OREANDA-NEWS. June 17, 2013. Since 2009, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) has launched the ‘Low Carbon Action!’ campaign to encourage Hong Kong people to join hands in reducing carbon emissions. This year, Towngas has specially organized “Towngas Rice Dumplings Wrapped With Love” event at Flame at Towngas Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui to demonstrate how to live a low - carbon lifestyle during the traditional Dragon Boat Festival.

Members of the Towngas Volunteer Team showed 20 single - parent families living in Tung  Chung how to wrap low carbon rice dumplings, spreading love and care to these families while kicking off its annual charitable campaign “Towngas Rice Dumplings for The Community”.

Through the campaign, Towngas will wrap and distribute 230,000 rice dumplings to the less fortunate in June.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Towngas has invited various organizations to organize and participate in the charitable campaign “Towngas Warmth & Care FAmly Food Assistance Program”, passing on love and care into the community, especially those in need. Towngas also organized the “Towngas Warmth and Care Fresh Food Aid Programme” at last year’s Towngas 150th anniversary, offering fresh, nutritious food packs to 150 single - parent families living in Tung Chung and Kwai Chung area twice a week.

To extend further love and care to these families during the Dragon Boat Festival, Towngas has collaborated with Cook Easy to make rice dumplings to the benefiting families.

In addition, 30 single - parent families from Tung Chung are invited to join the “Towngas Rice Dumplings Wrapped With Love” event. An impromptu wrapping demonstration by instructor from the Towngas Cooking Centre was presented on stage while Towngas volunteers assisted the families in wrapping the colorful low carbon red bean rice dumplings. Not only passing on the culinary tradition to younger generation, Towngas volunteers were able to instill awareness on environmental protection, enabling families to understand the importance of low carbon living which can be achieved through a low carbon diet. The event also gave the opportunity for parents and children to pre-celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival while enjoying the fun of cooking together.

Mr. Peter Wong Wai Yee, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer – Utilities Business of Towngas said “This is the fourteenth year for Towngas in organizing “Towngas Rice Dumplings for The Community” charity campaign and we have mobilized volunteers from 18 districts to help wrap and distribute 230,000 low carbon rice dumplings to people in need throughout Hong Kong. This year, we have specially invited benefiting families from “

Towngas Warmth & Care Family Food Assistance Program” to participate in the event where  they can experience warmth and care during this festive time through the hands - on wrapping led by the Towngas Volunteer team. This is also a great opportunity for Towngas to promote low carbon living by advocating a low carbon diet during Dragon Boat Festival.”