Annual Report 2019

93 年報 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS 董事會報告書 遵守法律及規定 （續） 此外，本集團已開始越來越重視性別平等和保 護女性的權益，以及遵守相關香港法律，例如 《性別歧視條例》（其基本原則也列載於《基 本法》中）及相關中國法律，例如《婦女權益 保障法》和《女職工勞動保護特別規定》。為 進一步了解這一議題，本公司已派代表參加了 由婦女事務委員會（一個積極參與婦女賦權 和晉升的組織）於二零一八年舉辦的一些有關 性別平等和性別主流化的活動，例如參與如何 由性別主流化去推動職場潛力發展的研討會 （「研討會」），以了解女性目前在商界的角色 和地位及各方對性別主流化的關注。而為對上 述事宜作出回應及將這些學到的知識付諸實 行，本集團已制訂了《防止職場性騷擾政策》 以表示本集團對僱員（特別是女性僱員）的尊 重。 本集團亦注意到人力資源管理的重要性，而本 公司代表亦從研討會上了解並已傳達良好人 力資源管理對有效地去處理工作間語言衝突 時的重要性的訊息。另外，本公司董事會亦已 通過採納二零二零年的可計量目標，其目標為 建立一個健康的工作場所，鼓勵工作與生活平 衡。進一步人力資源管理之討論將載列於即將 發佈之二零一九年度環境、社會及管治報告 內。 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS (continued) Furthermore, the Group has started to attach more importance to gender equality and the protection of women’s interests, as well as on the compliance with the related laws of Hong Kong such as the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, which the underlying principle is also enshrined in the Basic Law, and related laws of PRC such as the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests and Special Rules on the Labour Protection of Female Employees. To acquire further knowledge on this topic, we have nominated a representative to participate in activities related to gender equality and gender mainstreaming such as participating in Seminar on Gender Mainstreaming to unleash potential in the workplace (the “Seminar”) organised by the Women’s Commission (An organization which actively engages in activities in relation to women empowerment and advancement) in 2018 for the purpose of understanding the current role and status of women in business sector and different parties’ concerns on gender mainstreaming. In the light of the need to address these issues and to put our knowledge into practice, the “Policy on Prevention on Sexual Harassment at Workplace” has been formulated as a way of the Company to show respect to our employees, especially female employees. The Group also notes the importance on human resource management in which the representative of the Company has learnt from the Seminar that good human resource management on effective communication when handling verbal violence at work and such message has been conveyed. In addition, a new measureable objectives of 2019 has been adopted by the Board to build a healthy workplace that encourages work life balance. Further discussion on human resource management will be also contained in the 2019 ESG Report (to be published).