Human Resources and Community Relations

TOWARDS A HEALTHIER WORKPLACE

To encourage staff to lead well-balanced and healthy lifestyles, Keppel Land signed the Health Charter in June 2002, in a move to demonstrate its commitment towards promoting employees' health and well-being.

The Health Charter is a workplace health promotion programme jointly organised by the Health Promotion Board, the Singapore National Employers Federation and the National Trades Union Congress. Its aim is to help develop a robust workforce that will contribute to Singapore's productivity and prosperity for a better quality of life.

Under the Charter, Keppel Land is committed to implement an integrated workplace health programme that encourages employees to achieve optimum levels of physical, social and mental well being. To this end, a string of activities ranging from monthly fitness events such as free workouts to professional health talks and classes on aerobics, boxercise and line-dancing, were held to promote healthy living. In addition, staff are also given a bag of fruits at the end of each month to remind them of the importance of a balanced diet.

Due to enthusiastic response from staff, Keppel Land renewed its corporate gym membership at Clark Hatch Fitness Center at InterContinental Singapore for the fourth year running. Conveniently located within the Bugis Junction development where Keppel Land's offices are also situated, the membership allows staff use of facilities such as the gym, the swimming pool and indoor and outdoor jacuzzis. Membership passes to the fitness centre enjoy heavy usage as staff have the flexibility of using the gym facilities either during lunch breaks or after work on weekdays as well as weekends.

Group workshops like the annual regional conference are platforms for harnessing synergies across borders

To foster greater interaction and esprit de corps among staff, the Staff Welfare Committee in Keppel Land has been organising various activities throughout the year. These range from baking classes, to excursions to a durian plantation in Kukup, Malaysia, as well as to vegetable and fish farms and food-processing factories in the outskirts of Singapore.

The Staff Welfare Committee also organised many health-related activities during the year, under the auspices of the Health Charter. These included line-dance classes and professional health talks on various topics such as stress management, reflexology and nutrition. Classes on line-dancing, a synchronised group dance where a set of specific moves is performed in a straight line, were held once a week at the roof garden of Bugis Junction. Due to overwhelming response from staff, the classes ran for three months, from July to September.