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Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited

Annual Report 2013

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Corporate Social Responsibility (Continued)

Seminar on "Innovative Quality Improvement"

Hang Seng Pan Pearl River Delta Environmental Awards 2012/13 Presentation Ceremony

EMPLOYEES DEVELOPMENT

The Group provided various seminars and workshops to staff of different levels and positions. The seminars and workshops were organised by internal departments and external organisations to enhance the job-skills of the staff. The Company recruited IVE students as helpers to help out in various external fairs, and also employed undergraduate

students from local universities as intern to provide learning

opportunities to them throughout the year.

The Group provides sponsorship to employees to attend training courses organised by professional institutions from time to time to enhance their professional and technical knowledge. Since April 2010 to present, the Company has been awarded the title and logo of "Manpower Developer 1st" by Employees Retraining Board in recognition of our support to staff training and development in Hong Kong.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

The Group continues to contribute to the preservation of the environment and its resources: minimising environmental impacts of our development projects by implementing an effective safety management system, compliance

to statutory requirements, maintaining consciousness of environmental protection and being considerate to neighborhood and passers-by, etc. The Group encouraged its subsidiary companies to contribute to the recycling of the food remains and waste to protect the environment. The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited and The Hong Kong Shipyard Limited are granted the "3 Years + Entrant and Green Participant" and the "Green Medal" respectively under the "Hang Seng Pan Pearl River Delta Environmental Awards 2012/13" which is jointly organised by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Hang Seng Bank in recognition of their contribution to environmental protection.

In order to express our concern on climate change and to encourage staff to adopt a low-carbon lifestyle, the Company and various subsidiary companies joined the event of "Earth Hour 2013" organised by World Wide Fund for Nature and the event of "Hong Kong No Air-con Night 2013" organised by Green Sense. We also encouraged our staff to support these events through our internal communications.