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GUOCOLAND CHINA ADOPTS BABY PANDA FOR LIFETIME
By Ng Che Yean
SICHUAN, April 11 (Bernama) -- GuocoLand China (GLC), a property arm of Hong Leong Bank in China, has extended its passion from humanity to endangered species protection, by adopting its first baby panda, HaoHao, whose names was derived from the name of 'GuocoLand' in Chinese for a lifetime.
According to recent statistics,, there are now only 1,600 pandas left in the wild due to massive habitat destruction.
The 600,000 Yuan donated by GLC will support ongoing panda protection, nursing and breeding research programmes.
GLC Group Managing Director, Violet Lee said, as a property arm of Malaysian conglomerate, Hong Leong Group, GLC hopes to bring in more Malaysian corporate involvement in the protection of the endangered species, since it is the first Malaysian company to adopt a panda for lifetime.
"I hope HaoHao will be a bridge that connects Malaysian and Chinese People, GLC will share HaoHao's growth stories with the public, especially Malaysians, so that they can understand the history and culture of China through the understanding of the panda," she said at the official adoption ceremony in Ya'AN BiFengxia Base, Sichuan province on Saturday (April 9).
Those who adopt a panda are given the opportunity to name the panda, and know the growth and health condition of their panda during adoption.
Adoption of HaoHao was just the first step of GCL's 'Passion' social responsibility programme said Lee who was honored as the first non-Chinese national Panda Charity Ambassador for her efforts to protect China's endangered species.
"It has to be a long term programme that we will be working out with the director of Wolong Conservation Centre. We hope that we can contribute to protect the environment and to create a more harmonious society for human beings and animals to co-exist."
"As a developer from Malaysia and Singapore, our aim is not only to provide eco-friendly buildings to people in China, but also to protect our environment and create awareness among the public."
More green Panda themed events will be planned for May 2011, when GLC launches conservation awareness raising initiatives to the public in conjunction with the opening of the Beijing Guoson Centre.
The Guoson Centre is Hong Leong Group’s first retail brand in China.
Lee said Little HaoHao will be featured as a star of Guoson Centre to create awareness among the people to protect the environment.
The eight-month-old panda HaoHao whose mother, Mei Qing was a survivor of the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008, is now living in the Ya'an Conservation Centre in Sichuan.
GLC actively carries out its commitment to environmental protection since its establishment in China since 1994 and its Guoson Centre green building project that included a 40,000 square-metre roof top garden, helped it win the Best International Mixed-use Development award at The International Property Awards for 2010.
Meanwhile, Yang HaiFeng, representative of the Beijing Dongcheng District Government told BERNAMA that the Dongcheng District Government strongly supported GuocoLand's contribution to environmental protection.
He said the government was considering to provide incentives for
environmental protection to encourage more companies to contribute towards environmental protection.
Haifeng said the Beijing Dongcheng District Government that has positioned environmental protection as one of its top priorities, had attended the ceremony to show the full government support to the company's efforts to protect China's national animal.
Zhang HeMin, the director of China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda, also known as 'Father of Giant Panda' meanwhile, called for more organizations to help protect pandas.
He said restoration work on the largest panda reserve in the world, the Wolong China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda that was destroyed during the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, as well as the new Chengdu Dujiangyan Panda Anti-disease Control Centre and Panda Research Centre, are expected to be completed by 2012.
SICHUAN, April 11 (Bernama) -- GuocoLand China (GLC), a property arm of Hong Leong Bank in China, has extended its passion from humanity to endangered species protection, by adopting its first baby panda, HaoHao, whose names was derived from the name of 'GuocoLand' in Chinese for a lifetime.
According to recent statistics,, there are now only 1,600 pandas left in the wild due to massive habitat destruction.
The 600,000 Yuan donated by GLC will support ongoing panda protection, nursing and breeding research programmes.
GLC Group Managing Director, Violet Lee said, as a property arm of Malaysian conglomerate, Hong Leong Group, GLC hopes to bring in more Malaysian corporate involvement in the protection of the endangered species, since it is the first Malaysian company to adopt a panda for lifetime.
"I hope HaoHao will be a bridge that connects Malaysian and Chinese People, GLC will share HaoHao's growth stories with the public, especially Malaysians, so that they can understand the history and culture of China through the understanding of the panda," she said at the official adoption ceremony in Ya'AN BiFengxia Base, Sichuan province on Saturday (April 9).
Those who adopt a panda are given the opportunity to name the panda, and know the growth and health condition of their panda during adoption.
Adoption of HaoHao was just the first step of GCL's 'Passion' social responsibility programme said Lee who was honored as the first non-Chinese national Panda Charity Ambassador for her efforts to protect China's endangered species.
"It has to be a long term programme that we will be working out with the director of Wolong Conservation Centre. We hope that we can contribute to protect the environment and to create a more harmonious society for human beings and animals to co-exist."
"As a developer from Malaysia and Singapore, our aim is not only to provide eco-friendly buildings to people in China, but also to protect our environment and create awareness among the public."
More green Panda themed events will be planned for May 2011, when GLC launches conservation awareness raising initiatives to the public in conjunction with the opening of the Beijing Guoson Centre.
The Guoson Centre is Hong Leong Group’s first retail brand in China.
Lee said Little HaoHao will be featured as a star of Guoson Centre to create awareness among the people to protect the environment.
The eight-month-old panda HaoHao whose mother, Mei Qing was a survivor of the Sichuan Earthquake in 2008, is now living in the Ya'an Conservation Centre in Sichuan.
GLC actively carries out its commitment to environmental protection since its establishment in China since 1994 and its Guoson Centre green building project that included a 40,000 square-metre roof top garden, helped it win the Best International Mixed-use Development award at The International Property Awards for 2010.
Meanwhile, Yang HaiFeng, representative of the Beijing Dongcheng District Government told BERNAMA that the Dongcheng District Government strongly supported GuocoLand's contribution to environmental protection.
He said the government was considering to provide incentives for
environmental protection to encourage more companies to contribute towards environmental protection.
Haifeng said the Beijing Dongcheng District Government that has positioned environmental protection as one of its top priorities, had attended the ceremony to show the full government support to the company's efforts to protect China's national animal.
Zhang HeMin, the director of China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda, also known as 'Father of Giant Panda' meanwhile, called for more organizations to help protect pandas.
He said restoration work on the largest panda reserve in the world, the Wolong China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda that was destroyed during the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, as well as the new Chengdu Dujiangyan Panda Anti-disease Control Centre and Panda Research Centre, are expected to be completed by 2012.
