Date: 8/6/2007
Following the achievement of The Best Brand Enterprise Award and Corporate Development Excellence for Hong Kong and Guangdong Province presented by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) in 2006, Urban Group received The Best Brand Enterprise in Greater China Award from HKPC again this year, recognizing their outstanding performance in corporate brand building and development.
The HKPC Best Brand Enterprise in Greater China Award 2007 aims to recognize those best-in-class enterprises in Hong Kong and Greater China, which have successfully developed and managed their corporate brand image to enhance their competitiveness in the marketplace. The judging criteria comprise organizational development, brand management and strategy, corporate leadership, corporate innovation and brand building.
The Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 8th June 2007 at the InterContinental Hong Kong in Tsimshatsui. The organizer has received enrollment from hundreds of enterprises from Hong Kong and the Greater China region for this Award and Urban Group is among the few enterprises in the territory, which has received the same Award for two consecutive years.
Dr Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group points out that, "The brand legend of Urban Group originates from our management service for Mei Foo Sun Chuen since 1965. We possess over 40 years of brand heritage in the marketplace. Over the years, we have been striving to protect our corporate identity and branding system to reinforce our competitive edge in the industry. It is our great pleasure to have obtained the Award in 2 consecutive years, which further enhances the team spirit of our staff and the confidence of our customers on us."
Dr Edmond Cheng reveals, "As early as 1994, Urban Group has developed our real estate service business in the Greater China market by providing professional management consultancy and corporate training services for property developers and management practitioners in the Mainland. Since 2002, we have been organizing experience sharing and training events for large corporations in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, aiming to enrich mutual understanding and professional knowledge among practitioners in the cities and to enhance the overall service quality in the region."
In recent years, Urban Group has been actively participating in various corporate benchmarking activities to strengthen its brand value, quality and asset. For instances, Urban Group was awarded the "2003 Quality Award - Overall Wi" presented by the Hong Kong Management Association; "2004 Superbrands Hong Kong"; "2005 Best Employers in Asia"; "2006 Business Superbrands Hong "; 2006 Outstanding Enterprise Award" and "2007 Prime Awards for the Best Brand Enterprise in Greater China" presented by Capital Magazine and Prime Magazine respectively, confirming the outstanding performance in brand building and management of the Group.
Urban Group, a member of NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 0659), is one of the Largest Property Asset and Facility Management Companies in Hong Kong. It is now managing 200 projects territory-wide and serving a total of 1,000,000 people in Hong Kong.
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