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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. |
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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. |
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Tony MILLER
Director of Housing |
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