Sustainability Report 2012 • 51
Employee Development
Our employee development programmes offer
a range of training, learning and development
activities, which not only enable our employees
to do their jobs ably and confidently, but also to
create a pool of talented and professional leaders
who we can draw on for our future leadership
needs. In addition to maximising the potential of
our people, our aim is to create a team of nimble
and proficient individuals who will rise to whatever
challenges they will need to face.
Highlighting our commitment in this direction, we
were delighted to be recognised as a “Manpower
Developer”by the Employees Retraining Board.
This award, which covers a duration of two
years, is based on five parameters – Leading a
Learning Culture, Resources Planning, Training and
Development Systems, Performance Development
and Corporate Social Responsibility, in a company’s
manpower training and development policies.
Towngas Engineering Academy
Our Towngas Engineering Academy (TEA)
is responsible for our technical training,
Professional Qualification and Superior Quality
Service functions. It also provides structured
and professional learning for employees and
contractors both in Hong Kong and mainland
China, and conducts Continuous Professional
Development (CPD) seminars with industry
specialists and leading academics participating
as guest speakers. In addition to our Technical
Training Centres in Hong Kong and Shandong,
regional training bases also operate in Sichuan and
Changchun. In March 2012, another centre was
opened in Shenzhen to meet the burgeoning need
for qualified professionals as our businesses grow
apace.
In addition to the graduate trainee and
apprenticeship schemes turning out qualified gas
engineers and technicians for the industry, TEA also
offers an internationally recognised chartership
route under the Institution of Gas Engineers and
Managers (IGEM). Expanding yet again in the
professional qualification development in 2012, it
received approval from the Hong Kong Institution
of Engineers to train young engineers in mainland
China via a two-year structured engineering
programme.
Recognising our efforts to promote
a smoke-free workplace, we won the
Grand Award in the Hong Kong Smoke-
free Leading Companies event organised
by the Hong Kong Council on Smoking
and Health (COSH). COSH also gave a
number of talks on the benefits of not
smoking and of living and working in a
smoke-free environment.
This Wenxin spirit spread to our retirees as well
when a formal club named“Towngas Buddy Club”
was formed to arrange regular gatherings and
visits. While also mobilising the buddies to take
part in our voluntary services in the future, the Club
seeks to continue bringing theWenxin spirit to
their retirement lives.
