Date: 9/7/2008
Urban Group recently received "The Best Property Management Company in OSH - Merit Award ", "The Best Performance Award - Gold Award"and "The Outstanding Employee in OSH (Property Management Comapny) - Bronze Award" in the Construction Safety Forum and Award Presentation Ceremony 2008 organized by the Occupational Safety & Health Council, showing its care for the safety and health of its employees and the community at large, and confirming its excellent achievements in building a safe and healthy working culture.
Mr. K M So, Executive Director of Urban Group points out that, "Urban is committed to enhancing our occupational safety and health standards at work, our aim is to achieve ultimately zero accident rate. Thus, Urban has been working hand in hand with the OSH Council to promote occupational safety and health to its staff."
To ensure Urban's Safety and Health Management System is properly understood and maintained by all staff, Urban Group has produced the Occupational Safety and Job Risks Assessment Quickguide to each and every staff member of the Group and conduct regular sharing meetings, to improve the related knowledge and awareness of our staff.
"Urban Group is a pioneer in the industry to promote workplace occupational safety and health. We established our Occupational Safety and Health Committee in 1998 to monitor and implement our Safety and Health Policy. In 2002, the Group established its Environmental and Safety Management System and successfully obtained the ISO 14001and OHSAS 18001 certificates from the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency. We takes safety and health at works as a matter of paramount importance and endeavors to ensure that all statutory obligations in respect to safety and health. Also, we will continuously to create a safer and healthier working environment for the workers in Hong Kong" Mr. K M So added.
Urban Group, a member of NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 0659), is the Premier Real Estate and Facility Management Services Group in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group manages 230 projects territory-wide and serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.
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