Sustainability Report 2018/19

At SHKP, we operate on the premise that people are motivated and productive when they feel trusted, and family-friendly practices help build this trust. We promote and carry out our family-friendly initiatives both inside and outside the workplace to foster a culture of inclusiveness. We respect our employees’ roles and responsibilities in the family and are always keen to show our strong support. To this end, our employees receive full salary for the first 10 weeks of maternity leave as well as up to 5 days of paid paternity leave. A flexible work-hour’s arrangement is also available for those with special needs, enabling employees to spend more time with their families. Also, we provide mother-friendly measures, including breastfeeding amenities in our workplace and flexible working hours for mothers-in-need. A free 24-hour counselling hotline is also available to assist staff and their family members who are dealing with personal and work difficulties. Our comprehensive family-friendly welfare and benefits schemes extend to children of our employees through financial support schemes and overseas exchange opportunities for children under the SHKP Group Undergraduate Scholarship. Established in 2010, this scholarship initiative has helped relieve the financial burdens of employees whose children have been accepted for undergraduate studies. To date, the Group has subsidised over 80 children of staff, providing them with university education opportunities. Case Study : Creating a Family-friendly Workplace to Promote Inclusiveness teach the basic concepts of money management. Moreover, as children are always curious about their parents’ jobs, the Group also arranges the ‘I’m Going to Work’ parent-child workshop for children of employees to give them a taste of what their parents do in their daily work life, including mock job interviews and interning. SHKP also arranged for colleagues to take their family members to the Science Museum to visit the exhibition - ‘Winter Games’. Visiting more than 20 interactive exhibits, everyone got to experience various ice sporting events and enjoyed some special family time together. • SHKP arranged a visit to the Science Museum to view the ‘Winter Games’ exhibit with colleagues and their family members SHKP’s ability to appreciate our employees’ needs as parents has also led to the establishment of multiple educational activities with interactive elements that foster greater parent- child communication. For instance, the Group has invited a certified financial counsellor to hold a ‘Parent-Child Wealth Management Workshop’ to • The children of staff ‘applied for’ different occupations based on their interests to get a taste of ‘job searching’ Value Created for People Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited • Sustainability Report 2018/19 19