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The Daily Star - HSBC CLIMATE CONTEST

Ctg round picks thirty kids

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Ctg
The daylong Chittagong divisional round of the "Junior Climate Champions" competition was held at Chittagong Collegiate School in Chittagong city yesterday amid fanfare and festivity.
The competition's three categories, poster designing, quiz and extempore speech, were participated by 667 enthusiastic students from classes VI to X of 48 educational institutions in Chittagong division.
After the evaluation of the submissions, classes VI to VIII in one scale and classes X and XI in another, 30 students, 10 from each category, were selected for participation in the national round.
The national round is scheduled to be held in the capital's Bangla Academy on September 20. The Sylhet divisional round was held on August 30 while the Dhaka divisional level is scheduled to be held on September 13.
HSBC and The Daily Star initiated the competition, aiming to create awareness among the young minds on climate change and its effect on the country and around the globe.
Yesterday's round started around 10:00am with 345 students taking part in the quiz competition. Afterwards, competitors gave extempore speeches and the event was followed by lunch.
Then the competitors indulged in the poster designing competition, portraying their creativity with strokes of their brushes on the canvasses on the theme "the most scenic beauty of Chittagong".
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One competitor, Sabrina Monsur of Bangladesh Navy School, told The Daily Star that the competition made her more aware about the environment.
Homaira Huda Shomee of Bangladesh Mohila Samity Girls' School and College said, "These initiatives will encourage us not to engage in activities that destroy and pollute the environment."
Thanking the competition initiators, one of the judges, Md Manzoorul Kibria of Chittagong University, expected every participant to turn into a climate hero in 10 to 15 years and to play a significant role in raising awareness on climate change.
"The arrangement is time-
befitting and I believe future generations, inspired by these kinds of initiatives, will give us a pollution free Bangladesh," said another judge, Prof Muhammad Edris Ali of Chittagong College.
Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Anwarul Azim Arif, addressing as chief guest, said, "Now, our surrounding environment is being destroyed. Students and youths should come forward to save the environment."
Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, managing editor ofThe Daily Star; Prof Abul Mansur; Abdullah Al Jubayer, manager of Corporate Sustainability of HSBC; and Shaila Sharmin of CU's Institute of Fine Arts were present.