Case Study - Timely Support to Fight the Fifth COVID Wave
Case Study - Timely Support to Fight the Fifth COVID Wave
SHKP swiftly responded when the fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic severely affected Hong Kong. We have continued our full support in the fight against the pandemic. Enhanced measures were implemented to support the community.
Location Support
Venues for quarantine and vaccination were crucial under the pandemic, we have utilized our resources to provide adequate spaces to relieve stress in the healthcare system.
- Lending at no cost two pieces of land in Tam Mi and San Tin with a combined area of 14 hectares to the government for building community isolation facilities (CIFs) to help alleviate the immense pressure on the public healthcare system
- Providing places in two commercial premises at Millennium City in Kwun Tong and Landmark North in North District as venues for community vaccinations. This offered convenience to the elderly and children in those districts, boosting the vaccination rate of these two high-risk groups
- Offering two hotels with about 1,000 rooms for isolation in support of the Community Isolation Facility Hotel Scheme
Supplies Support
SHKP provided timely support with various supplies to different groups in the community.
- 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 to people with urgent needs and those under isolation
- Providing 1,000 SIM cards to underprivileged children so they could learn online while schools were closed
- Providing 25 medical grade disinfection robots to the Hospital Authority, strengthening hygiene at public hospitals and clinics
- Donating supporting materials worth more than HK$15 million
Service Support
We uphold the Customer First philosophy, ensuring the health of all stakeholders under the pandemic.
- Our River Trade Terminal subsidiary provided timely support to expedite mainland supplies of critical materials including CIF cabins and other anti-pandemic materials to Hong Kong
- SmarTone worked efficiently to set up 5G infrastructure for most of the CIFs to facilitate their operations and management critical to the intake of people for isolation
- Our property management subsidiaries, Hong Yip and Kai Shing, paid enormous effort in fighting against the pandemic in the following aspects:
- Collaborated with Hong Kong Volunteers Against Coronavirus to collect anti-pandemic items in the communities and deliver them to needy households
- Supported the government’s distribution of anti-pandemic packs, benefiting more than 800,000 residents in over 200,000 units
- Assisted isolated residents in the purchase of daily necessities and arranged vaccination services at clubhouses in the residential developments
- We stick to our Customer First approach under all situations. Customer protection at our shopping malls and offices were strengthened with strategies to ensure the health of all, including utilizing smart technologies for disinfection, monitoring and improving indoor air quality
Support to the Mainland
Adequate assistance was provided to support the mainland’s fight against the pandemic.
- The Group and the Kwok family donated RMB three million to the Shanghai Charity Foundation in early April to fully support Shanghai’s fight against the pandemic and help ensure the supply of essential materials in the city