Annual Report 2022

2022 Annual Report Transport International Holdings Limited 79 Serving the Community We continuously take steps to understand the needs of our community and actively support various initiatives in society. We leverage the Group’s business strengths and resources to optimise positive social impacts, mainly through engagement with the elderly and nurturing youth development. Donation of Retired Bus and Bus Stop Pole To support sustainability and recycling and help people in need, we have donated retired buses and bus stop poles to schools and elderly homes. KMB launched the Donation of Used and Retired Bus Programme in 2016 to donate used and retired buses to schools and non-profit organisations. The buses can be regenerated explicitly to meet the creative learning needs of schools or non-profit organisations. For the Donation of Caring Bus Stop Pole Programme, we donated tailor-made bus stop poles to elderly homes to help prevent seniors with dementia from wandering and going missing as well as assisting them in receiving treatment. The list of beneficiary schools/non-profit organisations that received a donated bus or bus stop pole in 2022 is as follows: Retired Bus Donation Cannan Kindergarten & Nursery and Shatin Public School. Bus Stop Pole Donation Caritas Fung Wong Fung Ting Home; Elderly Chinese Home in Australia; Hongchi Pinehill School; Po Leung Kuk Sai Ying Pun Home for the Elderly cum Day Care Centre for the Elderly; TWGHs Fong Shu Chuen Care & Attention Home; TWGHs Wu Chiang Wai Fong Care & Attention Home; and Woopie Club (Ma On Shan). Business-school Partnership In collaboration with Hong Chi Association, KMB takes students with Special Educational Needs (“SEN”) out of the classroom to showcase their talents by providing a multi-platform and placements for them. For example, the Café1933, a staff coffee shop, offers retail placements for students as well as food and beverages. Under the partnership, KMB has also recruited SEN graduates as bus cleaning workers, office assistants, customer service assistants, and gardening assistants. Nurturing Talents KMB is committed to cultivating young people and nurturing talents for the transportation industry in Hong Kong. The following activities were organised throughout the year: KMB and Hong Kong Metropolitan University (“HKMU”) signed a memorandum of understanding in May 2022 to launch an internship programme and short-term career- oriented courses and workshops for HKMU students in order to help students equip themselves for future development; and KMB organised a career-oriented course for secondary school students. The course includes STEM workshops and work experience sharing sessions, allowing students to explore their innovative and technological potentials as well as getting to know KMB’s departmental structure, with a view to broadening students’ horizons and inspiring them to plan for future studies and career paths. KMB and Hong Chi Association have fostered a business-school collaboration to offer student placement opportunities in the retail and food and beverages industries The younger generation is the future pillar of society. KMB has introduced STEM education programmes to help students apply interdisciplinary knowledge and cultivate innovative thinking