Lights Out Hong Kong

Lights Out Hong Kong (香港熄燈 or 888熄燈) is a campaign in Hong Kong to protest against the city's air pollution. Organisers of the campaign urged people in Hong Kong to switch off their lights for 3 minutes at 8pm on 8/8/2006 as a statement of protest. Campaign organisers hope that the campaign will raise awareness for the issue of air pollution in Hong Kong and urge the government to take action against it. The campaign has gained support from a number of green groups and corporations, and the music duo At17 has volunteered to promote it.

Participation

Despite the fact that few businesses actually turned off their lights at the suggested time, Lights Out Hong Kong organiser Alastair Robins claimed that the campaign was a success, as the goal was to raise public and government concerns about air pollution. In particular, Chief Executive Donald Tsang refused to support the campaign with a delay of the nightly light show, "Symphony of Lights", which started at 8 pm. In a reply to the request made to delay the light show, Donald Tsang said that the campaign could "give adverse publicity to Hong Kong as an international metropolis and a major tourist attraction." [ [http://www.csid.com.cn/NewsInfo.asp?NewsId=41567 News article at China Sustainable Industrial Development Network] ]

upporters

*Friends of the Earth (HK)
*WWF Hong Kong
*Greenpeace
*Green Power
*Green Student Council
*Green Sense

Corporate Supporters

*Dairy Farm
*Wellcome
*PARKnSHOP
*IKEA
*Ricoh
*7-Eleven
*Fortress
*Mannings
*Watsons
*Vanguard
*KCR Corporation
*MTR Corporation
*Diners Professional Translation Services
*Pacific Coffee Company
*Saatchi and Saatchi
*People Mountain People Sea
*The Hyperfactory

ee also

*Action Blue Sky Campaign
*Air pollution
*Environmental organisation

References

External links

* [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:zO0MXjUNl10J:www.lightsout.com.hk/+%22Lights+Out+Hong+Kong%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6 Google cached version of Lights Out Hong Kong official website]
* [http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MTk5MzQ Lights Out Hong Kong article] at World Business Council for Sustainable Development