Promoting green construction and Hong Kong's smart city development
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have joined hands to research into innovative building technologies. The signing ceremony of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) was witnessed by the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan; the Director General of the Youth Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, Zhang Zhihua; and SHKP Chairman & Managing Director, Raymond Kwok. The two parties will work together on three areas, including green applications (research and development of smart building energy management systems), green building materials and green building processes. They will also establish the SHKP x PolyU Building Homes with Heart Scholarship Programme to support outstanding students with financial needs to purse studies in construction, real estate and engineering-related disciplines and aspire to further their career in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area or other cities in the Mainland and nurture talent for the industry. Raymond Kwok hopes the integration of SHKP's wealth of practical experience with PolyU's strengths in academic research will promote innovation and technology research in the construction industry, responding to the major strategic decisions concerning "peak carbon and carbon neutrality" laid out by the National 14th Five-Year Plan. This initiative will help Hong Kong become a green, low-carbon international innovation and technology hub.
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is committed to helping young people play their part and contributing to the reduction of intergenerational poverty. Recently, it has joined the Partners' Board under the Strive and Rise Programme, in full support of what President Xi Jinping said on July 1: "When young people thrive, Hong Kong thrives. When young people grow, Hong Kong grows. When there is a future for young people, there is a future for Hong Kong." Around 250 SHKP employees have signed up to participate as mentors in the programme. The Group is also happy to organize various activities to broaden the horizons of the participants and help them explore opportunities for personal development, thereby fostering a new generation of patriotic talents and contributing to the development of Hong Kong and the nation as a whole.
After four long years, the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon will be held on 18 December, featuring a group of cycling enthusiasts leading the way through various famous landmarks in Hong Kong and using this sports event to demonstrate the revitalisation of Hong Kong. Charitable donations pledged by participants at the event, along with additional donations from SHKP, will be channelled through The Community Chest of Hong Kong to help people in need. Sun Hung Kai Properties Heung Yuen Wai Road Cycling Race cum Leisure Ride also came to a successful conclusion. Both cycling events were accredited events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR, helping to boost the development of local cycling and showcase Hong Kong’s determination to prevail.
SHKP Executive Director Christopher Kwok attended the awards ceremony of the Read to Dream x Future Engineer Grand Challenge, co-hosted by the SHKP Reading Club and the Hong Kong STEM Education Alliance, to encourage students to prepare themselves and come together to build Hong Kong and serve the nation. The competition received a total of 110 entries from 51 schools. At the end of the competition, AD & FD of POHL Leung Sing Tak School's "Smart Medication Reminder" (helping the elderly to take their medicines correctly and on time) won the first prize of the Primary School category. Elegantia College won the first prize of the Junior Secondary School category with "AllyBreaKall" (providing greater safety and convenience to wheelchair users). The Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College won the first prize of the Senior Secondary School category with their "Airis" (helping the people who are partially sighted or suffering from dementia to search for traffic information, maps and other information).
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SHKP-Kwoks' Foundation has for many years established scholarships at various universities in Hong Kong and the Mainland to enable talented yet underprivileged students to complete their university education, benefiting many . In order to extend the range of grant beneficiaries from individuals to social groups, the Foundation supports graduates in forming alumni groups to make more effective use of donations, improve the quality of talent development, and enhance the scholarship brand. SHKP-Kwoks' Northwest University Student Association held the Hunan Red Tourism Summer Event earlier to learn about the development of red cultural tourism in Changsha, Hunan Province, while Nanjing University Student Association held weekend classes for stay-at-home children in Longpao Subdistrict, Liuhe District, Nanjing City, to provide learning support for children who lack parental care.
