HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 25 November 2022 - Hongkong Land HOME FUND ("HOME FUND") yesterday completed two momentous years of empowering younger generations, promoting social inclusion, and helping disadvantaged families facing housing-related social issues. To mark the second anniversary of HOME FUND, Hongkong Land announced new partnerships for 2023, and shared various achievements of the past two years. Launched in November 2020, with an initial investment of HK$100 million, HOME FUND has been actively collaborating with various non-governmental organisations ("NGOs") on a series of community outreach programmes aimed at helping local communities aspire for a better future. Since its inception, HOME FUND has already committed over HK$80 million, touching the lives of more than 150,000 people and growing its NGO partnerships from an initial three to more than 80. To provide support during the fifth COVID-19 wave in Hong Kong earlier this year, a further HK$15 million was injected into HOME FUND, to provide emergency support to 116,000 people in Hong Kong. Some of HOME FUND's key projects in 2022 include: Empowering Youth through Life and Career Coaching Initiatives:

• In partnershipwith The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong, HOME FUND sponsored a career and life planning project for nearly 300 young people from ethnic minorities aged 15 to 29, to equip them with Chinese language skills, expand career opportunities and aspire to a promising future.
• HOME FUND collaborated with the Hong Kong Christian Service to set up a dedicated team as part of early intervention efforts to identify the hidden disadvantaged youth in society and design social, family and career programmes to help them become productive members of society, approaching life with renewed confidence.
• In line with HOME FUND's community investment strategy, the Hongkong Land HERE2HELP volunteer team contributed at least 1,900 volunteering hours through well-structured programmes like career coaching, homework tutoring and thematic educational workshops. With a 20% participation rate from Hong Kong-based employees, their efforts have helped over 15,000 people in need.
• Sponsored by HOME FUND and curated by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, 'Project Futuremark' is a two-year programme to assist the upward mobility of 1,000 young people living in sub-divided flatsthrough creative learning workshops related to education, social connections, family relations, health and hygiene, and employment experience. More than 30 workshops have been completed and the programme is currently recruiting more partners. With the commencement of the second cohort in November, over 30 NGO partners have been engaged.

Providing a Better Living and Study Environment for the Community:

• HOME FUND collaborated with twelve Hongkong Land business partners to work on an Improvement Project for the Christian Zheng Sheng Association. Recognised as the 'Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year' at the RICS Awards 2022, the project has improved the living conditions of students by revamping their dormitory and equipping the kitchen with essential items for cooking and training purposes.
• Supported by HOME FUND, the Jockey Club Design Institute of Social Innovation at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) produced ergonomically designed furniture to enable a conducive learning environment for nearly 2,000 children living in sub-divided units. The furniture will be distributed by the end of this year and volunteers will be deployed by PolyU, to teach the children how to use the furniture safely.

"Two years ago, HOME FUND established with a vision to empower the local community in Hong Kong and inspire our next generation with better opportunities for the future. Looking back on our journey, we are proud of how far we have come and all the lives that have been impacted along the way," said Mr John Simpkins, Executive Director & General Counsel of Hongkong Land. "In the years to come, we hope that our projects will serve as a leading model for social impact collaboration and encourage more organisations to join hands with us as we continue to serve the needs of the community." In 2023, HOME FUND will continue to renew its investments across all its key projects, whilst growing its network of NGO partners:

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