Press Releases 2014

Urban Group receives Security Services Best Training Gold and Sliver Awards

Date: 31/3/2014

Urban Property Management Limited and International Property Management Limited under Urban Group respectively received the Award of Gold for four consecutive years and Award of Sliver for Type 1 Licensed Security Companies for two consecutive years in the Security Services Best Training Awards.  These Awards were jointly organized by the Vocational Training Council and the Crime Prevention Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, recognizing Urban's outstanding achievements in providing quality training to their security personnel.

The award presentation ceremony was held on 21st March, 2014 at the Police Headquarters which was officiated by Mr Wong Chi-hung, Director of Operations, the Hong Kong Police Force; Ms Jane Curzon Lo, Chairlady of the Security Services Training Board, VTC; and, Mr Daniel Cham Ka-hung, BBS, MH, JP, Chairman of the Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority.  

Mr Wong Chi-hung commended the outstanding achievemetns of Urban Group in providing quality trainings to their security personnel.  He hoped the Awards would further encourage property management and security 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 our two companies received the Awards consecutively which reflects our efforts in the training of our security staff.  We always emphasize on the training of our frontline security staff to ensure that they can fully grasp the professional skills in providing quality services to our customers and assisting the Police to fight crimes."

Dr Edmond Cheng continues, "Urban Group has proven experiences in property assets and facility services in Hong Kong.  We pioneer in introducing the concept of Human Capital Management into the industry.  Moreover, we launched the Urban Learning Centre and established our Urban Corporate University in 2004 to advocate for continuous learning and to enhance career development of our staff 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.  They included the Best Employers in Asia and the Best Employers in Hong Kong, the Manpower Developer 1st - - Grand Award, the ERB Outstanding Employer Award 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 335 projects territory-wide and is serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.

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