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The Jockey Club has taken its commitment to community work a step further by launching a staff club to enlist volunteers.

The  'C.A.R.E.@hkjc' Volunteer Club was officially launched yesterday but began recruiting volunteers in October and already has 550 members including 10 retirees.

Jockey Club chairman Ronald Arculli said  the new club would help it plan volunteer activities more systematically.

'It will also allow us to partner [with] other charitable organisations to help spread the caring message throughout Hong Kong,' he said. 'I really appreciate staff joining the club. It will certainly help shoulder social responsibility and contribute to traditional family culture.'

The C.A.R.E. club, which stands for 'care and responsible employee', will endeavour to promote teamwork and networking among  volunteers, provide a platform for employees to serve the community and those in need, reinforce the Jockey Club's charitable mission and help it to be a socially responsible corporate citizen.

The Jockey Club's executive director of corporate development, Kim Mak Kin-wah,  said the new club would also help  with staff development.

'Members will learn how to communicate better with others, and how to face pressure during the process,' said Mr Mak, who has been doing volunteer work since joining the Jockey Club in 1993.

All current  and retired staff can be members of 'C.A.R.E.@hkjc', which requires them to take part in four or five corporate events each year during working hours  and three or four volunteer initiatives in their own time.

Volunteer Raymond Tang, 55, said his father, who retired 20 years ago, inspired him to participate in voluntary work. 'He has devoted a lot of his personal time and enjoyed it very much. He even looks younger now,' said Mr Tang, who persuades his own son to do voluntary work when  he is in  Hong Kong.

'He comes to Hong Kong three months a year, and I ask him to spend a month doing voluntary work.'



Jockey Club looks within the ranks for 'care' volunteers