25 Aug 2008
Towngas Fosters Social Harmony through Mooncake Production
Towngas is dedicated to serving the community and enhancing the well-being of the underprivileged. Knowing that the 2008 Paralympic Games would take place during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Towngas co-organised a training programme cum competition on cooking in conjunction with the Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council (NAAC)'s Community University for the Disabled. The programme is aimed at reinforcing the values of social harmony and integration as the fundamental building blocks of a caring community, as well as encouraging people to take care of their families and those in need.
The programme set off with a mooncake production workshop, where students from the NAAC's Community University for the Disabled learned to make heart-shaped mooncakes as a token of support for the Paralympic Games athletes. The event was joined by several Hong Kong representatives to the Games, including So Wa-wai, Fan Pui-shan and Yu Chun-lai, to whom the students excitedly presented the mooncakes they just learned to make and gave their blessings.
The four-month training programme consists of a series of cooking courses, as well as two rounds of contests where participants can demonstrate their culinary skills.
Towngas' Head of Corporate Human Resources Margaret Cheng (back row 4th from left), NAAC Executive Director Tung Chi-fat (back row 2nd from left) and artiste Joyce Cheng (back row 3rd from left) picturing with other guests during the programme's inauguration ceremony.
