Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Donates Trees to the Po Lin Monastery The “Tree Care Program”, an Environmental Protection Initiative is Launched

(August 14, 2009 - Hong Kong) The first activity of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort’s new environmental protection program, the "Tree Care Program" took place today! Hong Kong Disneyland Resort presented the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau with several dozen trees to promote environmental protection and celebrate the inauguration of the "Tree Care Program". The event was hosted by Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Managing Director Andrew Kam and the superintendent of the Po Lin Monastery Sik Wang-Tung.

The trees presented by Hong Kong Disneyland Resort were chosen to complement the geographical features of the monastery and have been planted on the balcony opposite the Giant Buddha. “We are grateful for these precious trees, I believe that Hong Kong Disneyland Resort’s ‘Tree Care Program’ will contribute to environmental protection in Hong Kong, and will make the city a better place,” said the superintendent of the Po Lin Monastery Sik Wang-Tung.

“I am delighted that Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and the Po Lin Monastery, two key tourist destinations of Hong Kong, can work together on environmental protection and tree conservation,” said Kam, “Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is passionate about environmental protection and it plays a big part in how we operate our business. With a million trees and plants at the Resort, tree conservation is also important and it is one of the reasons that we have launched the ‘Tree Care Program’. It seems fitting that the first activity in the program is the donation of these trees.”

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is dedicated to supporting a green environment. The “Tree Care Program” has been launched in order to share our resources with the community by organizing a series of green education and tree conservation activities, including tree appreciation for students, lectures by horticulturists and the donation of trees.