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Mr. Marco Wu, Chairman of HDEC officiates at the opening ceremony of the Green Corner at our headquarters |
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| Our housing managers from 63 estates competed in the
ECC's Eco-business Green Property Management (Public Housing) Award
Scheme. We were pleased to win the Grand Award, 3 Gold Awards and
4 Merits. 86 of our staff from 30 estates have been nominated under the ECC's Environmental Protection Ambassador Scheme for Property Management. Ambassadors are tasked with sharing expertise on green estate management with staff and residents through training and activities. We brought the Green Estate Exchange Square Scheme to 22 estates. To encourage them to get into the habit of recycling their waste, residents were given souvenirs for using the recycle bins. In November 2001, Friends of the Earth and The Conservancy Association joined us in the opening of our new "Green Corner". Since its opening, staff from our different branches have taken it in turns to put up interactive environmental displays to show how to live and work in a more environmentally conscious way. We also show videos to get across green messages to our staff and run quizzes to encourage participation. To foster appreciation and care for the natural environment, we organised a staff outing to Tung Ping Chau. This trip was a follow up to an exhibition at the Green Corner. On World Environment Day (5th June), our staff got involved in various environmental activities such as viewing new training videos and pledging their support to better care for the environment. |
Awareness Survey |
| To determine the awareness and attitudes of our residents towards our environmental initiatives, we asked the Chinese University of Hong Kong to carry out an opinion survey. We found that more than half (58%) of our residents surveyed were in the habit of segregating their waste and using the recycle bins. This compares to only a fifth of respondents last year. However only 53% of residents interviewed expressed interest in joining our environmental activities. We aim to see an increase next year and are using the information to understand how we can get more residents involved. We will continue to track the residents awareness, appreciation and participation in environmental activities on an annual basis. |
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