Safety Promotion and Training

Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Award

In 2021, HK Electric won “OSH MVP Award” 15 Years Plus, Gold Award in “OSH Annual Report Award”, Gold Award in “Safety Management System Award (Other Industries)”, Gold Award in “5S Good Housekeeping Best Practices Award (Other Industries)”, Gold Award in “Safety Culture Award”, and Excellence Award and Outstanding Award in “Safety Performance Award (Other Industries)” in the 20th Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Award organised by Occupational Safety & Health Council, Labour Department and other prestigious organisations.

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Safety Quiz Organised by Occupational Safety & Health Council and Labour Department

On 9 September 2022, HK Electric won the Cup Championship, Cup 1st Runner-up, Cup 2nd Runner-up, Plate Championship and Plate 1st Runner-up of the “Enterprise Category” of the Safety Quiz 2022. HK Electric also won the Highest Accumulated Score Award. There were 119 teams from the government departments, public utilities and other local companies participating in the event.

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Hong Kong Outstanding Occupational Safety & Health Employee Award

Mr. Chan Chun Yik, Shift Operations Engineer of Transmission & Distribution Division (T&D), won a Bronze Award (Management - Organisation/Enterprise Category) in the 13th Hong Kong Outstanding Occupational Safety & Health Employee Award. This award is an annual event organised by Occupational Safety and Health Council, Labour Department, LegCo Members (Functional Constituency – Labour) and employee representatives of Labour Advisory Board.

Scoring this award indicated that Mr. Chan's occupational health and safety awareness, his active participation and planning in company's occupational health and safety activities as well as proactive improvement of health and safety of workplaces are highly recognised by the industry.

Good Housekeeping Competition

HK Electric won the Good Housekeeping Gold Award (Other Industries Category) and Gold Award in "Good Housekeeping Best Presentation Award" in Good Housekeeping Forum and Award Presentation 2019 organised by Occupational Safety & Health Council and Labour Department. A total of 231 entries were received competing for the Good Housekeeping Award.

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The 9th Regional Safety Quiz

HK Electric won the Cup Champion of the "Enterprise Category" of the Safety Quiz 2017 and represented Hong Kong to compete with teams from Guangdong and Macau in the 9th Regional Safety Quiz. The 9th Regional Safety Quiz was hosted by Labour Affairs Bureau of Macau SAR and co-organised by Occupational Safety and Health Council of Hong Kong SAR and Administration of Work Safety of Guangdong Province. The Quiz aimed to encourage participants from the three regions to share their experiences in safety and health at work to enhance their OSH standards. The Quiz was held on 7 November 2017 in Macau. After four rounds of competition, HK Electric won the 1st runner-up in Enterprise Category.

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Construction Safety Week

Construction Safety Week (CSW) 2022, co-organised by the Development Bureau and the Construction Industry Council (CIC), was held from 29 August 2022 to 2 September 2022. Under the theme of "Safety 2.0", an array of events were held including the CSW Conference, Life First 2022 Award, visits to construction sites with exemplary safety performance and the award presentation ceremony of the 28th Considerate Contractors Site Award Scheme (CCSAS). HK Electric is keen to revamp the site safety and has been allocating resources for various initiatives including proactively promotes the use of modern construction methods and innovative technologies to enhance construction safety and safety management culture. In “Life First” 2022 Award, 3 contractors nominated by HK Electric won the Bronze, Excellence and Merit Awards. In the 28th CCSAS, HK Electric won 4 Contract Supervisory Team Awards. 4 projects of 3 contractors nominated by HK Electric won the 28th CCSAS Silver, Bronze and 2 Merit Awards, Model Subcontractor Merit Award, 2 Model Subcontractor Frontline Supervisor Awards, 3 Model Frontline Supervisor Awards, and 4 Model Worker Awards, of which one of the workers had won the Best Model Worker Award.

Safety Incentive Scheme

Safety Incentive Schemes are introduced within the Company to motivate and arouse safety awareness and participation among employees. These schemes are tailored to meet specific objectives and being reviewed regularly.

The Schemes are:

• Establish Safety Excellence Scheme for groups within the Company that have attained over one year accident-free record.
• Hold Safety Draws for “Safe Operation Without Lost Time Injury” within Transmission & Distribution Division.
• Introduce Safe Driving Incentive Scheme to promote safe driving practices.
• Introduce Safety Incentive Scheme for frontline employees.
• Hold Safety Draws for “Near-miss Reporting” to encourage reporting of near-miss incidents.

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Other Activities

Other activities include publishing Health and Safety Guidebook; organising Health and Safety Campaign, Exhibition, Road Show, Training Courses, Health & Safety Slogan Competition for Transmission and Distribution Division employees and contractors; producing Natural Gas Safety video for visitors and contractors; publishing a Natural Gas Safety booklet for maintenance personnel; organising and conducting various safety related seminars and training courses for HK Electric employees and conducting safety management study tours.