Environmental,Health and Safety Report 2004 / 05

	Residents and the Community Our Approach and Achievements

Residents and the Community

Our Approach and Achievements

	Our relationship and engagement with public housing residents and the local community are important elements of our approach to addressing the environmental, health and safety (EHS) impacts of our activities. To this end, we interact with our stakeholders largely by instigating partnership and EHS awareness promotion activities that are both educational and recreational. This approach gains maximum participation and facilitates our goal of developing a cohesive, healthy and productive society. In 2005, the annual Public Housing Recurrent Survey indicated that the general satisfaction levels of public housing households towards our estate management services had continued to improve. The results were based on a sample of about 5 000 households and a response rate of 90%. Partnering in Various Channels The Housing Authority (HA) engagement with local communities may take a variety of forms, ranging from inventive environmental competitions to hands-on environmental practices. We plan these activities specifically with a fun component to attract participation and to establish cohesion in the long run. Examples of events in 2004/05 are given below. Waste Reduction Environmental Household Products Design Competition: We organized this educational competition for tenants to produce environmentally friendly household products from old or unusable housewares. The target group of the competition ranged from primary and secondary students to the general public of all ages. Among the 550 entries, 34 items were awarded for their creativity and practicability. Join Hands to Collect Mooncake Boxes for Recycling: In support of the Friends of the Earth (HK) recycling campaign during the Mid-Autumn Festival, we set up publicity posters and box collection points in our housing estates. Residents were encouraged to bring in their mooncake boxes for recycling. More than 28 000 mooncake boxes weighing over 6 745kg were collected in the HA’s public housing estates. Waste Reduction and Recycling on World Environment Day 2004: We joined hands with the Social Welfare Department to launch an event with focus on reducing, recycling and reusing the waste of our office colleagues on 5 June 2004 (the World Environment Day). Our colleagues were encouraged to bring in idle but functioning items. All collected items were then cleaned and repaired at sheltered workshops prior to donation to those in need.

Our relationship and engagement with public housing residents and the local community are important elements of our approach to addressing the environmental, health and safety (EHS) impacts of our activities. To this end, we interact with our stakeholders largely by instigating partnership and EHS awareness promotion activities that are both educational and recreational. This approach gains maximum participation and facilitates our goal of developing a cohesive, healthy and productive society.

In 2005, the annual Public Housing Recurrent Survey indicated that the general satisfaction levels of public housing households towards our estate management services had continued to improve. The results were based on a sample of about 5 000 households and a response rate of 90%.

Partnering in Various Channels

The Housing Authority (HA) engagement with local communities may take a variety of forms, ranging from inventive environmental competitions to hands-on environmental practices. We plan these activities specifically with a fun component to attract participation and to establish cohesion in the long run. Examples of events in 2004/05 are given below.

Waste Reduction

Environmental Household Products Design Competition: We organized this educational competition for tenants to produce environmentally friendly household products from old or unusable housewares. The target group of the competition ranged from primary and secondary students to the general public of all ages. Among the 550 entries, 34 items were awarded for their creativity and practicability.

Join Hands to Collect Mooncake Boxes for Recycling: In support of the Friends of the Earth (HK) recycling campaign during the Mid-Autumn Festival, we set up publicity posters and box collection points in our housing estates. Residents were encouraged to bring in their mooncake boxes for recycling. More than 28 000 mooncake boxes weighing over 6 745kg were collected in the HA’s public housing estates.

Waste Reduction and Recycling on World Environment Day 2004: We joined hands with the Social Welfare Department to launch an event with focus on reducing, recycling and reusing the waste of our office colleagues on 5 June 2004 (the World Environment Day). Our colleagues were encouraged to bring in idle but functioning items. All collected items were then cleaned and repaired at sheltered workshops prior to donation to those in need.