Two Large Estates under Urban win 6 major prizes in Recycling
Date: 17/05/2002

City One Shatin and Riviera Gardens under the Urban Group won 6 major prizes in the Waste Recycling Campaign in Housing Estates (Phase V) organized by the Environmental Campaign Committee.

City One Shatin is the major prizewinner of the Campaign as it won a total of 5 major awards. City One Shatin is the Champions in both paper and aluminium cans categories with the highest average weight of waste per household collected among the housing estates in Hong Kong. Whereas, in the Private Housing Estates Group, City One Shatin is also the winners in the paper and aluminium cans categories; and, in the plastic bottle category, City One Shatin and Riviera Gardens was awarded as the overall 2nd Runner-up and the Merit Award respectively.

During the Prize Presentation Ceremony held on 11th May at the Hollywood Plaza in Diamond Hill, Mr D Tong, Deputy Secretary of Environment and Food Bureau said, "More than 1,050 housing estates have joined the Waste Recycling Campaign now. Totally over 116,055 tonnes of waste paper, 4,303 tonnes of aluminium cans and 818 tonnes of plastic bottles were collected in the Phase V event. Among those participated estates, I am delighted to know that City One Shatin have won 5 major prizes. This shows that residents of the estate are well aware of the importance of environmental protection by participating actively in the recycling campaign."

According to Mr P C Lau, Deputy Managing Director of the Urban Group, apart from City One Shatin and Riviera Gardens, more than 87 properties under their management have already joined the recycling campaign. He said, "One of our missions in Urban is to build up a "Green" living and working environments for our clients and to raise the awareness of residents on waste recycling and separation. The awards won by City One Shatin and Riviera Gardens have great encouragement to our staff members as well as the residents. In the future, we will continue to assist the Hong Kong SAR Government to promote the importance of environmental protection to the Hong Kong people."

Urban Group is the premier property and facility management group in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group is managing 300 properties and facilities exceeding 150,000 residential units over the territory. The Group has a high reputation in its professionalism, service quality and innovation, which has already become a mark of confidence for the property owners in Hong Kong.

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