With Christmas approaching, Sino Group (‘the Group’) and the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation (‘NTFCF’) have launched a festive programme to reach out to those in need within our community and bring them the season’s blessings. Various activities have been conducted by the Group’s volunteer team, ‘Sino Caring Friends’, with gift packs benefitting about 3,000 underprivileged children and families as well as children and teenagers living in residential care homes. Additionally, as the intense winter monsoon reached Hong Kong last week, warm claypot rice was prepared for underprivileged families and children to provide warmth and show their care.
To celebrate the joy of the Christmas season, special open-top night bus tours are also being arranged for families and children in need, so that they can delight in the vibrant colours of the Christmas lights in Tsim Sha Tsui, including the iconic snowflake pattern that is lighting up the facades of Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and Empire Centre as a part of this exuberant annual festive tradition.
The Group and NTFCF also invited young residents of Children’s Homes to enjoy a Christmas buffet lunch at the Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel and The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong Kong. Celebrating with them, Mr Victor Tin, Executive Director of Sino Land Company Limited, presented each a Christmas gift.
Mr Daryl Ng, Deputy Chairman of Sino Group and Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, said, ‘We are delighted to have the opportunity to support those in need by extending care and festive blessings in collaboration with our community partners and volunteer team. With bo jai fan (claypot rice), a traditional winter delicacy that represents togetherness and warmth, we also hope to warm hearts and stomachs amid the cold spell. We are thankful to our community partners and Sino Caring Friends for the tireless work to spread love in the community and enable more people to enjoy a happy festive season.’