AsiaWorld-Expo wins a high-profile Catering Industry Safety Award

Jan. 10, 2011 - PRLog -- (Hong Kong, 10 January 2011)  AsiaWorld-Expo is proud to receive an award in the Catering Industry Safety Award Scheme (2010/2011) organised by the Labour Department.  The venue received the Safety Awareness Award in the Catering Establishment, Restaurants (non-Chinese) category in recognition of its awareness of and adherence to the highest standards of work safety.  

This important award scheme plays an important role in enhancing the occupational safety and health awareness of employers, employees and stakeholders in the industry. It also aims to inculcate a robust occupational safety and health culture in the industry and among the public, and to award catering establishments, supervisors and workers for good performance in work safety and health.

“We’re honoured to receive this award,” said Mr. H W Lau, Chief Operating Officer, AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited.  “Safety is a foremost consideration in every aspect of day-to-day operations at AsiaWorld-Expo.  This award not only reflects our commitment to safety, but also our dedication to excellence in everything we do.”

To qualify for the award, AsiaWorld-Expo underwent a preliminary assessment by Occupational Safety Officers from the Labour Department.  During this assessment, the inspection team reviewed the physical condition of AsiaWorld-Expo’s kitchens, including such issues as the overall layout, floor conditions, machinery and equipment, and manual lifting and handling.

After being shortlisted for the award, a final assessment took place by representatives from the Labour Department and the Occupational Safety & Health Council.  This secondary team also reviewed the physical conditions of the kitchen, as well as the safety management system in place at AsiaWorld-Expo, such as its safety policy, its safety rules and regulations, its safety training, its emergency preparedness, and its promotion of safe work practices.

To learn more about AsiaWorld-Expo and its commitment to leadership in every aspect of its business, please visit www.asiaworld-expo.com.


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About AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo is a public-private partnership between the Hong Kong SAR Government (majority shareholder) and a private sector consortium formed by Dragages Hong Kong Limited and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, with the Airport Authority Hong Kong contributing the land.

AsiaWorld-Expo is offering over 70,000 square metres of rental space.  With 10 state-of-the-art ground-level and column-free exhibition and events halls including the AsiaWorld-Arena – the biggest purpose-built indoor seated entertainment arena in Hong Kong with a maximum capacity of 14,000; the AsiaWorld-Summit – Hong Kong’s largest indoor conference and banquet venue that seats 700 to 5,000 persons; and the Runway 11 – the venue’s latest conference and banqueting hall  for an event of 500 to 3,800 guests, AsiaWorld-Expo is Asia’s only column-free, ground-level exhibition and events venue which is fully integrated with one of the world’s best airports, Hong Kong International Airport (World Airport Survey by Skytrax).  The complex is located at the centre of an extensive and efficient air, land, and marine transport network which connects Hong Kong to China's Pearl River Delta and the world's business capitals.  It is ideally suited to hosting world-class exhibitions, conventions, concerts, sports, and entertainment events.

For media enquiries, please contact:
AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited
Kenneth Chan / Fiona Lau
Tel: (852) 3606 8888
Fax: (852) 3606 8889
Email: kc@asiaworld-expo.com / fl@asiaworld-expo.com
Website: www.asiaworld-expo.com

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AsiaWorld-Expo opened in December 2005 and has become a world-class venue in Hong Kong, offering over 70,000 square metres of rentable spaces for exhibitions, conventions, concerts, sports and entertainment events.