As part of a ‘UNIfy: Skip the Straw’ Campaign jointly organized by eight publicly-funded universities of the Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium (of which CUHK is a member)*, CUHK held a ‘No Straw Day’ on campus on 14 March. The following canteens/cafes/restaurants rendered support to the ‘No Straw Day’:
1. Benjamin Franklin Centre Coffee Corner
2. Benjamin Franklin Centre Vegetarian Food Shop
3. Lee Shau Kee Building Coffee Shop
4. Women Cooperative Store
5. Chung Chi College Student Canteen
6. Li Wai Chun Building Coffee Shop
7. Orchid Lodge
8. New Asia College Student Canteen
9. United College Student Canteen
10. United College Si Yuan Amenities Centre
11. SeeYou@Shaw
12. Morningside College Dining Hall
13. Canteen of S.H. Ho College
14. Wu Yee Sun College Student Canteen
15. Lee Woo Sing College - WS Pavilion
16. Lee Woo Sing College - The Harmony
17. Lee Woo Sing College - Cafe Tolo
18. Lee Woo Sing College – The Green
19. Café 330
Earlier on, CUHK has also joined Ocean Park Conservation Foundation’s ‘No Straw’ Campaign, which runs from November 2017 to July 2018. The latest ‘UNIfy: Skip the Straw’ Campaign aims to raise student and staff awareness about disposable plastic waste via a joint-U platform and generate a greater impact by having eight institutions work towards the same goal.
*The eight publicly-funded universities are: City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The University of Hong Kong
‘UNIfy: Skip the Straw’ Campaign poster: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cpso/documents/2018UnifySkipStraw.jpg
'UNIfy: Skip the Straw' webpage: http://www.hkscc.edu.hk/activities/skip-the-straw
