Annual Report 2024

90 2024 Annual Report Transport International Holdings Limited SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Donating Retired Bus and Bus Stop Pole As part of our commitment to sustainability, recycling, and support for those in need, we 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. These buses can be repurposed to meet the creative learning needs of these institutions. Through our 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, supporting their treatment and care. Below is a list of beneficiary schools/non-profit organisations that received a donated bus or bus stop pole in 2024, listed in alphabetical order: Retired Bus Donation Hong Kong St. John Ambulance; Mu Kuang English School; and Yew Chung International School. Bus Stop Pole Donation Chung Sing Benevolent Society Lau Mui Hin Home for The Elderly; HKFYG Lee Shau Kee Primary School; Hong Kong Baptist Mr. & Mrs. Au Shue Hung Rehabilitation & Healthcare Home; Hong Kong Children & Youth Services Jubilant Day Care Centre for the Elderly; Laguna Elderly House; Po Leung Kuk Chu Lee Yuet Wah Day Care Centre for the Elderly; Po Leung Kuk Comfort Court for the Senior; Prime Garden Mont Albert North (Australia); Sino Kwu Tung Nursing Home cum Day Care Centre; and Wai Ji Christian Service. Donating Retired Bus Handrails In collaboration with occupational therapists from Haven of Hope Christian Service Wong Tai Sin Enhanced Home and Community Care Services, KMB donated and installed retired bus handrails for patients identified as having a high risk of falling at home. In 2024, we installed six pairs of handrails for residents in Wong Tai Sin District. In 2024, a total of 10 elderly care homes benefitted from the Donation of Caring Bus Stop Pole Programme KMB’s Caring Bus Handrails serve as support points in the homes of stroke recovery patients, the elderly, and other individuals in need, helping to reduce the risk of falls Through the “Old and Retired Bus Donation Programme”, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance received a retired bus from KMB, repurposed as St. John’s Cycle Response Unit First Aid Base at Nam Sang Wai Collaboration with Hong Kong Society for the Blind and Polytechnic University As part of its collaboration with The Hong Kong Society for the Blind (“HKSB”), the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and the Department of Chinese & Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (“PolyU”), KMB has assisted in installing a caring bus stop at the Yuen Long Home for the Aged Blind, HKSB. The bus stop features a retired bus stop pole, a seating bench with queueing rails, a soundtrack providing bus route information for Route 64K, and a pair of priority seats, creating a simulated environment that allows elderly residents to experience waiting for a bus indoors. This initiative, together with the cognitive stimulation therapy developed by PolyU and HKSB, enhances the effectiveness of assessing and treating visually impaired elderly individuals with cognitive problems.