Date: 11/8/2009
Urban Group has been supporting World Vision Hong Kong to launch the "Used Book Recycling and Charity Sale Campaign" for the 9th consecutive years since 2001. In this year, the Campaign obtained overwhelming supports from customers of 12 properties under the Group with over 20,000 books were collected for World Vision's Secondary School Construction Project in Shaanxi Province of China.
The 12 properties under Urban Group participated in the Campaign include:
Mr. K M So, Executive Director of Urban Group states that, "Urban Group always strives to fulfill our corporate social responsibility by participating in various environmental care activities. To achieve this goal, we have set our strategic focus for 2008/09 as Environmental Care Year."
"With our corporate mission of "Green Lifestyle" and "Community Care", we have obtained the supports from customers of 12 properties to participate in the Used Book Recycling and Charity Sale Campaign this year. Books collected from our customers include textbooks, leisure readings, novels, children's readers and reference books, which have been donated to World Vision Hong Kong to assist their educational programmes in Mainland China, and most importantly, to contribute to environmental protection and to lessen the financial burden of parents in purchasing books for their children." Mr. K M So adds.
Urban Group is the first mover of environmental care in the Hong Kong property asset and facility management industry. Apart from used book recycling, the Group also launches various recycling initiatives for used clothes, CDRs, batteries as well as second-hand electrical appliances. Its ultimate goal is to enhance the environmental protection awareness of its customers and to promote its corporate social responsibility through participating in different recycling campaigns.
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 200 projects territory-wide and serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.
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