“A Better World That Is Close To Nature”

PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with World Environment Day on June 5, S P Setia Bhd is teaming up with TheEdgeProperty.com to hold a photo contest for all readers and online users of TheEdgeProperty.com.

Participants are invited to send in original photos with captions based on the theme “A Better World That Is Close To Nature”.

Through this simple photo contest, the organisers aspire to help drive home not only the beauty and importance of Mother Nature but more significantly, the message that all of us must never take the environment for granted.

S P Setia president and chief executive officer Datuk Khor Chap Jen said photos are a way to document what is happening around us particularly when change affects us, and they also help us remember that particular moment in our lives.

“Through this World Environment Day photo contest, we would like to encourage TheEdgeProperty.com readers to take a moment to think of what would make this world a better place for them in an environmental context,” he added.

Khor noted that the photos would serve as reminders of how people can make a difference for the environment.

“If everyone does a simple act of kindness to Mother Nature, can you imagine the overall impact?”

Since 2008, S P Setia has launched various activities in conjunction with World Environment Day such as the Setia Planting Positivity Campaign, Eco Cyclothons, Green Walk and Eco-marathon to heighten the public’s awareness of major environmental issues.

“This year, besides having our own activities, we decided to work with TheEdgeProperty.com. We would like to reach as many stakeholders as we can in the drive to increase awareness of the environmental challenges the world is currently facing,” said Khor.

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Meanwhile, The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd and The Edge Property Sdn Bhd managing director Au Foong Yee said “going green” has become a highly marketable concept for property developers in a climate of environmental challenges.

“The prospect of investing or staying in a home that is truly ‘green’ is indeed compelling,” she added.

She noted that it is important for consumers to differentiate one green development from another and not be blinded by the “green” labelling of a project for mere commercial reasons.

“Making available a simplistic rain water harvesting gadget, for instance, does not make a home ‘green’. Neither is the mere north-south orientation of a building,” she emphasised.

The World Environment Day photo contest runs from June 5 to 30, and is open to all Malaysians, above 18 years old.

Participants can submit photos that best illustrate their feelings about nature and write a short caption of not more than 30 words to describe these touching moments.

The pictures must be hashtagged with #setiaedgepropwed2016.

Participants can submit the photos through Instagram, Facebook and TheEdgeProperty.com website.

The top 50 photos will be selected through an online voting system. The judges, who will include representatives from TheEdgeProperty.com and S P Setia, will choose the five best photos with captions matching the theme “A Better World That Is Close To Nature”.

There are breathtaking moments that words alone cannot describe. Share with us those moments and stand a chance to win attractive prizes that include a foldable bike, motion camera and pedometer!

For more information, log on to http://marketing.theedgeproperty.com.my/photocontest/

This story first appeared in TheEdgeProperty.com pullout on June 3, 2016, which comes with The Edge Financial Daily every Friday. Download TheEdgeProperty.com here for free.

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