The Star's Meng wins another green accolade

Meng Yew Choong (left), receiving the merit award for the CDL Environment Journalist of the Year from Singapore's Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, watched by SEC chairman, Isabella Loh and Esther An (right), CDL's head for corporate social responsibility.

SINGAPORE: The Star’s assistant editor Meng Yew Choong garnered two awards at the second edition of the Asian Environmental Journalism Award (AEJA 2013) here.

Organised by the Singapore Environment Council (www.sec.org.sg), AEJA honours journalists, bloggers and photographers from all over the region for their outstanding work on environmental issues.