Hactl has received a trophy from customer UPS, in recognition of its 100% compliance with the 2019 UPS Airline Internal Evaluation. The airline conducts the evaluation annually to assess each station’s overall operational compliance with its standard. This is the first time Hactl has received this award, and it is the only UPS ground handling agent in Hong Kong to have achieved 100% compliance. Hactl Chief Operating Officer Tan Chee Hong accepted the trophy from UPS representatives Bill Taylor (Vice President, Corporate Transportation) and Luis Arriaga (President, Asia Transportation).
Hactl’s band “The Voice”, formed by Victor Leung and Andy Chan from Service Delivery in 2018, has won Champion in the “Talents from the Airport 2019” beating 10 other acts. The talented group had already walked away with the second runner-up award in 2018 and, determined to do even better this year, they carried on practicing and rehearsing to hone their performing skills! This year’s result also gave the Hactl cheering team plenty to celebrate as they proudly supported their colleagues on stage!
No Less than 174 Hactl staff were publicly recognized for their longstanding contribution and dedication to the company at the Long Service Awards Dinner 2019, held at City Hall Maxim’s Palace. Chief Executive Wilson Kwong proudly presented badges to all staff who had served the company for 20 years or more: 112 staff received 20-year and 25-year badges, 55 received badges for 30 years and 35 years, and 7 staff received badges for completing 40 years’ service with Hactl.
Hactl once again participated in the Men's Relay and Women's Individual races in this year's "Walk Up Jardine House". Leanne Szeto was crowned Champion in the Women's Individual category for the third year running, finishing the 49-floor race in just 6 minutes 15 seconds. “Walk Up Jardine House” fundraises for MINDSET, Jardine's registered charity organisation dedicated to supporting mental health, wellness and recovery. This year, an interactive phone booth that promotes "Voice Up", the theme of the event, was sited at Hactl from 15 April to 26 April, encouraging staff to send supportive messages to family and friends.
5 Hactl teams participated in this year’s Tree Planting Challenge – including one made up of senior management! The annual Tree Planting Challenge is one of the major events of Friends of the Earth (HK). It combines two healthy activities, hiking and tree planting: participants have to plant a number of tree saplings along a 3km trail in Tai Lam Country Park, taking around 4 hours. It was the second time that Hactl had participated in this worthy event, and the enthusiastic teams planted more than 120 trees. To underscore Hactl’s ongoing drive to protect the environment, participants designed a container made from recycled materials to carry the saplings.
For the fifth year in a row, DHL has presented Hactl with its Star Performance Award for Outstanding Handling Service. Chief Executive Wilson Kwong, Executive Director Vivien Lau and Chief Operating Officer Tan Chee Hong were presented with the award by Paul Ennis, Managing Director Operations – Air Capacity Sales, ACS Europe at a ceremony held in Hong Kong.
The number of Hactl’s caring staff who took part in the company’s latest Blood Donation Day, held in March in conjunction with Hong Kong Red Cross, was up by a massive 50%. The next Blood Donation Day will be held in August.
Hactl’s third "Clean Week", which aims to promote cleanliness in the terminal, kicked off with Hong Kong's “Keep Clean Ambassador”, Ah Tak, joining Hactl staff in singing and dancing at the opening ceremony, at which Hactl presented awards for "Best Cleaning Partner – Truckers" and "Best Cleaning Partner – Cleaning Agents". Clean Week activities included guided tours of plastics recycling facilities for Hactl staff, themed games, and DIY soap-making and eco-enzyme (environmentally-friendly) detergent-making workshops. Hactl staff also had the opportunity to visit the WEEE Park (a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment treatment and recycling facility) and EcoPark (Hong Kong's first recycling-business park), and to participate in a Clean Week Slogan Competition.
Hactl has once again won Hong Kong International Airport’s Safety Performance Award for HKIA aviation logistics partners, in recognition of its efforts to ensure safety at work. At the awards ceremony, Mr. Ian Kwok, Assistant General Manager, Aviation Logistics of Airport Authority Hong Kong presented the award to Hactl’s Chief Operating Officer, Tan Chee Hong and members of the company’s Quality Assurance team.
Hactl’s renowned International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition has taken place once again. Nine teams travelled from around the world to take part in this year’s competition: Air Canada Cargo, Air France Cargo, IAG Cargo, Air China Cargo, Cargolux, Japan Airlines, KLM, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Qatar Airways. The event was attended by guests of honour Dr. Raymond So Wai-man BBS JP (Acting Secretary for Transport and Housing), Mr. Chan Ka-lai (Chief Occupational Safety Officer, Labour Department) and Dr. Winson Yeung (Principal Consultant, Occupational Safety and Health Council). It was the twelfth year of the contest, which is a key element of Hactl’s ongoing Safety at Work programme.
Hactl has once again fielded a team of four participants at the major annual hiking event, Green Power Hike. The 2019 team was crowned Champion in the Aviation and Airport Service Cup (repeating Hactl’s 2016 and 2017 successes), with a time of just 6 hours 38 minutes for the arduous 50km course. This was the 26th year of the event, which attracts around 3,000 people. Organiser Green Power aims to deliver a green hiking experience, by integrating environmental elements and messages into the event.