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| Environmental, Health and Safety Report 2003 / 04
Our Vision for Sustainable Housing | Message from the Chairman | Message from the Director | Summary | Feedback Form About this Report | Business Overview & EHS Management Structure | Significant EHS Aspects | 2003 / 04 Highlights | Performance Review | Targets and Initiatives for 2004 / 05 and Beyond | Verification Statement | Annexes |
Raising Awareness among Staff and Property Managers [Photo: Green Property Management Awards 2003.] To encourage environmental awareness and ideas amongst our staff, we operate a Green Corner to which all departmental divisions are invited to provide relevant display information once a year. We supported 16 environmental training events attended by over 400 staff during the year - an increase in participation from 380 in 2002 / 03. We also arranged self-learning construction site safety packages and held safety training courses during the year that were attended by over 560 departmental staff. The outsourcing of management and maintenance duties at our housing estates in recent years has encouraged partnering between property management and residents, resulting in an improved environmental, health and safety performance. Six Housing Authority property management companies received awards at the Best Property Management Award 2003 in November 2003. Of the four award categories, the Environmental Award was aimed at encouraging a green and healthy living environment. The score was based on the monthly average weight of recycling waste and waste quantity of each domestic unit. We also teamed up again with green groups for the Green Property Management Award for 2003 which aimed at encouraging greater participation in environmental protection schemes by estate staff, tenants and business partners. At the award ceremony held in March 2004, 17 estates were recognized for their outstanding performance in supporting green management initiatives. [Photo: The Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Dr Sarah Liao, joins Housing Department representatives at the Green Property Award presentation ceremony.] The Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Dr Sarah Liao, delivered a speech "Building Green in Hong Kong" to our staff on the innovative designs and effective methods to save energy and manage construction waste. Working with Business Partners [Photo: The Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee-hwa, speaks at the International Housing Conference.] [Photo: Chairman of the Housing Authority, Mr Michael Suen, speaks at the International Housing Conference.] A number of awareness-raising initiatives were launched during the year in collaboration with our business partners. These included the second Quality Public Housing Construction and Maintenance Awards 2003 jointly organized with construction sector stakeholders to give recognition to contractors, supervising teams and supervisors, and workers who provided outstanding construction and maintenance services for public housing. One of the assessment criteria in the award was the implementation of occupational safety and environmental protection measures. In February 2004, our International Housing Conference, entitled "Housing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Commitments", provided an opportunity for international audience of policy makers, professionals, academics and practitioners to examine and exchange views on housing issues. "Sustainable Housing for Healthy Living" was one of the main themes. The conference also provided an opportunity to identify challenges ahead, and to explore new dimensions and innovative ideas. Partnering with Residents and the Community [Photo: Mr Leung Chin-man, Director of Housing, (8th from right) thanks members of the Wang Tau Hom EMAC for their support in recent cleansing works at Wang Tau Hom Estate.] This year has been an auspicious one for public housing. In December 2003 we marked the golden anniversary of public housing in Hong Kong with a ceremony at Shek Kip Mei Estate -- the birthplace of public housing -- attended by residents and community leaders. However, the year started in a less than celebratory mood with concerns over a possible resurgence of SARS very much on our minds. To sustain the Team Clean initiatives in rental estates, we took on a number of initiatives to promote a culture of civic responsibility and the importance of environmental hygiene. Public Housing Estate Cleanliness Incentive Scheme We organized some 290 estate-based cleansing exercises and activities which were participated by our Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMACs), over 150 non-government organizations and about 6 900 volunteers. From September 2003 onwards, we increased the frequency of "Operation Tai Ping Tei" to four times a year in all public housing estates. Estate Commercial Cleanliness Incentive Scheme This scheme was launched in more than 130 shopping estates to raise environmental hygiene awareness among our management staff, shopkeepers, workers and cleaners. Between June and November 2003, some 130 commercial tenants won the Best Hygiene Award for Food Premises, while over 40 of them were in the first place for six consecutive months. About 360 cleaners also won the Excellence Award for Toilet Cleaners. These two competitions attracted almost 200 million votes in total from shoppers. Team Clean Corners The estates set up Team Clean Corners for the display of photographs of estate black spots before and after cleaning measures. This will reinforce the message of the importance of sustained cleaning measures for a pleasant and hygienic living environment. Environmental Property Management Ambassadors Scheme For this scheme organized by the Environmental Campaign Committee, we had more than 30 nominees and five of them were successfully recruited as Environmental Property Ambassadors. Green Estate Exchange Square Scheme This scheme encouraged tenants participation in waste recycling by setting up eco-bazaars at 25 selected estates. Souvenirs were given away in exchange for recyclable items. Top Ten Favourite Trees in Public Housing Estates [Photo: Top Ten Favourite Trees prize presentation ceremony.] Over 2 500 tenants participated in this programme to promote estate greening and conservation. Around 100 tenants also joined the tree planting event afterwards to support estate greening - one of several community tree planting days held during the year. top |
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