Quality Management to promote Occupational Safety and Health
7 Companies under Urban Group win Gold Award and 8 Major Awards in
"Care for your Staff's Gums Health Award Campaign"
Date: 02/23/2006
Seven companies under Urban Group recently received the Gold, Silver, Bronze and 6 major awards in the "Care for your Staff's Gums Health" Award organized by the Department of Health, showing its emphasis on corporate occupational safety and health among staff members of the Group.
The 7 companies under Urban Group being awarded by the Department of Health include:
| Name of company | Award |
| International Property Management Limited | Gold Award |
| Urban Property Management Limited | Silver Award "Employer and Employees Total Participation Award" |
| Broadway-Nassau Investments Limited | Bronze Award "Most Creative Teeth Care Proposal Award" |
| Paramatta Estate Management Limited | Merit Award |
| Lei King Wan (Management) Limited | Merit Award |
| Park Vale (Management) Limited | Merit Award |
| Harbour Heights (Management) Limited | Merit Award |
The Department of Health has organized a number of campaigns to arouse the interest of the working population in caring for their gums and teeth since 2003. The "Care for your Staff's Gums Health Award" campaign enables both employer and employees to align their creativity by proposing ideas on how to improve staff's gums and teeth health in the workplace. The outstanding proposals will be selected by a judging panel to be awarded as the "Oral Healthy Workplace".
International Property Management Limited, with a campaign titled: "Teeth Floss Keeps Healthy Teeth", the Gold Award winner will carry out a series of campaigns to promote the message of "Caring for your Teeth and Gums Health" during the coming months, which include posting up posters to promote teeth health, placing teeth floss and teeth care products in the toilets of various management offices, organizing "Gums Health Workshops" and "Teeth Care Quiz" for internal staff. As for the Silver Award and "Employer and Employees Total Participation Award" winner Urban Property Management Limited, a number of campaigns under the title of "Use Teeth Floss Everyday and Smile Bright", will be launched including internal competition, distributing teeth floss to staff, providing tips for teeth health to staff, and promoting the message through posting up relevant posters, emails and setting up bulletin boards on "Information of Oral Health".
Mr K M So, Executive Director of Urban Group revealed, "As the Premier Property Asset and Facility Management Group in Hong Kong, we strive to build up a culture of occupational safety and heath in our workplace as well as care for the occupational safety and health of our staff. To join the Award Scheme of the Department of Health, we are aiming to strengthen the awareness of our staff on the importance of gums health so as to build up an 'Oral Healthy Workplace' together."
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