The Star's Meng bags prestigious environs award

The Star's Meng Yew Choong (right) receiving the winner's certificate from Dr Roland Busch, Siemens AG's board member as well as CEO for its infrastructure and cities sector, in London on Wednesday.

LONDON: The Star’s assistant editor Meng Yew Choong has been named the Asean-Pacific winner of this year’s Siemens Green Techno­logy Journalism Award.

His piece “All Powered By Fossil Fuels” revealed how dependent Malaysia is on fossil fuels, right from electricity generation to transportation.