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Our Achievements and Awards |
Stepping forward in sustainability, the Housing Authority (HA) has committed to continuously improving its performance in the areas of environmental, social and economic aspects. Throughout the past decade, we achieved several critical milestones and received a number of awards and honours along the way. Our major achievements during the reporting year are summarised below.
- Generated around 30% less waste in our construction and development projects than that of similar private sector projects.
- A total of 90 Public Rental Housing (PRH) estates participated in the Programme on Source Separation of Domestic Waste and our targets for recovery of paper, aluminium cans, plastic bottles and used clothes were all met.
- Average domestic waste production from our residents is 0.7238 kg/person/day representing a 11.7% reduction of total domestic waste when compared with 2002/03.
- Adopted new refuse handling system for all new developments to reduce refuse volume for storage and to prevent odour nuisance.
- Planted over 2 400 trees, 575 600 shrubs and 64 300 annuals in PRH estates and improved landscape design in 22 PRH estates covering a total of 116 000 sq. m landscape area.
- Developed a new Enhanced Precast and Prefabrication System to further reduce environmental impact arising from construction activities.
- Paper usage in HD offices was 10.6% less than our target consumption rate set against the 2002/03 data.
- Reduced water consumption at the HA Headquarters by 2.1% when compared to the consumption in 2006/07.
- Reduced electricity usage by 3.69% compared to that in 2006/07, resulting in a reduction of about 16 600 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Carried out a pilot project using softwood timber doors with the certification of the Forestry Stewardship Council.
- Accident rate for new works construction sites reduced significantly from 55.8 per thousand workers in 2001 to 11.9 in 2007.
- Protected worker's wages and non-skilled workers through stringent measures such as Demerit Point System and Electronic Facial Attendance System.
- Fostered "Ageing in Place" by enhancing Priority Schemes for Harmonious Families, Addition Policy for Harmonious Families, the Amalgamation of Tenancies for Harmonious Families and Health Ageing in Public Housing Campaign.
- Launched the "Tin Shui Wai in Celebration" Programme to cultivate harmony and cooperation within the community.
- Completed the first PRH estate to adopt comprehensive Universal Design principles at Shek Kip Mei Estate Phase 1 to provide a barrier-free living environment for all age groups and movement abilities.
- Completed the upgrading of the communal aerial broadcast distribution system in 68 estates to enable our tenants enjoying Digital Terrestrial Television.
- Provided free internet access through Wi Fi services from about 1 000 communal access points in about 120 PRH estates.
- Added two misdeeds in the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in Public Housing Estates and extended the Scheme to cover 42 mixed tenure estates.
- Conducted 10 805 raids and 185 joint operations with other government departments against illegal cooked food hawkers to improve hygienic conditions in our housing estates.
- Introduced a new income-based rent adjustment mechanism that allows both upward and downward adjustment of rent according to changes in tenants' household income.
- Introduced various measures to combat tenancy abuse and rent arrears as well as to reduce vacancy rates.
- Sold out around 38% surplus Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats to eligible applicants in 2007 to optimise our housing resources.
- Incorporated a range of modular flat designs into building developments to enhance consistency in buildings and enable the housing programme to be realised in a planned and sustainable manner.
- Enhanced structural optimisation process to reduce over 40% total construction costs of our projects when compared with similar projects in the private sector.
- Enhanced the housing quality by improving building design and construction techniques and through our Total Maintenance Scheme.
- Maintained effective communication channels with the general public through our web site, broadcasting channel, telephone hotlines and newsletters.
- Provided an online access of floor plans, location maps, price lists and photo library showing the interior shots of flats to facilitate communication with the public on the selling of surplus HOS flats.
- Engaged the community in the development of Yau Tong Estate, Ngau Tau Kok Estate and Mei Ho House at Shek Kip Mei.
- Enhanced estate cleanliness by launching an Incentive Award Scheme on Estate Cleanliness and organising the quarterly "Operation Tai Ping Tei" with our tenants.
- Collaborated with green groups to launch various environmental initiatives in our PRH estates such as "Green Delight in Estates" and "Preserve Planet Earth" programme.
- Collaborated with the Council for Sustainable Development in the Public Engagement Process on Better Air Quality by arranging promotion and publicity activities including setting up exhibition booth in public housing estates and collecting feedback from tenants etc.
- Our "Micro-climate Studies – Planning for Sustainable Public Housing Development" won a merit award of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2007.
- Our Kwai Chung Flatted Factory Redevelopment Project won commendation in the "Joint Structural Division Special Award 2008" co-organised by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers.
- Our Kwai Chung Estate Phases 3, 4 and 5 Redevelopment Project won a merit award under the residential category of the Quality Building Award 2008 organised by various professional bodies of the building and construction industry.
- Our project sites won a total of 15 awards (including one gold, one silver, three bronze and ten meritorious awards) in four categories in the Construction Industry Safety Award Scheme 2007/08 organised by the Labour Department.
- The HA won the "Construction In-house Team of the Year" Award organised by the Asian Legal Business magazine.
- The HA was awarded the "Gold Wastewi$e Logo" for the seventh time consecutively in the Wastewi$e Scheme organised by the Environmental Protection Department.
- The Housing Department won the "The Barrier-free Caring Department Award" organised by the Hong Kong Lutheran Social Services.
- Two of our computer application systems won the Silver Awards for both the Transformation and Innovative categories, and the Bronze Award for the Most Favored category in the Hong Kong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Awards 2007 (Best Public Service Application Award) organised by various professional bodies in ICT fields.
- The Housing Department was awarded as a Caring Organisation by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
- Oi Man Property Management Office was awarded the Hong Kong Energy Efficiency Registration Scheme for Buildings for its lighting system organised by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.
- The Housing Department won the Second Runner-up in both the Departmental Service Enhancement Award category and the Team Award category in the 2007 Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme organised by the Civil Service Bureau.
- Our "Green Green Garden of Home" display, based on the theme "Vibrant Blossoms for Beijing Olympics", won the Gold Award for Design Excellence (Landscape Display) in the Hong Kong Flower Show 2008 organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
- The interior design of our 2005/06 Annual Report, based on the theme "Fulfilling Our Mission – Forging Ahead into the Future" won an Honours Award in the "2007 International ARC Awards" organised by the New York based MerComm, Inc.