Date: 1/4/2011
Urban Property Management Limited and International Property Management Limited under Urban Group respectively received the Award of Silver and Award of Bronze for Type 1 Licensed Security Companies in the First Best Security Training Award joinly organized by the Vocational Training Council and the Hong Kong Police Force Crime Prevention Bureau, recognizing their outstanding achievements in providing quality training to their security personnel.
Mr Hung Hak-wai, Director of Opertions of the Hong Kong Police Force commended the outstanding achievemetns of the awarded companies in providing trainings to their security staff. He hoped the Award would further encourage security and related companies to sustain their efforts in developing quality training to enhance the entire service standard of the industry.
Dr Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group reveals, "We are delighted to know that that our two companies received this first ever training award which truly reflected our efforts in the training of our frontline security personnel. We emphasize very much the training of our security staff to ensure that they can fully grasp the professional skills in providing security services to our customers as well as assisting the Police to fight crimes."
Dr Edmond Cheng continues, "Urban Group has proven experiences in the property and facility management services in Hong Kong. We are the first property asset and facility services group to introduce the concept of Human Capital into the industry. Moreover, we are the pioneer to launch the Urban Learning Centre and established our Urban Corporate University to advocate for continuous learning so as to enhance personal development and maintain our competitive edge in the market."
Urban Group received a number of leading human resources and training accolades from different organizations over the years. These included the Best Employers in Asia and the Best Employers in Hong Kong, the Manpower Developer 1st, the ERB Outstanding Employer and the Employers Gold Star Award from the Employee Retraining Board as well as the Best Change Management Practices Award in the HR Awards Hong Kong, showing its contributions to manpower development.
Urban Group is a leading property asset and facility services group in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group manages 220 projects territory-wide and is serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.
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