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Handmade flowers from recycled plastic bags at Chingay 2015

SINGAPORE – Next year’s Chingay parade will showcase a special contribution by Singaporeans: Flowers handmade from recycled plastic bags.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches We Love SG FLowers Community Engagement Programme at Teck Ghee Community Club. Photo: Don Wong

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launches We Love SG FLowers Community Engagement Programme at Teck Ghee Community Club. Photo: Don Wong

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SINGAPORE – Next year’s Chingay parade will showcase a special contribution by Singaporeans: Flowers handmade from recycled plastic bags.

The People’s Association (PA) aims to gather at least one million such flowers, which will be used to form a large display at the event slated for Feb 27 and 28 at the F1 Pit Building, as part of its Chingay 2015 Community Engagement Programme.

The initiative, titled We Love Sg Flowers, is also aimed at encouraging Singaporeans to be environmentally conscious.

The programme was launched today (April 27) by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as he joined some 500 residents from his Teck Ghee ward to fold flowers at the Teck Ghee Community Club (CC).

PA Chief Executive Director Ang Hak Seng said the flowers are “very simple to make, so all Singaporeans can participate”.

“Chingay next year is going to be special one because we are celebrating Singapore’s 50th birthday,” he added. “This sea of flowers will form the backdrop and key feature of Chingay 2015 Opening, and will be the gift from our people to our Singapore.”

Grassroots organisations such as Residents Committees and Neighbourhood Committees will kick start the drive by collecting recycled plastic bags from residents.

PA will also invite external partners such as schools, religious bodies, clan associations and private companies to join in the programme.

After Chingay, the flowers will be distributed for display at the PAssionArts Festival 2015 across the island from April to May, and in celebration of Singapore’s 50th birthday. Thereafter, they can continue to be kept by CCs, or be sold for recycling with proceeds to go to charity.

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