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Las Vegas Sands and Sands China Build 200,000 Hygiene Kits for Clean the World

More than 4,000 volunteers in Singapore, Macao, Pennsylvania and Las Vegas work around the clock and across the globe Saturday to deliver much-needed hygiene supplies to people in need
2015-09-29 17:14 5187

MACAO, Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sands China Ltd. (HKEx: 1928) joined Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and international social enterprise Clean the World to complete an unprecedented 24-hour global volunteer effort Saturday, Sept. 26, building 200,000 hygiene kits to be distributed to populations in need worldwide, including in Macao.

More than 1,500 Sands China team members and members of the Macao community completed building 75,000 hygiene kits Saturday at The Venetian Macao for the Las Vegas Sands Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World.
More than 1,500 Sands China team members and members of the Macao community completed building 75,000 hygiene kits Saturday at The Venetian Macao for the Las Vegas Sands Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World.

More than 4,000 LVS team members and community volunteers participated in the Las Vegas Sands Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World - which was both organisations' largest volunteer effort to date, resulting in the most kits ever built for Clean the World at one time. The build was held at LVS' Singapore, Macao, Bethlehem and Las Vegas properties sequentially and all within a 24-hour period on Saturday. It all began at Marina Bay Sands, LVS' property in Singapore, at 9 a.m. local time and culminated at 6 p.m. local time in Las Vegas. The effort was part of LVS's global corporate citizenship program, Sands Cares, and its ongoing partnership with Clean the World.

"Through this ambitious global Sands Cares event, we are helping hundreds of thousands of people without access to hygiene supplies to help them stay healthy," said Ron Reese, senior vice president of corporate communications at LVS. "Today showed the amazing impact people can have by uniting around a single mission."

More than 1,500 Sands China team members and volunteers from the Macao community worked together at The Venetian® Macao's Cotai Expo 2-9 p.m. Saturday to assemble 75,000 kits, supporting the global effort spearheaded by Sands China's parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Ming Fai Group was supporting entity for the Macao build.

Knowing that he was part of a global effort is what made the event special for one of the volunteers: "I really feel I'm part of something bigger than myself today. It's not often that we get the chance to do something locally that can impact people around the world. I'm glad I'm here to help put together these hygiene kits for people in need - here in Macao and around the world."

Winnie Wong, vice president of corporate communications and community affairs for Venetian Macau Limited, said: "It is a pleasure for Sands China to work together with volunteers from throughout the Macao community to build these hygiene kits today. Clean the World is a wonderful organisation to work with, and Sands China is pleased to be doing our part to support this important global initiative of Las Vegas Sands."

A total of 14 associations joined Sands China team members in the hygiene kit build Saturday at The Venetian Macao: Association of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau, Young Men's Christian Association of Macau, Macau Special Olympics, Kinwa Family Service Centre of the Social Service Division of the Methodist, Caritas Macau, Macau Deaf Association, Macau Association for the Parents of the Mentally Handicapped, Fuhong Society of Macau, Macau Youth Volunteer Association, Richmond Fellowship of Macau, Shiu Pong College of the University of Macau, Macau Green Student Union, Green Future, and Rotary Club of Macau.

Each hygiene kit contains soap and other hygiene items collected from Clean the World's hospitality partners, including LVS properties globally, such as Sands China's integrated resorts in Macao. Soap is recycled through Clean the World's sanitation and processing equipment and packed with other amenities, such as shampoo, conditioner, a toothbrush and toothpaste, to form individual personal care kits.

The global event was underwritten by LVS and also received support from Sysco and Ming Fai Group. LVS and Clean the World have a strong partnership built upon a collective commitment to help people in need while protecting the planet. Since 2011, LVS and Clean the World have recycled more than 50 tons of waste from LVS properties worldwide into more than 550,000 bars of soap.

Shawn Seipler, founder and CEO of Clean the World, said: "Today's accomplishment illustrates the collective commitment of Las Vegas Sands and Clean the World to make our world healthier through sustainable solutions that address and solve social ills. A global build of this magnitude makes far-reaching impact, providing reclaimed hygiene supplies to people and places we normally can't reach - a win for people and a win for the planet."

LVS' partnership with Clean the World is part of the company's global corporate citizenship program, Sands Cares. Announced in April 2014, Sands Cares manifests the company's core corporate social responsibility focus: supporting people in the company and the hospitality industry, making local communities where LVS operates a better place to live, and reducing environmental impact on the planet. Sands Cares unites corporate and property-level giving in communities where LVS operates to address the most pressing issues in local communities and make them better places to live. For more information about Sands Cares and key initiatives, please visit www.sandscares.sands.com.   

About Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) is the world's leading developer and operator of Integrated Resorts. Our collection of Integrated Resorts in Asia and the United States feature state-of-the-art convention and exhibition facilities, premium accommodations, world-class gaming and entertainment, destination retail and dining including celebrity chef restaurants and many other amenities.

Our properties include the five-diamond Venetian and Palazzo resorts and Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Sands Bethlehem in Eastern Pennsylvania, and the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Through majority ownership in Sands China Ltd., LVS owns a portfolio of properties on the Cotai Strip in Macao, including The Venetian Macao, The Plaza and Four Seasons Hotel Macao and Sands Cotai Central, as well as the Sands Macao on the Macao Peninsula.

LVS is dedicated to being a good corporate citizen, anchored by the core tenets of delivering a great working environment for nearly 50,000 employees worldwide, driving impact through its Sands Cares corporate citizenship program and leading innovation with the company's award-winning Sands ECO360° global sustainability program. To learn more, please visit www.sands.com.  

About Sands China Ltd.

Sands China Ltd. (HKEx: 1928, Sands China or the Company) is a Cayman Islands registered company and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Sands China is the largest operator of integrated resorts in Macao. The Company's Sands Resorts Cotai Strip Macao is comprised of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza™ Macao and Sands® Cotai Central. The Company also owns and operates Sands® Macao on the Macao peninsula. The Company's integrated resorts contain a diversified mix of leisure and business attractions and transportation operations, including large meeting and convention facilities, a wide range of restaurants, shopping malls, world-class entertainment at the Cotai Arena and The Venetian Theatre, and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and Macao. The Company's property development projects on Cotai have the goal of transforming it into Asia's premier entertainment and business destination. Sands China is a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).

For more information, please visit www.sandschinaltd.com.

About Clean the World

Clean the World is a social enterprise with the mission of saving millions of lives around the world. Clean the World leads a Global Hygiene Revolution to distribute recycled soap and hygiene products to children and families in in need. Clean the World is the largest global recycler of hotel amenities with more than 4,000 hotel and resort partners, and 500 event partners, throughout North America.  Since 2009, Clean the World has distributed more than 25 million bars of soap to children and families in 99 countries worldwide, while fulfilling an environmental mission by diverting 3,800 tons of hotel waste from polluting. More information: http://www.cleantheworld.org.

Media contacts:

Corporate Communications, Venetian Macau Limited
Mabel Wu
Tel: +853-8118-2268
Email: mabel.wu@sands.com.mo

Simpson Lei
Tel: +853-8118-2054
Email: simpson.lei@sands.com.mo

Photo - http://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20150929/8521506394

Source: Sands China Ltd.
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