Sands China Hosts 9th Sands Supplier Excellence Awards and 10th Sands Procurement Academy Graduation
Ceremonies honour outstanding suppliers and recently trained local SMEs SME book launched to highlight local SME success stories
(Macao,
Jan. 24, 2022) – Sands China Ltd. held a joint
event Friday at The Londoner® Macao, where
the company honoured some of its most outstanding
suppliers, recognised local SMEs graduating from its
procurement training programme, and launched a book
highlighting the success stories of its local SME
suppliers.
The 2021
Sands Supplier Excellence Awards, the 10th
Sands Procurement Academy Graduation, and the
new SME book are all among Sands China's ongoing
efforts to support Macao's SMEs as part of the company's
Local Small, Medium and Micro Suppliers Support
Programme.
Holding the
ceremonies at one event provided a valuable opportunity
for the academy's latest cohort of graduating SMEs to
gain encouragement from watching Sands China award some
of its most outstanding suppliers, including local SMEs.
And in launching its latest SME book, Sands China has
recorded the milestones of the company's local SME
support programme since 2015 and highlighted some of the
success stories of local SMEs it has worked with over
the years. An online version of the book is now
available for viewing on the company's website via https://l.ead.me/bcgb9q.
"Sands China
is very pleased to again recognise the outstanding
services and products provided by our many suppliers,
whose collaboration is essential for us to provide the
world-class experience our integrated resorts are known
for," said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China
Ltd. "As Macao continues to carry on in the face of an
ongoing pandemic, we are grateful for the continued
cooperation of our suppliers, whether small or large,
local or international. We are also glad to see the
continued success of our Sands Procurement Academy in
helping nurture Macao's local suppliers with skills and
knowledge, as we celebrate the 10th group of local
enterprises to graduate from the
programme."
It is Sands
China's 9th year holding the Sands Supplier
Excellence Awards, acknowledging the cooperation
and services of some of the company's most noteworthy
suppliers. This year's ceremony recognised nine winners
across six categories:
• Corporate Culture, Innovation & Sustainability:
Shanghai Shi Cheng
Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
• Project Delivery:
Top Builders Group
Ltd
• Cost Management:
Victor Pacific Service
Ltd
• Quality Management:
Companhia de Engenharia
Hoi Pak Lda
• Service Excellence:
Winnerway Security
Guards Company Limited
Ou Tou Engineering
Company Ltd.
New Concept Food
Limited
East Sun Cleaning
Services Ltd
• Small/Medium Enterprise (SME):
Quinquilharia Kuok
Kuong
And during the
graduation ceremony for the Sands Procurement
Academy, the company recognised 52 local SMEs,
including 16 exhibitors from the 2021 Sands Shopping
Carnival. Nearly 370 suppliers have enrolled in the
academy since its founding in 2017, and 330 have
graduated to dates, including Friday's
group.
The Sands
Procurement Academy is co-organised with the Macao
Chamber of Commerce and the Macau Productivity and
Technology Centre (CPTTM) and is a first-of-its-kind
industry training. It delivers practical knowledge to
local SME suppliers to help them gain experience and
capacity for working with large-scale international
corporations. It does so by sharing business knowledge
and skills to promote the development of their
businesses.
After
initially targeting a few key categories of local
suppliers, the academy has been open to all local SMEs
in Macao since 2019 – giving a broader range of SMEs the
opportunity to benefit from the skills and knowledge
offered by the academy's professionals.
Guests of
honour at Friday's event were Lok Po, member of the
National People's Congress and Director of Macau Daily
News; Shuen Ka Hung, Director-General of the Macau
Productivity and Technology Transfer Center; Lau Kit
Lon, Head of the Business Promotion Division of the
Economic Activities Development Department of the
Economic and Technological Development Bureau of the
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region;
Angela Fong, Manager of Public Relations for the Macao
Trade and Investment Promotion Institute; Ma Chi Ngai,
President of the Board of Directors of the Macao Chamber
of Commerce; Paulo Coutinho, Director and
Editor-in-Chief of Macau Daily Times; Dr. Wong; various
Sands China executives; and representatives of local
suppliers.
Despite the
pandemic's broad influence on Macao's economy and
tourism, Sands China has continued forward with its
large-scale projects and has kept its local procurement
efforts uninterrupted. This focus on local SMEs is in
line with the Macao government's initiative to "buy
local" and demonstrates Sands China's commitment to
supporting local enterprises as part of the company's
corporate social responsibility
efforts.
Photo caption: Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands
China Ltd., spoke at a joint event for the 2021 Sands
Supplier Excellence Awards and the graduation ceremony for
the Sands Procurement Academy last Friday at The Londoner
Macao.
Photo caption: Sands China launched its SME book last
Friday at The Londoner Macao, presenting the publication to
guests of honour. The book not only records the milestones
of the company's SME support programme since 2015, but also
highlights some of the success stories of local SMEs the
company has worked with over the
years.
Photo caption: Graduates of the 10th intake attended
the graduation ceremony of the Sands Procurement Academy
last Friday at The Londoner Macao. The academy helps local
SMEs gain experience and capacity for working with
large-scale international corporations like Sands China by
sharing business knowledge and skills to promote the
development of their
businesses.
Photo caption: Winners of the 2021 Sands Supplier
Excellence Awards, Sands Procurement Academy graduates, and
guests of honour gathered at The Londoner Macao last
Friday.