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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2020-02-20 00:52
Last updated: 2020-02-20 00:52The Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue earlier announced the establishment of an epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund. The government submitted a document to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council in the evening (19th) stating that the amount was increased from the original 28 billion yuan to 30 billion yuan. This includes plans to allocate 4.7 billion yuan for the Hospital Authority to support frontline overtime pay and purchase of protective equipment, and an additional 1.5 billion yuan to support local production of masks. Based on two production lines at each factory, it is expected that ten local factories will be available. Benefiting from this, at least 2 million masks can be produced each month.
In addition, the fund will also allocate 150 million to establish a new emergency warning system, using cell broadcast technology to accelerate the distribution of emergency messages, including health or safety alerts, or extreme weather conditions. It is estimated that about 24 million mobiles are recommended. Phone users benefit. The government also plans to invest 40 million to purchase 20,000 electronic bracelets and 10,000 smartphones to help home isolation.
The Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue earlier announced the establishment of an epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund, which was increased from the original 28 billion yuan to 30 billion yuan. (Profile picture)
The government submitted documents to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council on Wednesday evening (19th). On Friday, the Finance Committee applied for a 30 billion yuan grant to establish the "anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic fund" to respond to new coronavirus epidemics and to prevent severe or severe epidemic prevention measures Provide assistance or assistance to affected enterprises and citizens. The government stated that the application for funding is urgent. If the funding is delayed, it will make it difficult for the affected enterprises to continue operations. Once the funding is approved, the fund will be established within one week and led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong.
It is worth noting that the authority intends to allocate 4.7 billion yuan to the Hospital Authority, of which 2.5 billion yuan will be used to increase the overtime pay of front-line medical staff and hire more temporary employees; 1.5 billion yuan will be used to purchase PPE protective clothing and other equipment; 350 million yuan will be paid Frontline employees rent hotels or other dwellings for isolation; 260 million yuan supports the development of laboratory testing, drugs and medical equipment; 90 million yuan is used as additional cleaning costs.
3 million allowances for each mask production factory
The government has also reserved 1.5 billion yuan to support local production of masks, of which private companies will be funded to set up surgical mask production lines. The government plans to get a maximum of 3 million yuan for each mask making factory, up to 2 million yuan for each additional production line, and each production line to produce at least 500,000 masks per month. The government stated that it will subsidize up to 20 sliver lines as a whole, and it is expected that ten factories will benefit, and each of them will open two production lines. It is expected to subsidize 50 million yuan. In addition, the foundation allocated 1 billion yuan to the Government Logistics Department to purchase PPE protective clothing worldwide.
The government will purchase masks for one year from each production line of the subsidized factory, and it is expected to purchase 2 million masks per month. If 20 production lines are operating as scheduled and at least 2 million masks are produced per month, the government is expected to receive 480 million local masks in a year. The government estimates that each mask sells for an average of 3 yuan, and the total estimated expenditure is 1.44 billion yuan. The masks produced by the subsidized factory cannot be sold to other places, and the remaining masks must be supplied to the local market, such as medical and educational institutions. In addition, the foundation has allocated 800 million yuan to the I & T Bureau to develop and reuse masks.
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150 million set up emergency warning system
In addition, the government also plans to spend 150 million to establish a new emergency warning system. The document states that in the past, the government would contact local telephone carriers to assist in releasing emergency messages to the public via SMS. However, it took 4 hours for the message to reach all audiences, and users who used prepaid phone cards or travelers on roaming services may not Being able to receive short messages, we plan to use Cell broadcast technology to speed up the distribution of emergency messages, including health or safety alerts, or extreme weather conditions. It is expected that about 24 million mobile phone users will benefit.
The government also plans to invest 50 million yuan to support home isolation, of which 40 million will be used to purchase 20,000 electronic bracelets and 10,000 smartphones; 10 million yuan will be used for system implementation services and staff expenses.
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