Corporate Bits | Sands China recognizes team member for achievement in best employees with disabilities award program

Sands China Ltd. acknowledged and cheered on one of its team members, Mak Man Hin, at The Venetian Macao yesterday, celebrating his accomplishment of being honored in the Best Employees with Disabilities Award Program of the Macau SAR government. Jointly organized by the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) and Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), the program acknowledges the outstanding performance of employees with disabilities; the aim is to increase employers’ acceptance and understanding of the employability of people with disabilities, as well as to increase public recognition and support, in order to encourage more employers to provide such employment opportunities.
Sands China Ltd. President and CEO Edward Tracy joined Senior Vice President of Human Resources Antonio Ramirez in congratulating Mak yesterday, and encouraging him to keep up the good work.
“We want to embrace people like Man Hin, who may be seen as different by some but deserve opportunities like anyone else, and to make them a part of our family, and that is what we are offering. We congratulate Man Hin for his noteworthy achievement, and for having earned himself the distinction of being our first team member to receive this award,” said Ramirez.
Having been referred to Sands China by Macau Special Olympics, Mak currently works in the company’s human resources department at The Venetian Macao, where his major responsibility is to maintain the cleanliness of the office and to deliver documents within the property.
Inaugurated in 2003, the Best Employees with Disabilities Award Program was recently held for the sixth time; a panel of judges selected the ten most outstanding candidates to be awarded from a pool of nearly 70 nominees this year. Each awardee was given a trophy and a cash prize of MOP6,000 at an official award ceremony on September 5.

Feds say Bayer Colon supplement makes bogus claims

The U.S. federal government has said that Bayer is making unsupported claims in advertisements for its dietary supplement that is designed to help with digestion, an act which is in violation of a federal court order.
The Department of Justice filed a court motion on Friday against the German conglomerate over its advertisements for Phillips’ Colon Health, which claims to prevent diarrhea, constipation, gas and bloating. Federal officials say that the company does not have reliable scientific evidence to support those claims.
Bayer revealed in a statement that it “is extremely disappointed and strongly disagrees” with the government’s course of action.
“Bayer believes that the product’s benefits for consumers are fully substantiated and supported. We will defend ourselves vigorously.”
Bayer is subject to a 2007 court order that prohibits the company from making unsubstantiated claims about its vitamins and dietary supplements. That order stemmed from an earlier federal complaint about the company’s marketing for its One-A-Day Weightsmart vitamins. Bayer paid USD3.2 million to settle those allegations and pledged to stop making unsubstantiated claims for similar over-the-counter products.