Hong Kong hotel group spreads Christmas cheer with party for Nepalese children
Students from the Integrated Brilliant Education Trust were treated to a buffet spread and gingerbread-making workshop
The lobby of the Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel was filled with festive cheer as 20 Nepalese children sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
To thank the hotel for a special day, they made the extra effort to sing the song in Cantonese.
The children are pupils at the Integrated Brilliant Education Trust, an organisation that provides educational support to the ethnic minority community, and were invited to take part in a Christmas party hosted by Sino Hotels Group.
The group is helping raise funds for Operation Santa Claus, the annual charity appeal organised by the South China Morning Post and RTHK.
Hotel staff prepared a string of activities for the children, including a Christmas buffet with more than a dozen dishes, followed by a gingerbread-making workshop.
The hotel group management, including Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers general manager Kevin Chuc and Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel general manager Robert Hon Pan-ching, were on hand to help the children roll out the dough and decorate the gingerbread, which was immediately baked in the oven for the children to take home as a souvenir.