Environment chief Wong Kam-sing's Ice Bucket Challenge has green focus
Environment chief makes serious point as he takes Ice Bucket Challenge
Another minister has risen to the Ice Bucket Challenge - this time also raising awareness about green issues.
A day after commerce chief Greg So Kam-leung took a freezing shower, environmental minister Wong Kam-sing poured a bucket of cold water over his head in Tamar Park. He was accompanied by his political assistant, Michelle Au Wing-tsz.
Clad in green, Wong opted to use water from a restaurant that had been used to clean rice, rain water and reusable ice packs, promoting waste reduction.
"Using sustainable resources, we can incorporate environmentally friendly concepts into this activity as well," Wong said.
The challenge, a recent social media import from the US, is intended to raise awareness and donations for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating motor neurone disease.
Wong pledged to donate US$100 to the ALS Association in the United States and HK$6,000 to the Hong Kong Neuro-Muscular Disease Association.
He acted in response to a challenge posed by lawmaker Kenneth Leung, who also drenched himself the day before in the company of lawmaker Charles Mok. Wong had 24 hours to act on the challenge.
