Date: 27/8/2008
18 properties under Urban Group won 19 awards in the Source Separation of Waste Scheme jointly organized by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Hong Kong Association of Management Companies, commending their efforts and contributions to environmental management of the Group.
Among the 18 awarded properties, City One Shatin under Urban received the Gold Award, while Old Bailey Street Police Married Quarters in Central won The Award for Lowest Waste Disposal Quantity. Wherever, 12 residential properties won the Bronze Awards and 5 commercial and industrial properties received the Certificate of Merit.
18 awarded properties under Urban Group include:
Gold Award (Residential)
City One Shatin
Bronze Award (Residential)
Parc Palais
(Ho Man Tin)
Mansfield Road
(Midlevels)
Cloudridge 30
(Midlevels)
Victoria Flats
(Midlevels)
Lei King Wan
(Shau Kei Wan)
Ka Lung Court
(Aberdeen)
122 Pokfulam Road
(Southern District)
Police College and Police Married Quarters
(Wong Chuk Hang)
Pokulam Fire Station Officers Married Quarters (Central)
Old Bailey Street Police
Married Quarters (Central)
Pierhead Garden
(Tuen Mun)
Ching Wah Court
(Tsing Yi)
Certificate (Commercial and Industrial)
Chow Tai Fook Center (MongKok)
Methodist House (WanChi)
Bangkok Bank Building (Cheung Wan)
Grand Millennium Plaza (Cheung Wan)
Queensway Govt. Office(Admiratly)
The Award for Lowest Waste Disposal Quantity
Old Bailey Street Police Married Quarters (Central)
Mr. K M So, Executive Director of Urban Group stated that, "Urban Group always strives to fulfill our corporate social responsibility by participating in various environmental care activities and our strategic focus of Environmental Care Year in 2008/09. The 19 Awards we received from EPD well recognize our contributions to environmental protection and waste reduction."
"We established the “Green Care Committee” to promote a green lifestyle to our customers and to contribute to the sustainable development of the society. Since 2005, Urban Group has received overwhelmingly more than 100 awards in environmental protection and green management from various organizations and government departments, reflecting our tireless efforts in environmental care." Mr. K M So added.
The Source Separation of Waste Scheme was launched in January, 2005 and over 940 housing estates have signed up to join the programme, covering 1.14 million households and a population of 3.4 million, representing half of Hong Kong's population. The EPD extended the programme last October to cover industrial and commercial buildings, and to June this year, 400 of these joined the programme.
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.Back to Press Releases 2008