As a responsible corporate citizen, HIT is committed to supporting and contributing to the Hong Kong community. Each year, HIT participates in a variety of projects that are beneficial to our community. These activities range from promoting traffic safety in the Kwai Tsing area to educational initiatives. Find out more by clicking on the following links.

HIT has always firmly believed that the youths of Hong Kong represent the future of Hong Kong. We have been working with them for more than 30 years now, during which we have created numerous opportunities for the youths and played an important role in helping them achieve their dreams.

Dock School Programme

HIT plays an active role in the HPH Dock School Programme. In Hong Kong, we have adopted two local schools and provided valuable assistance by means of sponsoring scholarships and other educational initiatives.

The Dock School Programme aims to match 'a school to each port'. In 1992, HIT adopted the Tsuen Wan Trade Association Primary School as the first of its two Dock Schools. Since then, HIT has presented annual scholarship awards to students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance.

Building on this success, HIT in 1999 adopted a second school - CCC Chuen Yuen College. This middle school shares HIT's belief in promoting IT awareness among the younger generation so HIT designed a website design course for pupils.

This initiative started with a familiarization course, comprising a series of three 90-minute lessons. This gave students valuable hands-on experience in the construction and design of websites. They also learned the history of the Internet, Internet terminology, HTML, hyperlinking and usage of multimedia such as video and animation.

The scheme was extended to include a website design competition as well as a sponsorship drive to fund the purchase of web software for the college.

This focus on IT in the community reflects HIT's pioneering role in using IT in the container port industry. It allows HIT to share its expertise with the younger generation, helping them to follow their dreams and achieve success.

Community Chest

HIT takes pride in supporting the various events that are organised by the Community Chest of Hong Kong. This charity organisation provides a diverse range of services aimed at helping the community.

Skip Lunch Day

On 21 January 2005, 891 HIT staff skipped lunch and donated their lunch money to support the Hong Kong Street Sleepers and Cage Residents. This exercise was a great success, with donation amounting to more than HK$45,000 being collected.

Green Day

In hope of raising the overall awareness on environmental protection, HIT participated in Community Chest's Green Day on 9 June 2004. In addition to successfully communicating the importance of caring for our environment, the event also managed to generate over HK$9,648 to help those in need.

Dress Casual Day

HIT continued to support the Community Chest "Dress Casual Day". Showing their support for this worthy cause, over three hundred HIT staff came to work in their most casual attire on 30 September 2005. Another highly successful event, this exercise managed to raise over HK$26,000, of which the funds were passed on to the Family and Children Welfare.

Oxfam Trailwalk

Oxfam Trailwalker is one of the largest fund-raising sports events in Hong Kong. Funds raised support Oxfam's various poverty alleviation and emergency relief projects in Africa and Asia, including those in Hong Kong and mainland China. HIT has supported a group of staff to complete the 100km MacLehose Trail within a 48-hour time limit, which was held from 5 to 7 November 2004. The group finished the mission within 44 hours and raised more than HK$14,000.

Kwai Tsing Road Safety Campaign - Carnival

Each year HIT not only helps to sponsor, but also manages an exhibit in the Kwai Tsing District Road Safety Campaign, organised by the Kwai Tsing District Council.

Since 1990, HIT has been a co-organiser of the Articulated Vehicle Safety Campaign Carnival and the Commissioner for Transport Trophy. This event is supported by the Hong Kong Container Tractor Owner Association and the Hong Kong Institute of Advanced Motorists, where it aims to raise the skill level of tractor drivers and to increase safety awareness of all those on the road. The Kwai Tsing District Office and Kwai Tsing Police District are also actively involved in this event.

All of these events remind the many different companies that need to commute in and out of Kwai Chung on the importance of careful driving. Everyone benefits - the drivers, local residents and the authorities. Initiatives like these help to keep the importance of road safety in the forefront of peoples' mind.

Adopting a safe and sound driving environment within the container terminal compound is also one of the measures that have been implemented by HIT.

Kwai Tsing Road Safety Campaign - Internal Drivers Talk

As part of the Kwai Tsing Road Safety Campaign, an Internal Drivers Talk was held at HIT on 8 October 2004, where over 200 internal tractor drivers attended the talk. Speakers were from the Institute of Advanced Motorists Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Police, where the topics included safe driving attitude and the importance of road safety. All participants paid keen attention as the topics were directly related to their job. The organizer, Kwai Tsing District Board, expressed appreciation to HIT on the opportunity to meet so many professional drivers and pass on road safety news to the audience.

Road Safety Carnival organized by Hong Kong Police Force

A road safety carnival, organized by the Traffic New Territories South of Hong Kong Police Force, was held on 23 January 2005. The theme of the carnival was “be a responsible pedestrian”, where it aimed to promote road safety to the local residents. HIT helped to design and manage a game booth, as well as participated in the vehicle march.