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6Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Annual Report 2002
•PeopleCX, our online human resources
management system, was launched in the
second quarter and enables staff to manage
their personal information, improve processing
efficiency and create a self service culture within
the Company.
Dedicated staff
•We announced plans to create more than 1,300
new jobs in Hong Kong over the next two years
as we expand our operations.
• We recruited 200 cabin crew in 2002 and will
hire 800 more in 2003 and 2004. We will also
take on 235 new pilots and about 60 airport and
office staff.
•The first batch of staff graduated from our two
year engineering programme in Perth, Scotland,
and will become fully licensed after a period of
on the job training at their home ports of
Bangkok, Denpasar, Jakarta, Taipei and Tokyo.
•By the end of 2002, the airline employed more
than 14,600 staff in 30 countries, 10,700 of
which are based in Hong Kong.
•Cathay Pacific regularly reviews its human
resource and remuneration policy in light of local
legislation, industry practice, market conditions
and the performance of both individuals and the
Company.
Contribution to the Hong Kong community
•We responded to the HKSAR Government’s call
to help young job seekers by creating 10 initial
openings to support its “one company one job”
initiative.
•We also agreed to give job training to 30 people
under the Young Work Experience and Training
Scheme.
•We celebrated the 5th Anniversary of the
Establishment of the HKSAR by unveiling our
“A sia’s World City” special livery aircraft. The
aircraft, which features Hong Kong’s dragon
motif logo, was unveiled on 4th July by Financial
Secretary of the HKSAR Mr. Antony Leung.
•More than 140 retailers joined our “World’s
Biggest Welcome” campaign to boost tourism
in Hong Kong, with pledges of more than HK$10
million worth of special offers to the “World’s
Biggest Welcome” winners.
•We were the title sponsor of the highly
successful musical
Singin’ in the Rain
.
•For the fourth consecutive year we were title
sponsor of the Hong Kong Chinese New Year
Parade.
•Fifty Hong Kong children took part in the Junior
Pilot Club
-
a fun one day event to introduce
young people to the aviation industry and
careers in flying.
•We raised more than HK$7.5 million for the
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
through our “Change for Good” inflight fund
raising programme.
Environment
•Regular energy audits and close monitoring of
the computerised building management system
have improved the energy efficiency of lighting
and air conditioning systems in our Cathay City
headquarters.
•A comprehensive programme to sort and
recycle paper materials such as newspapers,
magazines and inflight menu cards has been
implemented on inbound flights.
• We took 42 students from Asia and the Middle
East to South Africa on our nine day International
Wilderness Experience Programme to study the
environment and appreciate cultural diversity.
2002 in Review