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Tony is Vice Chair of Hong Kong Architecture Centre, a non-profit organisation that aims at creating interaction between architecture and the general public in Hong Kong. Implementing the vision into practice is the final step in promoting green architecture in Hong Kong. When planning re-development for our community, elements of environmental protection can be given priority to make our community more livable and sustainable. Many buildings in Hong Kong are very old as they were constructed a long time ago. Third, urban re-development can serve to promote environmental protection. We can all do more in integrating our daily life with the nature. Our daily consumption of energy is affecting the earth. Second, a balance should be struck between the people and the nature so that the two can co-exist. This is the key to success in promoting environment protection in Hong Kong. To this end, behaviour change ought to be encouraged among the Hong Kong people. First, a green neighbourhood and green community should be promoted. Tony’s vision for a more environmental-friendly Hong Kong comprises three parts. Vision for an Environmental-friendly Hong Kong Finally, Tony realised that it is of utmost importance for Hong Kong, a high-rise and high-density city, to protect its environment.
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He then shared his thoughts with and got further inspired by many people, one of whom was Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment of the Hong Kong SAR. Inspired by that travel experience, Tony wonders there shall be a way for the nature and human beings to co-exist and achieve a win-win. The mayor’s administration won huge public support and contributed to at least three successful re-elections. The mayor of the city was an architect who has a clear vision of building a environmental-friendly city. In the summer of 2004, Tony won a student traveling scholarship from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects which funded a 16-day trip to more than 10 cities in the western hemisphere.Ĭuritiba, a Brazilian city dubbed the most sustainable city of the world, as it then was, impressed Tony with the quality of its citizens, the tidiness of its streets, and its rubbish recycling system. Tony’s new dream originated from his travel experience to the South American. Eventually, Tony realised his dream of reading architecture at the University of Hong Kong and became a registered architect in Hong Kong.Īrchitecture for Environmental SustainabilityĪfter becoming an architect, Tony has a new dream, that is, make use of architecture to help regenerate the environment. After that, he continued to obtain a number of degrees of different disciplines. He first studied engineering at the university. Tony’s road to becoming an architect is not one without challenges. The experience further strengthened his belief that architecture is an important and grand cause. Wishing to become an architect, Tony took Arts in a secondary school public exam and studied this subject by himself.
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The funny cartoon characters, according to Tony, were the source of his love for design and drawing. Living in Sham Shui Po in the teenage period, a district crowded with the working class of Hong Kong society, watching cartoon was one of Tony’s hobbies in his leisure time. Since he was very young, Tony developed a strong interest in design and drawing. Interview by JCI Queensway - "A Dream for a Better Hong Kong"Ī knowledgeable architect and a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2016, Tony IP always has a dream for a better Hong Kong: more environmental-friendly, more energy-saving, and most important of all, more livable.