CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Joint lunch party with underprivileged families at Harbour Cruise - Bauhinia
Participated in a charity walk 2014 held by Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youth
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The Group values the importance of corporate social responsibility ("CSR") and its impact on the community. The Group integrates CSR elements in its business activities and participates in or encourages its staff to take part in charitable activities to promote good corporate citizenship.
In 2014, our continuous commitments to community service and care of employees have been recognised by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service as a "10 years Plus Caring Company" for over ten consecutive years since 2003.
Our Staff Volunteer Team, formally established in 2008, served the community by participating in different community service events and charitable activities in the past years.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Group actively supports community service and encourages our staff to contribute their time and efforts in various charitable
and volunteer services.
During the year, the Group organised several CSR events at Harbour Cruise - Bauhinia. In July, August and November 2014, our Staff Volunteer Team participated in three joint lunch parties for free ride on board Harbour Cruise - Bauhinia, with a total of around 1,000 kids and their parents from underprivileged families, co-organised by the Group with Wofoo Social Enterprises, The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society Charity Fund ("CGSE Charity Fund") and Pok Oi Hospital respectively. The Staff Volunteer Team and the facilitators of each of the above
organisers arranged various amazing performances contributing to joyful parties. The Group had also continued to invite a group of 40 Mainland University students from China Candlelight of
Educational Fund for free ride and enjoy a buffet dinner on board Harbour Cruise - Bauhinia in August 2014.
The Group continues to support the events organised by the Community Chest. The Group encouraged staff to participate in "The Community Chest Skip Lunch Day", "Dress Casual Day 2014" and "The Community Chest Green Day 2014" held in March, September and November 2014 respectively, for raising funds for several social welfare services supported by the Community Chest and also continued to encourage staff to act green and live green, take a greener form of transport and reduce the carbon footprint at workplace by saving energy and resources. In the above events, the Group offered its support by matching the funds raised by the employees.
Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited Annual Report 2014
Apart from donations, the Group encouraged staff to participate in a charity walk 2014 held by Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youth with their families members on 18 October 2014. All participants enjoyed this meaningful charity event.
In August 2014, the Group encouraged staff to support for donating blood and join the Red Cross Blood Donation Day organised by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. Staff members voluntarily joined this meaningful event in order to spread their love to the one in need of blood.
Our volunteer team members visited the elderly at Pok Oi Hospital Mr. Ng Hung Mow Memorial Family Multiple Intelligences Centre (Tin Yiu) for distributing gifts to them in November 2014 and the people with disabilities at Wai Ji Christian Service Nam Shan Day Activity Centre before Christmas, which was held by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, for sharing love with them in December 2014.