending machines? Why or why not?
away or giving or selling to someone else.
2. What are the problems with water in disposable plastic bottles?
– Some countries dispose of toxic waste in landfills.
3. Do you think bottled water should be banned altogether?
Dispose of, in informal usage, means to kill.
4. “Banning bottled water would limit consumers’ choices.” Discuss.
– Intelligence agencies dispose of enemy agents with no
5. Do you drink from water fountains? Why or why not?
mercy.