12 Companies under Urban Group awarded
Caring Company Recognition by Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Date: 25/2/2005
Twelve companies under Urban Group were recently awarded the Caring Company Logo by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) in recognition of their contribution and outstanding achievements in serving the society.
HKCSS launched the "Caring Company Scheme" in 2002-03 with the mission of cultivating corporate citizenship for a caring community and promoting strategic partnership between business and social service sectors. Companies being awarded the Caring Company Logo should satisfy at least 2 out of the 6 criteria of Volunteering, Family Friendly, Employing Vulnerable, Partnering, Mentoring and Giving. Urban Property Management Limited under Urban Group has been awarded the Caring Company Logo since 2002 for 3 consecutive years.
Dr Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group revealed, "As Hong Kong's Premier Property and Facility Management Group, we emphasize 'Community Care' through our service provisions to our customers. We established the 'Urban Group Community Care Team' in 2002 and support our staff as well as our customers in their initiative to participate in voluntary services. We also encourage owners' organizations to set up their own volunteering team to serve the community and build up our partnership in the services."
The 12 companies under Urban Group being awarded the Caring Company Logo included:
| Urban Property Management Limited | International Property Management Limited |
| Paramatta Estate Management Limited | Broadway-Nassau Investments Limited |
| Lei King Wan (Management) Limited | Harbour Heights (Management) Limited |
| Park Vale (Management) Limited | Urban-Wellborn Property Management Limited |
| Urban Technical Services Limited | Turning Technical Services Limited |
| NWS Service Management (HK) Limited | i-Urban Limited |
Dr Edmond Cheng emphasized, "The award of the Caring Company Logo to the 12 companies under Urban Group signifies our contributions to community involvement. It also demonstrates the commitment of Urban in implementing Corporate Social Responsibility among our subsidiaries. We receive the largest number of this recognition among our counterparts in the territory, which consolidates our leading position in the property asset and facility management industry. We wish to encourage more property management companies to serve the community and to shoulder corporate social responsibility."
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