The fifth wave of the epidemic continues to expand, and the number of daily confirmed cases has increased by thousands in recent days. The situation is serious.
This Wednesday (16th), the government held an online meeting with the Hong Kong Hotel Owners Association, various developers and hotel operators to discuss anti-epidemic actions. After the meeting, it was announced that 10,000 rooms would be identified. In the past two days, many developers Relevant arrangements have been announced immediately. So far, a total of 5,225 rooms have been implemented to participate in the community quarantine hotel plan, temporarily exceeding half of the government's target.
Among them, Cheung Kong Group (1113) recently announced at noon today (18th) that in response to the severe epidemic situation and the severe shortage of isolation facilities, the four hotels under the group will provide more than 3,000 rooms for community isolation facilities to reduce the need for the Hong Kong government to face isolation. The pressure of insufficient facilities is expected to help reduce the risk of the spread of the epidemic.
Yesterday (17th), a number of developers also announced that they would provide their hotel rooms for anti-epidemic purposes. For example, New World (0017) announced yesterday afternoon that it has proposed to the government to lend about 700 rooms of its pentahotel Kowloon. Guest rooms, as community isolation facilities.
Two Chinachem hotels will be put into operation from the end of February to March
SHKP (0016) also announced last night that 2 of its hotels have applied to the government to participate in the Community Isolation Facility Hotel Project, which will provide about 1,000 rooms as isolation and treatment facilities for mild or asymptomatic patients to ease social isolation. facility needs.
It is understood that one of them is the Crowne Plaza Kowloon East.
As for Chinachem Group's two like-minded hotels, which have also participated in the government's community quarantine hotel plan, like the like-minded hotel in Causeway Bay and the like-minded hotel in Kwun Tong Kowloon East, they will provide a total of 525 rooms, which will be put into operation at the end of February and March respectively. Operation for 90 days.
In addition, although other developers have not yet announced the implementation of the plan of lending rooms for community quarantine hotels, they have also expressed their intention to cooperate in the fight against the epidemic.
For example, Regal Hotels International stated earlier that several of its hotels will become the first designated community isolation facilities to fully meet the relevant needs of the government, and that relevant matters have been arranged at this stage.
The Wharf Group (0004) also stated that it has started to check whether the hotels under the group meet the basic requirements for isolation facilities, including whether it is a single building and whether it has independent entrances and exits.
As for the Stan Group, a subsidiary of the Deng Chengbo family, Tang's Living Group, its hotel group, intends to allocate some hotels for isolation and quarantine purposes.
Henderson donated 13 million to fight the epidemic
Henderson Land (0012), which has not lent hotel rooms for the time being, announced yesterday that it has donated 10 million yuan and anti-epidemic materials to elderly homes and grassroots. 10,000 yuan of anti-epidemic soup packs and supermarket gift vouchers.
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New World lent about 700 rooms of pentahotel Kowloon for community quarantine epidemic｜Henderson donated 13 million yuan in materials and land to support the anti-epidemic work New World: Two hotels applied for community quarantine purposes and provided about 1,000 rooms for community quarantine hotel plan Look for the first batch of 4,400 rooms with 10,000 rooms to be fully opened by next week. The chief executive meets with the developer Leung Chi-kin: preliminary consensus to allocate more than 10 hotels for isolation
