Date: 25/4/2017
Urban Property Management Limited (“UPML”), International Property Management Limited (“IPML”) and 9 properties under Urban Group’s management receive the 2016 Security Services Best Training Award organized by The Security and Guarding Service Industry Authority (“SGSIA”), which acknowledge their commitment in setting up prolonged and extensive training plans for their security staff to continuously improving their service standard.
Dr Edmond Cheng, Managing Director of Urban Group said, “We are pleased to have received 11 Security Services Best Training Awards this year and UPML has been granted the Gold Award for 6 consecutive years. We believe our human capital is our strength and we emphasize continuous trainings for our staff. This recognition encourages us to continuously enhancing our security services quality.”
Dr Edmond Cheng pointed out, “We believe continuous training and on-the-job coaching will enable our frontline staff to acquire the latest knowledge and skills, thereby they could apply the techniques in their daily works. We have been providing different training courses to our staff, covering risk management and crisis drills, customer services trainings, hygienic measures, crime prevention and energy saving practices. In 2016, Urban Group organised 179 training courses totalling nearly 73,000 training hours for our 4,000 security staff.”
The awarded companies and properties under Urban Group include:
Gold Award (Type 1)
UPML, Grand View Garden, Ka Tin Court, Regent on the Hill
Silver Award (Type 1)
Emerald Green, Harbour Height, Kam Tai Court, Parc Palais, Sereno Verde, The Merton
Bronze Award (Type 1)
IPML
Launched in 2010, the Security Services Best Training Award Scheme is jointly organized by Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong Police Force Crime Prevention Bureau and The Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority. The Scheme aims to motivate the property management services industry to raise their standard of security and property management, to provide quality security services and to prevent crimes.
About Urban Group
Urban Group is one of the leading property assets and facility services companies in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group manages 366 projects territory-wide and is serving more than 1 million people in the territory. Major properties under its management include large residential estates such as Mei Foo Sun Chuen and City One Shatin; high end luxury residential buildings include Clovelly Court, Queen’s Terrace, Parc Palais and One Beacon Hill; commercial premises include New World Tower and the Grand Millennium Plaza; the Hong Kong Science Park, Cyberport, the EcoPark, Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Hong Kong, Victoria Shanghai Academy, Link’s 76 Car Parks and over 50 Government Property Agency’s facilities. The Group plays an active role in shouldering its corporate social responsibilities and its efforts in caring for the community have been well recognized over the years.
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