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Care for Youth |
| New World Group has been placing great emphasis on the nurturing of local young
people and actively supporting the all-round development of them. In 2007, the Group
launched "New World Young Leaders" which promotes the exchange and integration
of young people, and nurtures future leaders in Hong Kong and China.
In addition, NWD has established awards to support the academic research conducted
by ethnic Chinese around the world and offered opportunities of training and artistic
creation for young people, enabling them to develop their professionalism to contribute
to the society.
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| All-round Development |
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2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
New World Group supports BiciLine Social Enterprise to launch a new route
In October 2011, New World Development Company Limited jointly established a new eco cycling tour "New World ECOASIS Series - Kam Pok Eco Tour" with Tung Wah Group of Hospitals BiciLine Cycling Ecotourism Social Enterprise ("BiciLine") The collaboration provides employment opportunities to low skilled low educated youth from low income family in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, enhancing the awareness of environmental protection and eco-tourism among the community.
Funded by NWD, this three-year collaboration aims at training and employing low skilled youths with limited working experience living in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai to become the tour guides, encouraging them to possess positive attitudes towards life. We would also like to guide the public to discover the undiscovered oasis in town and promote local eco tours.
Kam Pok Eco Tour is the first tourist route of "New World ECOASIS" eco cycling tour series. Under the guidance of BiciLine's tour guides, participants are able to tour around Kam Tin and Pok Wai by bicycle, knowing the history, culture and ecology at there. They will also be able to experience bird-watching, admire the mangroves and wetland and gaze at rare birds by using spotting scopes.
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New World Group fully supports AYP activity
New World Group supports the development of youth organization in Hong Kong. To fully support "Rogaine24" navigation activity organized by The Hong Kong Award for Young People ("AYP"), the Group has sent a corporate team to participate in the six hours race to raise fund for AYP, supporting youth development in Hong Kong.
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Grand opening of Teaching Hotel and naming of Cheng Yu Tung Building of CUHK
On 4 January 2011, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Teaching Hotel invested by New World Group with HK$1.3 billion, celebrated its grand opening. The Teaching Hotel, comprises of both a hotel facilities component and a teaching facilities component. The hotel facilities component, Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin is managed at an international five-star standard, where students of School of Hotel and Tourism Management ("SHTM"), CUHK can take classes and serve practicum. The teaching facilities component, located in the Cheng Yu Tung Building adjacent to the hotel, features a learning centre, food and wine laboratories as well as a fully student-run experimental restaurant, providing internship, teaching and research facilities for the SHTM students, marking a new chapter in Hong Kong's hotel and tourism management education.
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