Hong Kong’s largest quarantine site with 300 homes to be ready in one to two months, sources say as city remains in grip of coronavirus outbreak
- Source says while no official announcement on extension at existing quarantine centre Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village has been made, decision was ‘top-down’
- Facility will be built on basketball court, with converted containers
The largest quarantine site in Hong Kong is being built at full speed, with completion expected in one to two months as the need to isolate people grows amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Post has learned.
Work on the new 100-home block, located on a basketball court and cycling area in Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village – which was designated as the city’s second quarantine site and operated as such since January 23 – began on Saturday.
The Food and Health Bureau said a total of 300 mobile units would be built at four sites, including three quarantine centres and the Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre, of which 100 mobile units would be ready by mid-March earliest.
The extension will be the biggest upgrade of capacity to a total so far of 97 living spaces provided across three existing facilities: fully occupied Lady MacLehose Holiday Village; the half-filled Lei Yue Mun site; and Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp, which will begin operations soon.
The bureau said 70 units were occupied by Sunday noon.