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Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited Annual Report 2013

Corporate Social Responsibility

Invited Mainland University students from China Candlelight of Educational Fund

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.

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During the year, the Group organised several CSR events at Harbour Cruise Bauhinia. In February and July 2013, our members of the volunteer team participated in two joint lunch parties, with more than 300 people from unprivileged families of Sham Shui Po District and more than 320 kids

and their parents from deprived families, co-organised

by the Group with Social Welfare Department and Wofoo Social Enterprises respectively. The volunteer group and

the facilitators arranged various performance activities making the parties joyful and smiley ending. The Group had also continued to invite a group of 38 Mainland University students from China Candlelight of Educational Fund

for free ride and enjoy a buffet dinner on board Harbour

Cruise - Bauhinia in August 2013.

The Group continues to support the events organised by the Community Chest. The Group encouraged staff to participate in "The Community Chest Green Day 2013" event held in June 2013, which encouraged greener form of transport and

reduce the carbon footprint at workplace by saving energy and resources. In September 2013, our staff participated in the "Dress Casual Day 2013" event for raising funds for several social welfare services supported by the Community Chest. In both events, the Group offered its support by matching

the funds raised by the employees.

Apart from giving donations, the Group invited twenty-nine students from Nanyang Technology University, Singapore and also supported Dragon Hope Youth Exchange Program held by YouthCSEASS and invited more than twenty teachers and students from Mainland, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong to visit Hong Kong Shipyard of our Group in June and July 2013 respectively. Both the teachers and students enjoyed this meaningful visit.

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Joint lunch party with unprivileged families at Harbour Cruise - Bauhinia

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