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23 June 1999
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| Citybase, Goodwell and Cheung
Kong Centre Property Management Ltd., the property management
companies under Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., were awarded "Employers'
Gold Star Award ¡V Platinum Award" (Citybase) and "Employers'
Gold Star Awards" (Goodwell and Cheung Kong Centre) by the Employees
Retraining Board (ERB) in recognition of their active participation
in employee retraining programmes. |
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| Ms. Katherine Hung, Executive
Director of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. said, "Cheung Kong Group
has always been very supportive of the Employees Retraining
Scheme." |
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| "Subsidaries of our Group have
worked very closely with ERB to design and organize retraining
programmes. We are very glad that our efforts in retraining
have generated good results, and will continue to carry out
our work in this area. Presently, the Group plans to retrain
more middle management executives from other industries for
property management jobs. We are confident that their previous
working experience will be most valuable when applied to the
field of property management," Ms. Hung expressed. |
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Citybase, Goodwell and Cheung
Kong Centre are now managing the Group's residential, commercial
and industrial premises with gross floor area of over 88 million
square feet. More than 33 retraining classes have been launched
since 1997 by the Cheung Kong property management companies.
They include:
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"Professional Security & Property Management
Services" |
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"Maintenance Staff Training" |
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"Property Management Certificate Course"
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"Management Service Assistant Training
Program" |
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"Building Management Trainee Course
for Prime Class Commercial Building" |
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| Cheung Kong Group has employed
over 550 retrainees. Three of them have been presented the "Outstanding
Retrainee Award" and "Outstanding Retrainee-Merit Award" by
Employees Retraining Board. |
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The Employees Retraining Board
is an independent statutory body set up under the Employees
Retraining Ordinance, 1992. Partly funded by the Hong Kong Government,
ERB consists of a governing body comprising representatives
from employers, employees, the government, and training institutions
and manpower practitioners.
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