Annual Report 2019

(II) Promoting Harmonious Community TheGroup cares for vulnerable andminority groups and recognizes that understanding their needs is important to providing better help for them. We maintain long-term relationship with various charity bodies and support their efforts by donation, sponsorship, providing venue for free or at discounted rates and partnering with various community groups to organize activities to help people in need. Expressing our Care This year, our volunteer team continued working with Hong Chi Association to visit Hong Chi District Support Centre for the Mid- Autumn Festival celebration. Our team had spent a memorable afternoon with around 20 students with intellectual disabilities and their families. In addition, we have continued to arrange hotel visit for students from low-income families through Sheng Kung Hui Holy Carpenter Church, aiming to provide them with precious exposure outside of the classroom. The Group has been actively assuming corporate social responsibility. We bring together knowledge, resources, experience and effort of our employees, business partners and community organizations to nurture the next generation, promote a harmonious community and care for our environment. (I) Nurturing the Next Generation The development of the next generation is important to our future. We continue to invest our time, knowledge, and resources to partner with different educational and creative institutions to provide opportunities for our next generation to develop their interests and potential. OUR COMMUNITY Platform for Creativity Mira Place has continued to support local creativity by providing performance platform in our shopping malls. Same as previous years, we organized “Gimme LiVe Music Festival” and “MIRAcle Voice” which provided a good arena for young singers to show their talents. This year, as one of the landmarks in Tsim Sha Tsui district, Mira Place sponsored venue for winning work exhibition of “Create Your District Competition – TST” to encourage students demonstrating their creativity of designing an ideal community. We also sponsored the prize presentation ceremony and winning work exhibition for “Through the Eyes of Van Gogh Drawing Competition”, which was organized by Asian Pacific Arts and Creativity Education Exchange Association, to assist the creative students to showcase their talents to the public. Career Development Our Hotels have continued to organize career fairs, career seminars and hotel visits so as to share work experiences with students and interested parties. We have also arranged internship programs for local and overseas students to provide them with the opportunities to acquire knowledge and learn practical skills in the hospitality industry. In 2019, we offered 37 internships and arranged hotel visits for 63 visitors. Moreover, Mira Dining has partnered with the Salvation Army Education and Development Centre to deliver a mentoring program providing a series of pre-service orientation courses and 3-month full-time employment supported by assigned experienced mentors from our restaurants, which helped to develop the industrial knowledge and skillsets of the mentees and enhance their confidence and competitiveness. Furthermore, Mira Place sponsored the venue for the Flag Presentation Ceremony for the Hong Kong Delegation to The WorldSkills Competition 2019, which is hailed as the “Skill Olympics”, to support promoting the essence and benefit of vocational and professional education and training. Material Topics No Material Topics identified in this Aspect Environmental, Social and Governance Report Annual Report 2019 Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited 042