Closing ceremony of "Stand by You" Mentorship Programme (29 May 2010)

The closing ceremony of the half-year "Stand by You" Mentorship Programme was held on 29 May 2010. Around 30 mentors and mentees reviewed the activities together through a photo and video show, shared their feelings towards the programme and exchanged gifts. NWS Holdings and Hong Kong Playground Association presented the mentors and mentees with various awards in recognition of their active participation and the notable progress made by some of the mentees.

Toy donation to the underprivileged children (19 March to 8 April 2010)

New World Group organized a toy collection competition from 19 March to 8 April 2010 and collected over 700 toys. The Champion, First runner-up and Second runner-up were New World TMT Limited, New World Strategic Investment Limited and NW Project Management Limited respectively.

Volunteers from New World Group delivered the collected toys to the underprivileged children in Tung Chung at the Toy Bank Fun Day organized by the Toy Bank of YMCA of Hong Kong in May 2010.

Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme (9 March 2010)

Being a Corporate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme, NWS Holdings strives to promote corporate sustainability to secondary school students. On 9 March 2010, the Group organized a site visit to City One Shatin, a property managed by Urban Property Management Limited, for a group of students from Caritas Wu Cheng-chung Secondary School to learn about the green facilities at the property and the Group's sustainability strategy.

Visiting Noah's Ark with South Asians (9 January 2010)

To build a harmonic and inclusive society, 12 members of NWS Volunteer Alliance took 32 South Asian schoolchildren from Yaumati Kaifong Association School on a visit to the Noah's Ark on 9 January 2010. This is part of the Capacity Building for the Ethnic Minorities and the Chinese New Immigrants Towards Social Inclusion programme organized by Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Participants got to experience life through enjoying the exhibition and games.

"Stand by You" Mentorship Programme (December 2009 to March 2010)

Interaction between mentors and mentees of the "Stand by You" Mentorship Programme officially began in December 2009. NWS Holdings and Hong Kong Playground Association co-organized several activities for the participants in December 2009, January 2010 and March 2010, including the Kick-off Ceremony cum Adventure Training and an elderly visit in Wong Tai Sin District complete with household cleaning services.