Member of NWS Holdings shows Corporate Citizenship
Urban Group launched Scarf-knitting Campaign for over 1,200 elderly people
Date: 14/03/2003

Urban Group, as Hong Kong's Premier Property and Facility Management Group, always emphasizes on serving the society through shouldering its corporate social responsibilities to build up a caring and harmonious community for the people of Hong Kong.

In December 2002, over 200 volunteers of the "Urban Group Community Care Team" under the Urban Group initiated a "Scarves-knitting Campaign" for the elderly people living in the Housing for Senior Citizens (HSC) in the public rental housing estates under its management.

The campaign aimed to collect scarves from staff and residents of its 300 strong managed properties and to distribute them to the elderly people living in the HSCs, which include Wah Oi House of Wah Kwai Estate in Aberdeen; Hong Tung Estate in Sai Wan Ho; Sheung Lok House, Sheung Lok Estate in Ho Man Tin; Un Chau Estate in Cheung Sha Wan; King Lam Estate and Ming Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O; Chung On Estate in Ma On Shan and Tin Tze Estate in Tin Shui Wai.

Encouragingly, this charitable campaign also received support from secondary schools in the locale of the HSCs. Totally over 1,200 scarves were collected and each scarf was attached with a beautifully designed message card filled with warm greetings and wishing words from the donors. Volunteers from "The Urban Group Community Care Team" and representatives from the participated schools joined hand to distribute the scarves to the elderly during the Christmas Parties held at the eight HSCs respectively.

Dr Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group revealed, "Since its inception in June 2002, the 'Urban Group Community Care Team' has been involving in a number of social and volunteering services such as home visits to the elderly people and help them clean and repair their homes. Our Community Care Team acts as a role model to motivate residents under our management to join volunteering services and these activities echoed the appeals for volunteerism in the society."

Dr Cheng added, "In addition, Urban Group obtained the 'Caring Company' recognition presented by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services in October 2002, applauding our participation and contribution in various social and community services for the society."

Currently, Urban Group manages 300 properties and facilities, which comprise more than 120 million square feet in gross floor area. They include 150,000 residential units, 20 million square feet of commercial and industrial premises and over 34,000 car parking spaces throughout the territory. Urban Group has a high reputation in its professionalism, excellent service quality and innovation, which has become a mark of confidence for the property owners.

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