KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day last Thursday with the launch of its Green Generation exhibition.

The exhibition, supported by the Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing, City Hall, and Local Agenda 21 Kuala Lumpur, is about the need to preserve the environment. 

Local Agenda 21 forges partnerships between the local authority, private sector and local communities to plan and care for their environment, ensuring sustainable development.

Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Phesal Talib who launched the exhibition said Earth Day is for everyone to learn about caring for the planet, and encouraging them to take an active role in environmental protection and preservation. 

One of the objectives of the National Green Technology Policy was to ensure sustainable development and conserve the environment for future generations.

He said the ministry fully supports local government agencies, NGOs, individuals or groups who keep the country clean and green. 



Participants of the Green Generation exhibition included the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry, Alam Flora, Perbadanan Putrajaya, Global Environment Centre, Yayasan Anak Warisan Alam, Resource Recylers and Justlife.

The exhibition, one of the hotel's corporate social responsibility projects, will be on till May 15. Admission is free.

Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur general manager Simon Leong said its Green Heart and Green Generation campaign started with Earth Hour on March 27 and ends on May 22. 

He said there will be activities to promote environmental awareness every Saturday till May 22.

The hotel aims to practise the 5Rs, namely, reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse and reward. 

It will reduce water and electricity consumption and plant more trees, encourage guests to reuse bed linen and towels if they are staying more than one day and make compost out of food waste.

The hotel has pledged to recycle water bottles, glassware, paper, cans and shopping bags and "refuse" the use of harmful pesticides, ozone depleting gas from R 11 to R 134, incandescent light bulbs and chlorine.

"Our reward is in helping to save planet earth," said Leong.

The hotel is organising a recycling sculpture competition for primary schoolchildren. 

Application forms can be downloaded from www.fhihotels.com .