Our first environmental report, for the year 1999/2000, included a review of our environmental initiatives and achievements over the past few years, highlighted some areas where we would seek further improvements, and also set out our goals and targets for the year 2000/2001. If you have read our first report, we hope that you found it informative and useful. In line with the policy objectives of the Chief Executive, Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, we are committed to producing a report on our environmental performance on an annual basis. This Report is thus our second environmental report and we hope that it will inform all our various stakeholders and other interested readers of the measures we are carrying out, or plan to carry out, to control and minimise our environmental impacts. With the publication of this second Report, we have taken the opportunity to review the feedback from our first Report and to make a few improvements. As well as improving the clarity of the Report, we have included an abundance of useful information in our "Key Performance Indicators" with which to monitor our environmental impacts. We hope you will agree that the openness and transparency of the Report has been enhanced.   The Housing Department has implemented a number of initiatives in the planning, construction and management of our housing estates. Our initiatives range from waste recycling campaigns, to design and appraisal of noise mitigation measures in estates, and to studies into alternative building materials and methods with less environmental impact. We are taking our environmental responsibilities very seriously and are addressing a variety of issues, as you will find in this Report. In one key area in particular we have made substantial progress: we have already implemented many parts of our Environmental Management System (EMS). Our EMS will be applied to all our business units and operations and will become a central tool in tracking, assessing, reporting and, where necessary, adjusting our environmental performance. Although we face a continued and increasingly rigorous challenge in meeting our stakeholders’ expectations of our environmental performance, we are confident that we are making steady progress towards the achievement of our environmental objectives. After reading this report, we hope that you will agree.   Tony MILLER Director of Housing   Back to Top 2001 Housing Authority. All rights reserved.