Li Ka-shing’s elder son Victor Li tests negative for Covid-19, pulls out from Liaison Office meeting

Name: Hong Kong eases discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients to relieve strained healthcare system
Uploaded: 2022-02-18T03:53:29.000Z
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Description: Hong Kong eases discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients to relieve strained healthcare system

Li, who turns 58 in August, is awaiting test results, after showing symptoms including ‘light coughing’ and ‘hoarseness in his voice’ on Friday

He has withdrawn from a web meeting that is to be chaired by Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong

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Published: 11:53am, 18 Feb 2022Updated: 2:02pm, 19 Feb 2022

Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, the chairman and managing director of tycoon Li Ka-shing’s flagship company, has tested negative for Covid-19 after reporting symptoms, according to a statement by CK Asset Holdings on Saturday morning.

Li, who turns 58 in August, was awaiting test results after showing symptoms including “light coughing” and “hoarseness in his voice”, according to a separate statement on Friday. He will also withdraw from an online meeting that is to be chaired by Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong.

CK Asset, which has offered 3,000 rooms in four hotels under its management for use as isolation facilities, is rallying its resources and staff to help Hong Kong’s authorities contain the spread of the Covid-19 infections in the city, according to the company’s statement, which also cited a copy of Li’s prepared speech for the Liaison Office meeting.

The executive, Li Ka-shing’s elder son, will stay home to await his test results, and remains in good health, a spokeswoman said.

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Hong Kong eases discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients to relieve strained healthcare system

CK Asset’s offer is the largest contribution, made two days after the city’s leader asked developers and hotel owners for help to address a shortage of isolation facilities. The government has so far secured more than 20,000 rooms, double the number of additional rooms it needs for quarantine.

The four hotels still need to be inspected by the government, CK Asset’s spokeswoman said.

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