Carrie Lam: Opening of Penny's Bay Center at the end of September for foreign domestic helpers to charge no more than 500 yuan for quarantine

Foreign domestic helpers who have completed the new crown vaccination in Indonesia or the Philippines and meet the relevant requirements can come to Hong Kong to work from yesterday, but the domestic helper’s designated hotel room rate reaches 800 yuan a night, and the quarantine hotel fee and related expenses are about 20,000 yuan. Employers are deterred.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam met with reporters before attending the executive meeting this morning (31st) and revealed that the first and second phases of the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center will be opened to foreign domestic helpers for quarantine. About 800 units, the government will recover the cost of no more than 500 yuan, it is expected to be available at the end of September, and reservations can be accepted before opening.

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Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said at the press conference that the quarantine facilities for foreign domestic helpers at Penny's Bay will be operated by the government. There is a lot of work to be done, including setting up a reservation computer system, arranging security and cleaning.

She said that the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center has 3,000 units. Since there are no local cases and no close contacts, it can be opened for use. The Chief Secretary for Administration has already done co-ordination work at the weekend.

She also pointed out that 60.6% of the population had received the first dose of the vaccine and hoped to reach 70% of the vaccination rate by the end of September. She also pointed out that three types of people will be urged to get injections, including students and the elderly.

▼Cathay Pacific provides meals to Penny's Bay Quarantine Center▼

Food at Penny's Bay Centre has caused controversy

In May of this year, a mass food poisoning incident was suspected at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center. Many people in quarantine also lamented the poor quality of their meals. Many photos of "bad food" lunchboxes were circulated on the Internet. Subsequently, Cathay Pacific entered the bid to supply bamboo. Meals at Zhuwan Quarantine Center.

Lin Jianfeng, a member of the Executive Council, had personally tried Cathay Pacific to provide four of the dishes for the isolation camp. He described it as worth more than 90 points by the standard of an airplane meal. He even said with a smile that he "snatched business from the Gaga downstairs (legislative council restaurant)."

Carrie Lam.

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor: I hope that by the end of September, 70% of the three types of people will be vaccinated, and the three types of people will be vaccinated. The 14th Five-Year Plan | National Security Education Commissioner, Development of New Territories North