Every year, SHKP recruits Management Trainees in Hong Kong and the mainland, and offers diversified learning opportunities and career development support to nurture the young talents to become the Group's future management under the three-year Management Trainee Programme. Nine trainees, six from Hong Kong and three from the mainland, participated in the recent induction week. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mainland trainees were able to meet the Hong Kong trainees only via online video conferencing. In view of this, the Group attentively arranged for senior colleagues from various departments to share their work experience, thus giving the trainees a solid understanding of SHKP's business and corporate culture in just a few days.

Hong Yip attaches great importance to sustainability and is committed to incorporating green elements in its property management. To build a green culture in the community, the management team of Wonderland Villas focuses on six areas, including waste reduction, recycling, reuse, introduction of innovative technologies, education and promotion, and offers dedicated support to the industry. The management team recently received the Gold Award in the Property Management (Residential) category of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence, organized by The Environmental Campaign Committee, in recognition of its exceptional innovation in promoting green living.

In line with SHKP's core value of 'Building Homes with Heart', we are committed to using smarter and better ways to provide quality properties and services, and to meet the needs of our customers by using edge-cutting technologies and innovations. SHKP is also moving forward to embed sustainability into our business strategy to fulfil the corporate and social responsibility. In 2018, SHKP invested tremendous resources to advance our capabilities in Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA), which is a principal strategy for increasing construction productivity and strengthening our corporate competitiveness to deliver higher quality products to our valued customers. 

SHKP has recently organized the first-ever summit on BIM and DfMA at ALVA Hotel by Royal, which many architects, surveyors and engineers from our long-standing partners shared their in-depth insights on creating greater values to our stakeholders by deepening the application of BIM and DfMA. Since BIM and DfMA are the future trend in the construction industry, SHKP senior executives offered support by expressing their determination to join hands with the supporting partners to nurture young talents to scale new heights in furthering growth and success.

As BIM and DfMA have continued to be rooted and developed in our daily operations, SHKP will be more capable of meeting our customers' needs by delivering higher quality products. Looking ahead, SHKP will closely integrate innovation into our corporate development, review our investment direction, and invest more resources in BIM and DfMA to facilitate the architectural and structural design of various professional practitioners. This allows data to be seamlessly applied to enhance the whole property development life cycle from planning, design and construction to sales/leasing, property management and customer services, thereby achieving a win-win outcome both for SHKP and its long-standing partners.
 

The local epidemic has eased in recent months, but the key to getting our lives back to normal is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. Therefore, SHKP responded to the government's call in different ways. For example, the head office and  APM mall became the first property developer and mall to participate in the government outreach vaccination service. And the International Commerce Centre (ICC) became the first office building project led by a property management company to gather tenants to participate in the outreach vaccination service. The company has also organized a lucky draw to encourage citizens to get vaccinated.

Every summer, SHKP recruits college students to participate in its Summer Internship Program to provide them with valuable practical opportunities for work before they enter the workforce. 22 college students take part in the program this year for two months of training and internship.

As in the past, the interns are assigned to various departments, participate in daily work under the guidance of experienced colleagues, accumulate experience, and encourage each other to develop their strengths and potential. They are also given the opportunity to participate in workshops and visit various projects under SHKP to enhance their understanding of the work requirements and SHKP's businesses. If the interns perform well during this period, they will have an opportunity to become management trainees and embark on their career path.

SHKP and its subsidiaries clinched five honours at Reader's Digest Trusted Brands 2021. SHKP was named a Platinum Trusted Brand in the property developer category for the 16th year in a row. This is the magazine's highest honour, reaffirming SHKP’s reputation as Hong Kong's most trusted developer among voting consumers.

SHKP subsidiaries also won a number of important awards. Among the Group's four award-winning business units in the event, Wilson Parking (Holdings) Limited won the platinum award in the car park category, and apm received the gold award in the shopping mall category. Additional gold awards went to Hong Yip Service Company Limited and Kai Shing Management Services Limited in the property management category.

SHKP has always made its 'Customer Comes First' philosophy a top priority. Through the construction of high-quality properties and provision of comprehensive services, it fully caters for its customers' needs in home, work and leisure and actively fulfils its social responsibilities, caring for the disadvantaged and building a better society. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Group has adopted several leading-edge, smart anti-pandemic initiatives in its properties and malls, while recruiting additional staff to implement extra hygiene and cleansing measures. And to support the government's COVID-19 vaccination drive and stimulate the economy, SHKP is offering daily lucky draws and a reward programme.

To stimulate local spending and boost economic recovery, the government will successively distribute HK$5,000 electronic consumption vouchers to the public from August. At the same time, SHKP also launches the More Rewards, Double Joy promotion, giving out cash coupons with a total value of more than HK$17 million. Octopus and WeChat Pay HK users can also enjoy exclusive offers when spending at SHKP malls!

From 1 August to 31 December 2021, consumers who visit 22 designated SHKP malls*, use e-vouchers with the Register of Stored Value Facility, which is registered for receiving electronic consumption vouchers, and accumulate more than HK$500 (For WeChat Pay HK users, only HK$300 is needed, up to 2 valid receipts) can receive HK$20 cash coupons for designated shopping malls or merchants. Consumers who accumulate more than HK$1,000 (For WeChat Pay HK users, only HK$800 is needed, up to 3 valid receipts) can receive HK$ 50 cash coupons for designated malls or merchants. Moreover, when the members of the Point by SHKP using electronic coupons, in addition to earning HK$1 for 1 basic point, they can also earn an extra 500 points each month, and a maximum of 2,500 extra points for the entire period.

Exclusive offers for WeChat Pay HK and Octopus users

Not only redeeming cash coupons at a lower threshold, WeChat Pay users who register WeChat Pay HK to receive consumption vouchers at the designated link on/before 14 August 2021 can receive an additional HK$40 WeChat Pay HK e-voucher. The WeChat Pay HK e-voucher will be added to users' WeChat Pay HK accounts after government verifies the applications and can be used at more than 1,800 merchants accepting WeChat Pay HK in 22 designated SHKP malls upon $80 spending.

SHKP also provides catering and shopping reward for Octopus users. Shoppers who spend HK$600 (up to 3 valid receipts) with Octopus Card at designated food & beverage/confectionery outlets in designated SHKP malls will receive HK$30 SHKP Mall e-Gift Certificates.

Of course, the special offers don't stop there! If you don't want to miss any of the offers, please stay tuned to the malls' websites, Facebook pages, and promotional information!

*apm (Kwun Tong), Chelsea Heights (Tuen Mun), East Point City (Tseung Kwan O), HomeSquare (Sha Tin), Harbour North (North Point), K-Point (Tuen Mun), Landmark North (Sheung Shui), Metroplaza (Kwai Fong), Metropolis Plaza (Sheung Shui), Mikiki (San Po Kong), MOKO (Mong Kok), New Town Plaza (Sha Tin), Park Central (Tseung Kwan O), PopWalk (Tseung Kwan O), Tai Po Mega Mall (Tai Po), Tsuen Kam Centre (Tsuen Wan), Tsuen Wan Plaza (Tsuen Wan), Uptown Plaza (Tai Po), V city (Tuen Mun), V Walk (Nam Cheong), YOHO MALL (Yuen Long) and Yuen Long Plaza (Yuen Long)

SHKP fully supports government's Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme, which provides young people with internship opportunities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). The SHKP Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme has received enthusiastic support. SHKP selected 14 university fresh graduates from more than 250 graduates from leading local, mainland and overseas universities. Among real estate developers, the Group has the largest number of first batch of recruits in the government's programme. The graduates reported for duty in Guangzhou or Zhongshan for various SHKP projects and businesses after completing orientation training in Hong Kong. Experienced staff based in the GBA are arranged to serve as mentors, helping the newcomers adapt to the life and work culture in the GBA.

SHKP Executive Director Adam Kwok shared three points of advice with the young colleagues in the orientation week: (1) keep a curious mind; (2) keep learning new skills to prepare for future job; and (3) uphold SHKP's high-quality services and reputation, and serve as ambassadors of Hong Kong in the development of the GBA. He encouraged the young colleagues to enjoy their fruitful life in the GBA. 

14 intern colleagues are very much looking forward to developing their careers in the GBA. According to Queenie Chong, one of the newcomers who studied in the United Kingdom as an exchange student, owing to the epidemic, she stayed in Hong Kong last year, which made her determined to work outside Hong Kong this year. She hopes to move out of her comfort zone and hone her skills while she is young. Another participant, Kelvin Lam, was drawn to the GBA's strong culture of technological innovation. He said he looks forward to working in the GBA and learning from the young elite on the mainland.

The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for a long time, and we are doing our bit to protect our health and that of those around us, and to help Hong Kong achieve herd immunity. SHKP is the first property developer to participate in the government outreach vaccination service, with around 200 colleagues from our head office and subsidiaries and their families receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at the Sun Hung Kai Centre. To keep everyone informed of their health status before deciding to get the jab, SHKP offers colleagues and their immediate family members a free physical examination and medical advice, and colleagues are given two days off work to rest at home on the day of the vaccination and the following day.

The next outreach vaccination programme will take place on 6th July. We hope everyone will remain vigilant and continue to work together to fight the pandemic.

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