{"id":98856,"date":"2021-06-15T15:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hong-kong.afssite.afs.org\/?page_id=98856"},"modified":"2024-08-14T17:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:04:52","slug":"towngas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.afs.hk\/en\/scholarship\/towngas\/","title":{"rendered":"Towngas Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) has been providing full scholarships to their employee&#8217;s children to join AFS overseas exchange programs since 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Towngas<\/strong><br \/>\nFounded in 1862, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited is Hong Kong\u2019s first public utility. Today, they are one of the largest energy suppliers in Hong Kong, operating with world-class corporate management and leading-edge business practices. For the past years, Towngas has grown with Hong Kong, evolving from the simple gas company supplying fuel for street lamps to their current leading position in the energy industry of mainland China and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towngas.com\/en\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a> to visit the Towngas website to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Activities<\/strong><br \/>\nA Tea Party is organized by Towngas every year as a gathering with AFS board members, staff and sponsored exchange students:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">27 June 2019<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98857\" src=\"https:\/\/d22dvihj4pfop3.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/06\/15151335\/towngas-20190627-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">25 June 2018<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98861\" src=\"https:\/\/d22dvihj4pfop3.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/06\/15151342\/towngas-20180625-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">13 July 2017<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98859\" src=\"https:\/\/d22dvihj4pfop3.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/06\/15151338\/towngas-20170713-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) has been providing full scholarships to their employee&#8217;s children to join&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"parent":92811,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98856","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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