Annual Report 2020

Supporting the Challenged While the prolonged pandemic has brought a severe economic impact on every sector of the economy in Hong Kong, Miramar Group, as a landlord, has felt a sense of responsibility to tenants to walk through the tough time hand-in-hand with them through providing various supports, including rental assistance, especially for those in retail and food and beverage industries, and small and medium enterprises as well. In view of the limited supply of essential anti-epidemic items during the pandemic, the Group has donated 1,800 pieces of surgical masks to the children in need through S.K.H Holy Carpenter Church Community Centre to ease their burden. In addition, with dedication to high standards of cleanliness and safety, we have arranged one of our hotels, Mira Moon, to participate in the “designated quarantine hotels scheme” launched by the Government so that travelers arriving at Hong Kong can undergo quarantine in the hotel to minimize the chance of cross-infection between travelers and the local community. (II) 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 various educational and creative institutions to provide opportunities for our next generation to develop their interests and potential. Career Development Our Hotels have regularly organized career fairs, career seminars and hotel visits for students and interested parties for them to gain work experiences. We have also offered 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 the past 3 years, we have trained up 79 interns and arranged hotel visits for 153 visitors. Platform for Creativity Mira Place has continued to support local creativity by providing performance platform in our shopping malls. Same as in previous years, we organized “Gimme LiVe Music Festival” themed of “LiVe GOES ON” with the aim not only of providing a good arena for young singers to demonstrate their talent but also bringing about positive energy to our community through music in this challenging time. A set of comprehensive hygiene and social distancing controls was implemented to safeguard the health and safety of the participants, such as limiting the number of live audience, adequate distance in between seating, provision of disinfection channel and temperature checking at entrance, etc. We have also shared our show on public livestream broadcast for the first time so that everyone could put aside their stress and enjoy the show at home. Furthermore, we also offered venues at a discount for the popup collection markets organized by Dreamcatcher and LocoLoco in Mira Place in support of local designers to showcase their creations to the public. 046 Environmental, Social and Governance Report Annual Report 2020 Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited