Coronavirus: Henderson Land offers employees four days off to support Hong Kong’s flagging vaccination drive
- ‘If the staff get vaccines, they will have four days of paid holiday,’ says Henderson co-chairman Martin Lee Ka-shing
- Great Eagle Group has launched a series of promotions at its hotels and shopping malls up to August 31 to boost vaccination uptake among Hong Kong residents
Hong Kong developers are doing their bit to boost the city’s flagging coronavirus vaccination drive and support the ongoing economic recovery.
Following closely on the government’s incentives to offer civil servants up to two days of paid leave for taking Covid-19 jabs, private companies have come up with incentives to encourage employees, with one developer offering as many as four days of additional holiday. And to boost the vaccine uptake among the general population, some mall and hotel owners are offering discounted hotel stays, shopping vouchers and other discounts to residents who have received both doses.
“If the staff get vaccines, they will have four days of paid holiday,” said Martin Lee Ka-shing, co-chairman on Tuesday. “Two days for each vaccine [dose].”
Private employers are adopting these policies after Chief Executive Carrie Lam urged the business sector to boost the slowing vaccine drive. About 18.4 per cent of the city’s 7.5 million population have received their first shot, while 13.4 per cent have got their second jab.
After Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, Sino Group and Chinese Estates Holdings on Friday offered a one-bedroom flat at the Grand Central project in Kwun Tong as the grand prize for a lucky draw to support the government’s vaccination drive, bookings for jabs surged.