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Manager Director’s Message 7
Looking Ahead
Throughout the year, the Company increased
efforts to encourage a family-friendly culture.
We continued to help our employees achieve a
good work-life balance by investing in a range
of activities for staff and their families. Towngas
persisted in promoting diversity and equal
opportunities while addressing our long-term
human capital challenges. We actively sought to
hire people with disabilities and improved our
facilities for them.
Giving back to our communities is hugely
rewarding, and we take part in voluntary social
services regularly. In 2016, our Towngas Volunteer
Service Team carried out 75,588 hours of
voluntary service in Hong Kong, and the Company
worked closely with a number of organisations
on a range of community programmes. Grouped
under the theme of “Inclusion and Diversity”,
these events included our first cooking contest
which involved hearing-impaired people and our
employees to promote social integration, as well
as a Hand-in-Hand Mooncakes-of-Love campaign
which celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with
ethnic minorities. In mainland China, our Gentle
Breeze Movement has accumulated a donation
of RMB2.9 million since its launch in 2013 to
enhance educational facilities and improve living
standards in remote rural villages.
Our total commitment to corporate social
responsibility earnt us two gold awards at the 7th
Outstanding Citizenship Awards organised by the
Hong Kong Productivity Council, a testimony to
the concerted efforts of our employees in social
care and environmental protection initiatives.
Towngas has secured a favourable position over
the years in driving sustainable development
through safe, high-quality services, green
innovation, technological advancement and a
diversified business portfolio. In the coming
years, we expect even more fruitful development
and innovation in sustainability, both in Hong
Kong and mainland China, thanks to the
initiatives, resources and the attention we gave
our projects in 2016. We will continue to review
our sustainability initiatives, performance and
disclosure levels. We value your thoughts and
opinions with sincerity, and look forward to your
ongoing support for our efforts towards achieving
ever-greater sustainability.
Alfred Chan Wing Kin
Managing Director
Instilling the Spirit of
Inclusion