Corporate bits | Sands China awards outstanding team members

Sands China Ltd. honored outstanding team members and teams last week with a ceremony for the Because We Care Team Member Awards, held at The Parisian Macao’s Parisian Theatre.

Celebrating for four consecutive years to recognize outstanding team members, a total of 497 team members were named top nominees, after being shortlisted by a judging panel of previous award winners and top nominees.

The top nominees for each award category were then decided by team members as a whole through a company-wide vote, according to a statement issued by the gaming operator.

A total of 16 team members and seven outstanding teams (totaling 248 team members) emerged as gold, silver and bronze award winners in seven categories: the Influential Service Award and the Exceptional Spirit Award amongst others.

The expansion of the awards saw more top nominees and award winners receive prizes in recognition of their performances, including cash prizes totaling over MOP440,000.

MGM donates mop300,000 to holy house of mercy welfare shop

For the fifth year in a row, MGM donated MOP300,000 to the Macau Holy House of Mercy Welfare Shop project, funding the distribution of food hampers to more than 350 local low-income households.

According to a statement released by MGM, its senior executives led a team of over 40 volunteers to help distribute food hampers and MGM’s custom- made eco-friendly handcarts to the families.

Grant Bowie, CEO and executive director of MGM China Holdings Limited, presented a donation check of MOP300,000 to António José de Freitas, president of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the Holy House of Mercy.

More than 1,600 low-income families have received MGM’s food hampers and handcarts under the Welfare Shop project since its launch in 2013.

During the distribution of food hampers, the volunteers divided into six groups, and each of them took up specific parts in helping to pack basic food and daily necessities, including rice, noodles, canned food, and cooking oil into MGM’s tailor-made handcarts and distributed them to the families.