Earlier, the annual charity fundraising gala "Caritas Warms Hearts" hosted by Caritas Hong Kong, which AMTD has supported for 14 consecutive years, was grandly held at the TVB City in Tseung Kwan O. Dr. Timothy Tong, BBS, JP, President of AMTD Charity Foundation, Mr. Sin Yat-kin, SBS, CSDSM, JP, Vice Chairman of AMTD Group and Prime Minister of AMTD Charity Foundation, Mr. Joseph Fung, Vice President of AMTD Group and CEO of AMTD International, and Mr. Samuel Tsui, Chief Financial Officer of AMTD, led the AMTD team to attend the gala and support charity with their own actions. During the gala, kind-hearted people from all walks of life generously donated money by calling the charity donation hotline exclusively supported by AMTD Charity Foundation, and love spread throughout Hong Kong. A group of AMTD employees also went to the hotline center to support and assist and answer calls from donors.
AMTD has supported Caritas for 14 consecutive years by providing telephone equipment and volunteer support
Caritas is one of the largest non-profit organizations in Hong Kong. It was founded by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in 1953. Caritas aims to provide relief and rehabilitation services to the poor. Its services are extensive, mainly including social work, education, medical care, community development, and hotel and catering services. As an organization providing diversified social services, Caritas, in the spirit of "serving with love and creating hope", provides various people-oriented quality services and launches a number of pioneering projects, especially caring for the most helpless, the most humble and the most lost in society, helping them live a rich life. The "Caritas Warms the Hearts" TV fundraising program is a grand annual charity event in Hong Kong. By inviting well-known Hong Kong entertainers and caring people in the society to perform on the same stage, it encourages the public to donate money to support Caritas' various community services and benefit more disadvantaged communities. The program attracts millions of individual viewers and over 300,000 family viewers every year. Over the years, it has raised more than tens of millions of dollars and provides assistance to more than 15,000 elderly people, 10,000 families, 8,000 mentally handicapped people and 6,300 teenagers each year.
Dr. Tong Wai-cheung (second from right), Mr. Sin Yat-kin (fifth from left), Mr. Chan Tak-kuen, BBS, Chairman of the Friends of Caritas Committee (fourth from right), Dr. Tong Man-liang, Chairman of the "Caritas Warms Hearts" Charity Gala and CEO of Kee Hui Group (fifth from right), and a group of artistes and singers attended the Charity Gala Launch Ceremony
Chen Dequan presents souvenirs to Dr. Tong Weizhang and Sin Yat-kin
Sin Yat-kin (10th from right), Mr. Tsui Ho-sum (3rd from left), Cardinal John Tong Hon (center), Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Mr. and Mrs. Chan Tak-kuen (14th from right, 15th from right), and Mr. Tong Man-liang (17th from right) attended the ceremony.
AMTD Group upholds the charitable spirit of "grateful to the society and serving the public", and continues to practice corporate social responsibility in different aspects . Therefore, Dr. Calvin Choi, Chairman of AMTD Group, initiated the establishment of the AMTD Charity Foundation, which aims to help the poor and support education, and support disadvantaged groups in Hong Kong and around the world.
AMTD has been actively supporting various charitable activities and serving the public welfare, including co-hosting the "Caritas Warms the Hearts" Charity Gala with Caritas Hong Kong, the largest public welfare charity organization in Hong Kong, for 14 consecutive years, and fully supporting the research activities of the "AIDS Research Foundation", the world's largest AIDS research organization. In addition, AMTD Charity Foundation is also committed to promoting technological development and supporting talent cultivation. It has jointly launched the "AXSI Digital Finance Leadership Program" with Xiaomi, Singapore Management University and National University of Singapore; cooperated with the University of Waterloo in Canada to establish the "AMTD Innovation Center" and jointly launched the "Global Talent Cultivation Postdoctoral Workstation"; and co-founded the "AMTD Fintech Center of the School of Business of Hong Kong Polytechnic University" with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Since 2008, AMTD has been working with Caritas for 14 consecutive years, gathering strength from all walks of life to spread love to the public . This year, AMTD Charity Foundation has arranged dozens of donation hotlines to encourage people from all walks of life to donate and call to support. AMTD employees have been communicating and cooperating closely with Caritas for several months before the gala to ensure that the donation hotline operates smoothly on the night of the charity gala, so that people from all walks of life can donate through the hotline to benefit those in need. AMTD employee representatives also supported and assisted at the hotline center of the gala to spread love together.
Mr. Sin Yat-kin (sixth from right) and Mr. Fung Cheng-ho (sixth from left) led a group of AMTD volunteer representatives to provide on-site support and answer calls from donors at the hotline center
