Date: 20/11/2006
Urban Group supported the charitable Trailwalker activity organized by Oxfam Hong Kong for the 4th consecutive year by sending ¡§Urban Premier Walkers¡¨ to join this annual walkathon again this year, who have successfully completed the 100km journey in 23 hours and 45 minutes to raise HK$25,000 for the community.
More than 3,200 walkers participated in ¡§Oxfam Trailwalker 2006¡¨ held from 10th to 11th November this year. The event aims to raise funds for helping the poor and supporting the development projects and emergency relief programmes in Asia by completing the 100 km Maclehose Trail within 48 hours.
Dr. Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group revealed, ¡§Oxfam Trailwalker is a meaningful charitable event. Through participating in this event, we not only can help those disadvantaged people in the society, but may also train up our staff members on the importance of consistency at work and team spirit.¡¨
Dr. Edmond Cheng stated, ¡§Apart from the 4 Urban Premier Walkers, we have also organized a strong support team comprising 30 staff members to provide assistance, encouragement and materials supports to the Premier Walkers, which showed the strong team spirit of our Group.¡¨
Dr. Cheng continued, ¡§To promote our corporate value of ¡¥Community Care¡¦ and to fulfill our ¡¥Corporate Social Responsibility¡¦, Urban Group has been actively supporting and encouraging our staff members to join various charitable and social events. Through our achievements in these activities, we wish to take the lead in encouraging our counterparts in the industry to participate in more social events in order to build up a harmonious society in Hong Kong.¡¨
Oxfam Trailwalker is one of the Hong Kong's largest fundraising events. Since its launch in 1986, more than 50,000 walkers have raised over HK$22 million towards various poverty alleviation and emergency relief projects in Africa and Asia, including Hong Kong and mainland China.
Urban Group is a member of NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong stock code: 0659) and is currently the Largest Property Asset and Facility Management Group in Hong Kong. The Group is managing 250 projects and serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.
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