Annual Report 2019

072 Transport International Holdings Limited 2019 Annual Report Sustainability Report Engaging Stakeholders 5,700 members, including passengers and KMB and LWB staff and their dependents. During the reporting period, FRN volunteers participated in regular home visits to elderly people who are suffering from depression. The programme was organised by the Suicide Prevention Service, with whom FRN has built up a partnership since 2013. FRN also made care visits to paediatric patients of Prince of Wales Hospital and partnered with Hong Kong Central Library and Hapi Reading Club to arrange a reading tour on a KMB bus for 30 families. In recognition of our contributions to the community, FRN received the Award of 10,000 Hours for Volunteer Service, Second Runner- up in the Highest Service Hour Award (Private Organisations – Best Customers Participation) and Merit in the Highest Service Hour Award (Private Organisations – Best Staff Participation) from the Social Welfare Department. TWGHs Ma Kam Chan Memorial Primary School Hong Kong And Macau Lutheran Church Ming Tao Primary School Kam Tsin Village Ho Tung School Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School Rhenish Church Grace School Yuen Long Public Middle School Alumni Association Tang Ying Yip Primary School Chinese YMCA Primary School TWGHs Leo Tung-hai Lee Primary School The Yuen Yuen Institute MFBM Nei Ming Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial College Kowloon Bay St. John The Baptist Catholic Primary School FRIENDS OF KMB KMB’s volunteer club FRIENDS OF KMB (“FRN”) has promoted environmental protection, civic education and social service activities since it was formed in 1995. In the reporting period, FRN comprised Donation of Used and Retired Bus Programme To nurture the next generation and show our support for sustainability and recycling, KMB launched the Donation of Used and Retired Bus Programme in 2016 to donate used and retired buses to schools and non- profit organisations. The buses can be regenerated specifically to meet the creative learning needs of the schools or non-profit organisations. By the end of 2019, 29 retired buses had been donated. The list of beneficiary schools/non- profit organisations that received donated bus in 2019 is as follows: Buddhist Wing Yan School Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove) Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Primary School Tin Shui Wai Methodist College The H.K.C.W.C. Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School The Donation of Used and Retired Bus Programme is well received by teachers and students