Date: 10/7/2008
Urban Group recently received the "Best Change Management Practices Award" in the HR Awards Hong Kong 2008 Prize Presentation Ceremony, assuring its human capital management strategy has attained international standard under the strong guidance of its parent company NWS Holdings Limited (0659).
Ms Janna Cheng, Senior Group Manager - Human Capital of Urban Group says " Urban Group has over 43-year substantial experiences in real estate and facility management since 1965. We are the first company to re-defined the labour relations in the Hong Kong property management industry through introducing the concept of Human Capital. We value our 3,000 staff members as our Quality Working Partners, emphasizing mutual trust and teamwork. Moreover, we established The Urban Corporate University and The Urban Learning Center, with an aim of enhancing competitiveness of the Group"
Ms Janna Cheng adds "Despite the fact that we have already achieved good performance in human capital management, we still have to continuous improving our human resources strategy to sustain our leading position in the industry. Therefore, our human capital team strives to enhance the quality of our human resources, and implements various human resources policies which in line with the Group's business expansions. Following the reception of Best Employers in Asia in 2003 and 2005, Urban Group receives this international human resources award again, which enables us to maintain our competitive edge over our rivalries in the human capital market and to lay down a solid foundation for our provision of Six-star Services to our customers."
Urban Group and its parent company NWS Holdings both received overwhelming results in the HR Awards Hong Kong 2008. NWS Holdings won the "Best Employer Branding Award" and the "Best HR Young Gun", recognizing their outstanding performance in human capital management strategy, and leading its subsidiary companies to attain international standard in human resources.
Organized by Key Media International Limited, a leading multi-media publisher worldwide, The Hong Kong HR Awards is meant for companies with remarkable performance in different human resources aspects. Apart from Urban Group, winners of the Awards this year also have the multinational conglomerates such as The Bank of China Group Investment Limited, The Hong Kong Jockey Club and DHL.
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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