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Graduate Trainees (GTs) continue to be the life-
blood of our leadership talent pipeline. In 2016,
we hired 10 fresh graduates from universities in
Hong Kong and overseas, and 16 frommainland
Chinese universities. We strongly encourage cross-
learning among young talent in different locations to
Towngas Engineering Academy Training in 2016
Graduate Trainee Programme
Towngas MasterCraft Campaign
Training Man-hours
Employees Trained
Continuing Professional Development Seminars
1,967
1,483
Technical Training (Hong Kong)
45,497
3,098
Technical Training (Mainland China)
143,612
6,934
In 2015, we launched the Total Quality
Management programme in mainland China
to improve safety standards, work quality and
services. Leading on from this, in 2016 we
launched the Towngas “MasterCraft” campaign
across the Group. This campaign was designed to
build and promote a culture of aesthetics, attitude
and work quality, and increase self-esteem,
among frontline staff.
Two competitions for Towngas MasterCraft
Awards were held for contestants from our JVs
189,109
Technical
Training Hours
were reached by OUR
EMPLOYEES
facilitate the active exchange of ideas. An example
of this was the cross-learning networking event we
arranged for trainees in three locomotives so they
could collaborate and understand more about one
another's business functions.
and Hong Kong operations in September and
December 2016 respectively. In mainland China,
we held roadshow events in nine regions, which
attracted 274 teams to join. In the Hong Kong
contest, a total of 85 teams from commercial
and engineering divisions and contractors took
part. They competed by demonstrating their
craftsmanship with the “Four Senses, Two
Requirements and Six Aesthetic Standards”
needed to win the Towngas MasterCraft Awards.