Annual Report 2022

Transport International Holdings Limited 2022 Annual Report 72 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Staff Benefits and Wellbeing To attract and retain talents, competitive benefits packages are offered, including annual leave, medical benefits, hospitalisation insurance, accident insurance and free bus travel for staff and dependents. In the reporting period, KMB and LWB strengthened the benefits packages for full-time employees by increasing the annual leave entitlement of frontline and clerical staff. We are committed to fostering a caring culture which covers both our staff members and their families. Since 2015, we have been providing a scholarship programme to support the tertiary education of the children of staff with satisfactory academic performance. As of 31 December 2022, there were more than 400 children of KMB and LWB staff members who had received a scholarship. We further launched an 8-week summer internship programme for our staff’s children in 2022, allowing students to understand their strengths and potentials and develop a better future career plan. Festive joy was brought to our staff across different festivals. We distributed to our staff Chinese New Year gifts and supermarket vouchers as Christmas presents. During the year, several initiatives were implemented which received overwhelming feedback from our staff. A series of “Appreciation Month” events was held to develop a work culture of unity, mutual appreciation and support. These included distributing beverages to frontline staff and shooting a “Thank You video” featuring the Management team and other co-workers from the frontline and back office. The purpose of the video was to thank all of our colleagues for their contributions and support to the Company, and bring positive energy to everyone in KMB and LWB. In 2022, KMB and LWB launched a series of health-related activities, such as health talks, free health book distribution, healthy meal menu available in staff canteens, to promote a healthy lifestyle. In October, “Health Awareness Month” was organised to actively promote physical and mental wellbeing through activities such as a Zentangle workshop, vaccination subsidy scheme and fruit distribution day on which members of the Management team joined in to keep up the morale of the frontline personnel. KMB and LWB continued to renovate and upgrade their working environments, especially for frontline staff, with improved rest facilities for staff to enjoy during rest breaks. In Club1933, a staff leisure area at Kowloon Bay Depot and Lai Chi Kok Depot, a pool table, an air hockey table and a table football are available for the enjoyment of all staff members. To promote work-life balance, KMB and LWB staff members are encouraged to participate in sports and leisure activities as well as voluntary work. As of the end of 2022, ten interest clubs were available for staff interested in singing, hiking, photography, basketball, table tennis, badminton, football, running, chess and dragon boat racing. Various activities, training, and competitions were organised to promote a healthy work-life balance and boost team spirit. In the most uncertain times like the one we faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting employees’ mental health is as important as other initiatives. KMB and LWB have engaged the Christian Family Service Centre to provide a counselling hotline service for staff members, including bus captains who need psychological assistance. The hotline service is available to staff and their family members 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. KMB and LWB have not only set up a scholarship programme for the children of staff but also encouraged their family members to participate in sports activities