SHKP Quarterly

The Group fully supports Hong Kong’s fight against the pandemic The Group announced a series of anti-pandemic measures, including lending at no charge two pieces of land with a combined site area of 14 hectares to the government for building temporary isolation and treatment facilities; offering two hotels with about 1,000 rooms for isolation in support of the Community Isolation Facility Hotel Scheme; playing anti-pandemic videos in various premises; displaying a slogan to rally territory-wide support in the anti- pandemic fight on the ICC façade; providing two commercial premises of the Group as venues for community vaccination; providing 400,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to frontline anti- pandemic forces, the underprivileged and the Group’s employees; distributing 30,000 anti- pandemic caring kits; providing 25 medical- grade disinfection robots to the Hospital Authority; and donating supporting materials worth more than HK$15 million. Group Chairman and Managing Director Raymond Kwok said: “All sectors of society should join hands to combat the fifth wave of infections. The Group has continued to fully support the government to curb the pandemic. With the great assistance and care of the country and the concerted efforts of the community, Hong Kong should be able to quickly overcome the pandemic.” 集團全力支援香港抗疫 1. Lending for free two pieces of land as isolation and treatment facilities In the anti-pandemic race, every second counts. The Group swiftly identified two pieces of land with a combined site area of 14 hectares for the government to build temporary isolation and treatment facilities to help alleviate the immense pressure on the public healthcare system. One site is in Tam Mi, Yuen Long (10 hectares) and the other is the former San Tin Shopping City (four hectares), jointly owned by the Group and Henderson Land Development Company Limited. Sitting right next to Castle Peak Road, the Tam Mi site is flat and has road access, also with power supply for an easy connection to the government’s water supply and sewage systems. Both sites offered for community isolation facilities were completed construction and handed over to the government for use. 2. Providing places in two commercial premises as venues for community vaccination The Group believes that vaccination is crucial to combating the pandemic. By offering places in its commercial premises to set up two additional venues, which are located in Millennium City in Kwun Tong and Landmark North in North District for community vaccination, they offer convenience to the elderly and children in those Community isolation facility in Tam Mi, Yuen Long was completed and handed over to the government for use 元朗潭尾社區隔離設施已落成，並正式交付予政府營運 districts for boosting the vaccination rate of these two high-risk groups. 3. Providing 400,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to frontline anti-pandemic forces, the underprivileged and the Group’s employees The Group quickly sourced 400,000 rapid antigen test kits, 100,000 will be given to frontline workers and the underprivileged through the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Community Anti-Coronavirus Link, and the Hong Kong United Youth Association. The beneficiaries will include cleaners and The Group provided 25 medical-grade disinfection robots to public hospitals and clinics 集團已提供 25 部醫用消毒智能機械人予公立醫院或診所 使用 Corporate News Vol 103 • Q1 2022 • SHKP Quarterly 18