The government will add the Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin as a designated quarantine facility for foreign domestic helpers on the 8th of next month. It will provide 500 rooms at a charge of 650 yuan per night. You can log in to the official website to make an appointment and register from 9:30 this morning (15th), "Hong Kong 01 》The reporter tried to log in to the website, and it took about 25 minutes to enter the website.
Zhang Jiemin, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Agents Association, said that in order to avoid "congestion" on the website at the same time, employees logged on to the website 15 minutes earlier this morning. The process was fairly smooth and more than 10 rooms were booked successfully.
However, he emphasized that there are currently 5,000 foreign domestic helpers waiting to come to Hong Kong, and they will not be able to absorb them until half a year at the earliest. He suggested that the government should add another 500 rooms to shorten the time for foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong to meet the demand.
Foreign domestic helpers who come to Hong Kong must stay in a quarantine hotel or center and be quarantined for 21 days.
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The agent logs in early to avoid traffic jams and can still make an appointment 1 hour
The Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin will be included as a designated quarantine facility for foreign domestic helpers after they arrive in Hong Kong on the 8th of next month. Online reservations will be available from 9:30 this morning.
Zhang Jiemin, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Agents Association, said that the Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin currently offers 500 rooms. The appointment period is open until February next year. There are 25 rooms available for registration every day.
He pointed out that employees logged in to the webpage 15 minutes earlier today, and they were able to make an appointment smoothly by 9:30. They successfully booked more than 10 rooms. It is estimated that they can still make reservations within the first hour of opening.
Zhang Jiemin: The appointment mode of Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin is better than Penny's Bay
Zhang pointed out that the hotel’s online reservation system is more normal than that of the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center. Reservations on all days are open: "If you book from December 10 to 21 consecutive days, you can try to book on December 11, but the Quarantine Center (Penny B) Only one appointment and quota per week is limited, which is not ideal."
There are 5,000 foreign domestic helpers waiting to come to Hong Kong, with an increase of 500 rooms to meet demand
The government is currently opening the Silka Hotel Tsuen Wan, the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center, and the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi as designated quarantine facilities after foreign domestic helpers arrive in Hong Kong. As the Silka Hotel will no longer be used as a foreign domestic helper’s quarantine hotel on the 1st of next month, Sha Tin The Courtyard Hotel will "make up seats" starting on the 8th of next month.
Zhang Jiemin estimates that there are still 5,000 foreign domestic helpers waiting to come to Hong Kong, and it will take half a year to "digest" at the earliest. He suggests that the government can add another 500 rooms to shorten the time for foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong to meet demand.
The confirmed rate of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong has dropped and the quarantine room is still hard to find. Luo Zhiguang: the quota will be adjusted carefully for foreign domestic helpers. Next Monday, the room price will be 650 square meters. The sentenced employer must pay the full amount to redeem the property and feel unfair
