Green Olympic in Green Olympic in Hong KongHong Kong

What is green?Green means looking after the natural world.

Green Olympic• Green Olympics is one of the three

main concepts of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

• The goal of Green Olympics is to organize the Olympic Games with the concept of sustainable development of protecting the environment, resources and ecological balance.

Green Olympic in Hong Kong

• Date:8th August,2008• Place: Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Ve

nue (Sha Tin)

Training Arena

A number of training arenas are converted from the Hong Kong Sports Institute and Penfold Park.

  Olympic Equestrian EventsOlympic Equestrian EventsDressageDressage

• Dressage is often called “equestrian ballet”. The horse is required to perform set movements, or freestyle to music, demonstrating close partnership with its rider.

Jumping Jumping

Jumping requires the Jumping requires the horse to jump and clear horse to jump and clear a series of obstacles, a series of obstacles, aiming for minimum aiming for minimum penalties incurred and penalties incurred and completion within a set completion within a set time.time.

Eventing Eventing Eventing comprises DresEventing comprises Dres

sage, Cross-Country and sage, Cross-Country and Jumping, with the winneJumping, with the winners decided on minimum rs decided on minimum total penalties. The Crostotal penalties. The Cross-Country test requires ts-Country test requires the horses to clear a seriehe horses to clear a series of natural obstacles on s of natural obstacles on a set course within the oa set course within the optimal time. ptimal time.

Our Suggestions:(Recycling and Reuse of Environmentally friendly Materials)

1. Put more recycling bins around the equestrian venues.

2. People are encouraged to use their reusable forks in the canteen. No take away services will be provided so as to reduce the use of packaging.

3. Use washable boxes as lunch boxes.3. Use washable boxes as lunch boxes.

4. Use the old magazine paper and 4. Use the old magazine paper and newspapers to wrap the souvenirs newspapers to wrap the souvenirs bought.bought.

ConclusionConclusion

We are proud of Hong Kong, because We are proud of Hong Kong, because Hong Kong can join the Olympic EquestrHong Kong can join the Olympic Equestrian Events. Hong Kong did a lot of preparian Events. Hong Kong did a lot of preparation works such as recycling of stable wation works such as recycling of stable wastes and reusing green energy . We look astes and reusing green energy . We look forward to seeing Olympic Equestrian Evforward to seeing Olympic Equestrian Events in August 2008.ents in August 2008.

Green Olympic

http://www.equestrian2008.org/eng/front.aspx

Members of this Group:

6B Lee Sen (21) 6B Leung Siu Wing (23)6B Kam Wing Hong (18)6B Chau Tsz Kit (10)6B Fung Tsz Yung (16)