Guests listen attentively to the talk on “Healthy Lifestyle, Vegetarian Diet and Environmental Protection.”

Art work made by the children using recycled paper and material.

[Hong Kong] On October 18, Golden Year 5 (2008), the Hong Kong Center was invited to hold a seminar on “Healthy Lifestyle, Vegetarian Diet and Environmental Protection” at the Tsuen Wan Trade Association Yau Kin Fung Kindergarten. Participants included teachers, students, parents, school board members and principals from many other schools. We showed a global warming video produced by Supreme Master Television, and then elaborated on the detrimental effects of the meat diet on the environment and our health, in contrast to the many benefits of the vegetarian diet. The guests listened attentively and responded positively. After the seminar, several school principals invited us to give similar talks at their schools, to help promote the ideal of going veg to save the planet.

The Hong Kong fellow initiates lovingly prepared lots of attractive, aromatic and delicious vegan snacks to share with the guests, who were deeply impressed by the delectable vegetarian delicacies. We also contributed Master’s publications to the kindergarten. Its principal, Ms. Guan Bi-juan, often ate vegetarian meals and encouraged her colleagues to also enjoy vegetarian food.

Kindergarten Principal Ms. Guan Bi-juan presents a letter of appreciation to The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association.

We hope every school will endeavor to help its students understand the significance of the vegan diet in relation to environmental protection, and thereby ensure a bright future for the Earth.

Local Communities Invited
to Join “Be Veg” Campaign

Beginning this past August, local initiates have been holding a series of “Be Veg, Reduce CO2 to Fight Global Warming” activities in communities throughout Hong Kong. We have explicitly designed many interesting programs, such as singing and dance performances, seminars, and quizzes, to direct greater attention from people, including youngsters, to the relationship between the vegan diet and global warming and the fact that the vegan diet is the most effective solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. We also prepare delicious vegetarian snacks for sampling. In addition to distributing SOS flyers, billboards are also set up to effectively disseminate the Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet message.

To meet the increasing demand of vegetarian food in the financial center, Hong Kong - Buddha Hut was opened in Amoy Plaza in April, Golden Year 4 (2007). Since then, its popularity quickly grew and the news media soon became interested. Reports about the restaurant appeared in major newspapers like the Oriental Daily News, Apple Daily, The Sun, Headline Daily, Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao and Sing Pao. Magazines including Weekend Weekly, Food Lovers, Sudden Magazine and 3Weekly gave favorable reports. The Internet also played a role in spreading the good news as well as commercial radio and the top television channel TVB, which aired stories during peak broadcasting hours.

Buddha Hut quickly became known as a healthy and environmentally friendly vegetarian fast-food restaurant, probably the first of its kind in Hong Kong. As 3Weekly wrote, “Buddha Hut has opened a new era of high-quality fast food.” In both 2007 and 2008, it entered the Quality Tourism Services Scheme (QTS) at the invitation of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, posting menus with photos on the board’s website so that visitors could see this new attraction of Hong Kong. In addition, one of the city’s most prestigious books, Strong and Prosperous China, has put Buddha Hut in a prominent spot, the inner front page with detailed coverage about the restaurant. It’s now evident that people are changing their eating habits as Buddha Hut has gained importance in China’s modern day dining culture.

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