Chief Executive’s Statement In this spirit, we are delighted to be partnering with the Industry Council. In May, Ambassadors from seven cities Home Affairs department to host a three-day Summer joined a trip to Chengdu, where they supported Festival at Quarryside in August, in support of the HKSAR under-served community groups. This marks a new Government’s citywide “Happy Hong Kong” initiative. milestone in our community work in the wake of the We hope that by engaging community members, as well pandemic, as the borders reopen and our colleagues can as artists and business partners across different sectors, once again collaborate on new initiatives. we can contribute to Hong Kong’s resurgence and promote collaboration and engagement in our local communities. Conclusion Empowering youth remains a priority in our community Our business remains on a solid financial footing, work. This summer, we helped to launch the second anchored by the positive recovery trends we are seeing edition of the Bi-city Youth Cultural Leadership across most of our key markets. With a strong Programme, in collaboration with The Hong Kong Palace performance over the past six months, we remain Museum. Students in Hong Kong and Beijing are now optimistic about the rest of 2023 and beyond, and we will able to meet in person, and exchange knowledge and continue to focus on realising our HK$100 billion ideas. In addition, we are collaborating with the Eastern investment plan while pursuing an ambitious growth District of the HKSAR Government to engage secondary strategy across our core markets in Hong Kong, the students as part of our Swire Properties Placemaking Chinese Mainland and South East Asia. Academy (SPPA). The students will help to integrate digital innovation and arts elements at our annual Our achievements this year would not have been possible White Christmas Street Fair. We are keen to give the without the fantastic team at Swire Properties. I should younger generation more opportunities as they find like to thank all our dedicated employees, as well as our their place in the world, and we hope that programmes shareholders, partners and the wider community for your like the SPPA can help inspire them with a sense of place continued support. and community. Our longstanding 4,000-member strong volunteer initiative, the Community Ambassador Programme, continues to make a positive impact. Its signature programme “BOOKS for LOVE @ $10” won the Gold Award in the “Excellence in Construction Industry Volunteering Tim Blackburn Project” category at the Sixth Construction Industry Chief Executive Volunteer Awards, organised by the Construction Hong Kong, 10th August 2023 16 Swire Properties Limited Interim Report 2023