Date: 9/4/2010
42 properties under the management of Urban Group supported Earth Hour 2010 for the 2nd consecutive years initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 28th March 2010. The action of switching off the lights with over 100 countries for an hour showed huge concerns in saving the planet.
The 42 properties under Urban Group participated in the Campaign include:
2 Park Road (Mid-level)
33 Island Road (Mid-levels)
Aldrich Garden (Shau Kei Wan)
Blessings Garden I (Mid-levels)
Blessings Garden II (Mid-levels)
City One Shatin (Shatin)
Clovelly Court (Mid-level)
Double Haven (Shatin)
Dragon Pride (Tin Hau)
Dragon Villa (Wan Chi)
Grand Millennium Plaza (Sheung Wan)
Grand Villa (Causeway Bay)
Greenway Terrence (Happy Valley)
Handsome Court (Tuen Mun)
Harbour Heights (North Point)
Hung Fuk Court (Aberdeen)
Illumination Terrace (Tai Hang)
Ka Tin Court (Tai Wai)
Ko Chun Court (Sai Ying Pun)
Lei King Wan (Sai Wan Hoi)
Lyttelton Garden (Mid-levels)
Manning House (Central)
New World Tower (Central)
Ning Yeung Terrace (Mid-levels)
Parc Palais (Ho Man Tin)
Park Vale (North Point)
Prime View Garden (Tuen Mun)
Prince Ritz (Kowloon)
Queen's Terrace (Sheung Wan)
Rivera Gardens (Tsuen Wan)
Riviera Plaza (Tsuen Wan)
Royalton (Po Fu Lam)
Scenic Rise (Mid-levels)
Scholastic Garden (Mid-levels)
Shing Loong Court (Causeway Bay)
SliverWood (Mid-levels)
Stubb Villa (Mid-levels)
Sun Peace Court (Mong Kok)
The Merton (Kennedy Town)
Victoria Shanghai Academy (Aberdeen)
World Peace Centre (Kwai Chung)
Yee Ga Court (Mid-levels)
Mr. K M So, Executive Director of Urban Group states that, "As a Premier Real Estate and Facility Management Services Company in Hong Kong, Urban Group is committed to contribute to a sustainable world for the betterment of our next generation. We have much pleasure to support this meaningful event to spread the green message through our network of the 42 projects and their customers."
Mr. K M So adds, "In Urban, we always strive to fulfill our corporate social responsibility to promote a green Hong Kong. We established our Green Care Committee in 2002, which since then initiates and implement our 4Rs Environmental Management Strategy of Remind, Replace, Reduce and Recycle in our service network to promote a green lifestyle to our customers. Over the past 3 years, we have received overwhelmingly more than 100 awards in environmental protection and green management from various organizations and government departments, reflecting our tireless efforts in promoting sustainable development."
Earth Hour was initiated by WWF in 2007 in Australia and developed in global activity in 2008. This year, the number of countries signing up to support Earth Hour has already exceeded 100. The campaign aims at encouraging people to think about how we can change our lifestyles to reduce our impact on the environment.
Urban Group, a member of NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 659), is one of the leading Real Estate and Facility Management Services Groups in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group manages 230 projects territory-wide and serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.
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