KGI Financial Holdings held a Lunar New Year Welfare Market today at its headquarters plaza. This event, carrying on the festive spirit of December, brought together 24 social enterprises, welfare organizations, local revitalization teams and local farmers into a bazaar. This "KGI Lunar New Year Market" attracted enthusiastic participation from group employees and nearby residents.
Angelo J.Y. Koo, Chairman of China Development Foundation, stated that the Foundation’s "Annual Welfare Day" has become an identity of KGI Financial Holdings’ philanthropic efforts. An opening performance by two dancers, long nurtured by the Foundation, also features the Foundation’s remarkable achievements in talent cultivation. The dancer Li Chia-ming made a special trip back to Taiwan to show his gratitude to the Foundation.
The event kicked off with a performance titled "Serpent in Dance, Steed in Flight" by two dancers Li Chia-ming and Wang Yu-wen, both long-term beneficiaries of the KGI Charity Foundation. The female dancer bid farewell to the Year of the Snake with fluid and graceful movements, and the male dancer Li Chia-ming, who took leave from his Hong Kong Dance Company, flied with powerful and majestic steps to welcome the Lunar New Year.
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The Welfare Day inspired employees’ compassion, generating millions in revenue for the market. KGI Financial Holdings specifically invited organizations such as Hualien’s dawn Sheltered Workshop, FISH BAR, and Taitung’s Sunward Woodcraft Workshop to assist local revitalization teams that were heavily impacted by typhoons last year. The surge in revenue will help restore livelihoods.
KGI Financial Holdings emphasized that it will strengthen the partnership with social enterprises, welfare organizations and local revitalization teams, integrating ESG principles into business operations.
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