Sands China Organises Second “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Visit” Professionalism Training for Team Members
Team members visit Shenzhen to promote cultural exchange
(Macao,
Feb
13, 2019) –
Sands China Ltd.
recently led a delegation to Shenzhen, as
part of the company’s professionalism
training initiatives.
The second “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area Visit” was co-organised by
Sands China Ltd. and the National Conditions
Education (Macau) Association to deepen
employees’ understanding of national
development and the Greater Bay Area,
helping them better understand the area’s
business environment, develop their
professional confidence and broaden their
horizons.
The delegation
comprised nearly 60 senior management team
members. Their visit to the Shenzhen Special
Economic Zone had the aim of encouraging
cooperation and exchange between industry
professionals from Macao and their
counterparts in the Greater Bay
Area.
The Sands China
delegation started their tour with a visit
to Seafront Towers, the headquarters of
Tencent Holdings Limited, the Chinese
multinational corporation behind popular
Internet-related services and products like
QQ and WeChat.
Led by Tencent
staff, the delegation visited different
parts of the towers such as office areas,
fitness rooms and the exhibition hall,
getting a glimpse of some of Tencent’s
latest technologies, such as the company’s
Youtu face verification technology, face
detection security system, and the various
interactive functions of AR (augmented
reality) and VR (virtual reality) facilities
that visitors can try via cell phones.
The delegation then
had a meeting with senior Tencent management
and was welcomed by Tencent Cloud President
Qiu Yuepeng. The two parties shared ideas
with each other on cooperation and exchange
within the Greater Bay
Area.
In the afternoon,
the delegation visited the OCT Loft Creative
Culture Park, experiencing first-hand the
dramatic changes in the Shenzhen Special
Economic Zone over the years of China’s
reform and opening-up. The delegation also
visited Qianhai Free Trade Zone and gained
an understanding of several aspects of the
zone such as planning, policymaking and
positioning.
“Sands China Ltd. is
very pleased to have taken this trip to
Shenzhen to visit the Special Economic Zone
to observe its rapid development
first-hand,” said Wen Hongyan, senior vice
president of human resources for Sands China
Ltd. “As a meeting point between Chinese and
Western culture, Macao sees tourism and
leisure as its core economic focus as it
develops into a world centre of tourism and
leisure. We hope that by visiting top-notch
companies such as Tencent, we can nourish
our innovative spirit, and combine it with
our traditional service excellence to
elevate the customer experience to the next
level.”
Invited guests of
honour at the event included Wen; Dean Zhao,
vice president of e-commerce for Venetian
Macau Limited; around 60 Sands China senior
management team members; and executives from
the National Conditions Education (Macau)
Association : President Wang Haitao,
Executive Vice President Zhang Jin and
Secretary General Zheng Yingfeng.
Sands China has
always strived to enhance the professional
skills of its 28,000 team members through
various avenues. Apart from the first
“Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Visit” to Foshan’s Shunde district, the
company has set up banner stands at its
properties and video screens showing a
professionalism education documentary series
in order to raise team members’ awareness
and understanding of professionalism
education. In addition, the company's
Professionalism Training for Team Members
programme, co-organised with the Labour
Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and the Macau
Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM), was
launched in July 2016 and has since trained
more than 3,700 team members to date. The
company targets to train a total of 7,500
team members during the first five years of
the programme.
Photo caption:
A
delegation of senior management team members from Sands
China visits the headquarters of Tencent Holdings Limited
Jan. 28, getting a glimpse of some of Tencent’s latest
technologies. Sands China Ltd. led the delegation to
Shenzhen as part of the company’s professionalism training
initiatives.
Photo caption:
A
delegation from Sands China visits Shenzhen’s OCT Loft
Creative Culture Park Jan. 28 during the second
“Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Visit”
co-organised by Sands China Ltd. and the National Conditions
Education (Macau) Association. They experienced the dramatic
changes in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone that have
taken place over the years of China’s reform and opening-up.
Photo caption:
A
delegation of senior management team members from Sands
China visits Shenzhen’s Qianhai Free Trade Zone Jan. 28,
gaining an understanding of several aspects of the zone such
as planning, policymaking and positioning. Sands China Ltd.
led the delegation to Shenzhen as part of the company’s
professionalism training initiatives.