International Commerce Centre (ICC), together with The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, participated in the Government's outreach vaccination service today (June 29). About 250 people, including staff members from Kai Shing Management Services Limited (Kai Shing) which is the Building Manager of ICC, The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, and international financial institutions in the building, were administered with the BioNTech vaccine.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, and Executive Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Mr Adam Kwok, jointly viewed the administering of the vaccine this afternoon. This is the first time that a property management company has taken the lead to gather tenants of a building to participate in outreach vaccination.
"I am grateful to Kai Shing for taking the lead and The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, for providing the venue, which makes the outreach vaccination service possible today by gathering staff members from various companies of the building who would like to get vaccinated. People working in the same building often have to use common facilities such as lobbies and lifts. Hence, they can gain better protection if all of them are vaccinated," Mr Nip said.
Mr Nip called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign and encourage people to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later.
Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements.
There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, post-secondary institutions, global professional services enterprises, property developers, a financial institution, the construction industry, public utilities and a district organisation, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors on the feasibility of providing the service to them.
Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
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