Epidemic outbreak in Kwai Chung Village

The epidemic situation in Kwai Chung Village is getting worse and worse. DAB Legislative Council member Chen Heng-pin pointed out today (24th) that some residents of Kwai Chung Village who have been locked down and forcibly inspected are worried about being fired by their employers, and some even pointed out that some residents have been fired for being unable to go to work. He suggested that the government repair For example, employers are prohibited from firing employees who have undergone forced inspections; in order to prevent residents under lockdown from being regarded as unexcused absences by employers, the government should ensure that all residents under lockdown are issued sick leave certificates issued by the Department of Health.

Leung Hee, a member of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong, suggested that the government set up a "special assistance allowance for grassroots employees" to apply for migrant workers who have been admitted to quarantine centers or residential buildings that have been forcibly inspected for several days. Each person can receive a daily allowance of up to 500 yuan.

Confusion of batch information and material distribution

The DAB sent a letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam, asking the government to comprehensively improve its anti-epidemic work.

Liang Xi pointed out that there are five major problems in the government's anti-epidemic work, including chaotic and lengthy information distribution, chaotic distribution of materials, potential health hazards, the high overlap between the opening hours of testing stations and the working hours of the public, and the shortage of front-line personnel, and anti-epidemic personnel Insufficient awareness and training.

The DAB recommends that the government improve the information dissemination mechanism to ensure that residents who need forced inspection or are under lockdown can receive concise and useful information, including when to undergo forced inspection, the location of forced inspection stations, and the waiting time.

Chow Ho-ting, a member of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong, suggested that the government should set up a territory-wide and centrally coordinated web page on the waiting time of mandatory inspection stations to announce the real-time waiting status, so as to facilitate citizens who need testing to go to testing stations with fewer people.

Leung Hee (left) suggested that the government set up a "special assistance allowance for grassroots employees".

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Advocate "Special Assistance Allowance for Grassroots Staff", citizens under inspection can apply for the allowance

The party also suggested that the government set up a special cleaning team, and arrange for staff to go to the enclosed building every day to clean up garbage, clean and disinfect the corridors and common areas of the building, garbage rooms and garbage chutes, etc., so as to avoid the recurrence of the "garbage enclosure" situation.

Liang Xi suggested that the government set up a "special assistance allowance for grass-roots employees" to apply for migrant workers who have been admitted to quarantine centers or residential buildings that have been subjected to forced inspections for several consecutive days. Each person can receive a daily allowance of up to 500 yuan.

Chen Hengbin pointed out that the closure order for Yakkui House expired on Wednesday (26th), but there were still confirmed cases in the past few days. .

Zhou Haoding of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong suggested that the government should set up a territory-wide and centrally coordinated web page on the waiting time of mandatory inspection stations to announce the real-time waiting status, so as to facilitate citizens who need to be tested to go to the testing stations with fewer people.

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

▼1.23 National testing situation in Kwai Chung Village▼

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▼1.23 Residents of Yat Kwai House and Ying Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village▼

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Leung Junyan: Outsourced workers in Kwai Chung Village were initially diagnosed. Last Wednesday, the owner of the new Kwai Fong Garden in Kwai Chung Village had an outbreak at the Legislative Council. Shanyun Housing Bureau urgently hires a contractor to clean up Kwai Chung Village should it be closed?

Kong Fanyi pointed out that the government is incapable of sending all quarantines: it is the safest to stay and return to the village