Environmental Policy
About This Report
Message from the Chairman
Message from the Permanent Secretary
Business Overview and
Environmental Management
Structure
Significant Environmental Aspects
Performance Review
 
Water
Air
Noise
Hazardous Materials
Energy
Waste Reduction & Recycling
Procurement, Greening & Awareness
Our Targets and Initiatives for 2002/2003 and beyond
Verification Statement
Annex
 
A) Summary of Feedback
C) Future Targets and Initiatives
Feedback Form

Initiative Environmental Policy Objective Action Plan Key Performance Indicator (KPI) 2001/02 Target Met Remarks
ESTATE MANAGEMENT (Cont')
Reduce the no. of complaints received by HD on water quality/water wastage/water pollution in PRH estates Address environmental concerns Collect specific data on a half yearly basis for public rental housing estates - A half-yearly return format on complaint on water quality and wastage were prepared
Develop specific targets for public rental housing estates - On-going. Specific targets are under development pending the collection of data from PRH estates

Upgrade the standard of the existing landscape facilities in 18 selected PRH estates Promote healthy living and green environment Upgrade the standard of existing public rental housing estates through Landscape Improvement Programme 100 000m2 greening area [m2 of area greened] Target exceeded.
110 700m2 greened. KPI in Env Report 2000/01 revised (from no. of plants planted to m2 greening area)

Promote green environment at
24 PRH estates
Promote healthy living and green environment Promote green environment at rental estates together with EMAC 5 000m2 greening [m2 of area greened] Target exceeded. 5 300m2 greened. KPI in Env Report 2000/01 revised (from no. of plants planted to m2 greening area)

Improvement to the slope appearance in existing PRH estates Promote healthy living and green environment Green treatment to hard surfaced slopes and improvement to existing vegetated slopes and Chunam surface to be improved with hydroseeding, stone pitching and toe planters for public rental housing estates 50 slopes to be visually enhanced
[no. of slopes enhanced]
Nil

HOME OWNERSHIP
Promote environmental care awareness in HOS estates Promote awareness among stakeholders To organise the Best Property Management Agents (PMA) Award and the Environmentally Friendly Award for HOS estates - The HA's Environmentally Friendly Award Scheme (which included the Waste Recovery Competition and Waste Reduction Credit Scheme) for PMAs of HOS Estates was successfully concluded in September 2001. The Most Environmentally Friendly HOS Estate was awarded to Mei Chung Court while the Most Environmentally Friendly PMA was awarded to Hong Yip Service Co. Ltd.

Promote environmentally friendly design in Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)/ Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) developments Address environmental concerns Incorporate appropriate clauses into the Conditions of Sale of PSPS sites and revisit the Weighted Scoring System for PSPS tender selection in order to implement the "Green and Innovative Buildings Initiatives" for HOS and PSPS estates - Appropriate clauses were incorporated into the conditions of sale of PSPS sites in August 2001 and actions have been taken to review the Weighted Scoring System for PSPS tender selection

To develop environmentally friendly HOS/PSPS estates Incorporate environmental initiatives in estate management To Implement guidelines on tree planting in HOS development sites - Guidelines on tree planting (i.e. one tree for every 15 flats) in new HOS development sites have been implemented
To improve hygiene and cleanliness in estates - Activities were launched to promote clean environment and healthy life style among residents

Promote environmentally friendly work processes Reduce resource usage To put HOS sales brochures on-line during the application periods Achieve a saving of some 76 800 000 pages of paper [pages of paper] Target achieved for HOS 23A launched in June 2001, i.e. about
25 600 000 pages of paper saved. Further action held in abeyance due to moratorium on HOS sales


Targets fully met
Targets where we made substantial progress with work nearing completion
Targets where we fell short
Targets which were deferred
N/A Targets for future action

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