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University students and teaching staff receive COVID-19 vaccination (with photos)
30.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, visited Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) today (June 30). During the visit, he and the President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU, Professor Alexander Wai, jointly viewed the administering of a COVID-19 vaccine on the campus to some 200 students and teaching staff of the university as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. "HKBU has already made arrangements relating to COVID-19 vaccination or testing for its students and teaching staff for the new academic year in order to provide a safe and healthy learning and working environment for them amid the epidemic. Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to reduce the risk of the possible spread of the virus in a crowded environment. I hope that more students and teaching staff will get vaccinated," Mr Nip said. "Whether you are a secondary or primary school student, or a university student, when being in the same environment, all will bear the same risk of being infected with the virus. Getting vaccinated together will help provide mutual protection among each other." He called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign and encourage people to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau. The bureau has provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises, property developers, financial institutions, the construction industry, public utilities, a district organisation, a property management company and post-secondary institutions. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Yau Oi Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
More groups support COVID-19 vaccination (with photos)
30.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, visited New World Tower in Central today (June 30). During the visit, he and the Chief Executive Officer of New World Development Company Limited, Dr Adrian Cheng, jointly viewed the administering of the BioNTech vaccine to around 160 staff members of the group, as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. "I am grateful to New World Development for liaising with the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) to make arrangements for today's outreach vaccination. Such a move has enabled its staff to get vaccinated so that they can not only protect themselves and their families, but also their colleagues working in the same office and visitors as well. It also helps the community as a whole to build a protective barrier as soon as possible," Mr Nip said. Mr Nip said that so far the outreach team has been mobilised 31 times and around 6 000 people have been vaccinated through the outreach vaccination service. He called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the Early Vaccination for All campaign and encourage people to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the CSB. Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises, property developers, financial institutions, the construction industry, public utilities, a property management company, universities and a district organisation, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors on the feasibility of providing the service to them. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Ho Man Tin Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
Talk on national security organised by CSB (with photos)
29.6.2021

The first anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (NSL) is approaching. The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) today (June 29) organised a seminar on national security at the Central Government Offices, and Professor Wang Zhenmin of the School of Law of Tsinghua University delivered a talk on the NSL via video conferencing. He also shared with senior civil servants attending the seminar his views on the implementation of the NSL in the past year and in the future. The seminar was attended by about 120 senior civil servants, including Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Departments, directorate officers of the CSB and officers from the Training Officer Grade. The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, said in the seminar, "The civil service is the backbone of the HKSAR Government, and constitutes an important component of the political structure of the HKSAR. Civil servants should have a good grasp of the legislative purpose and main content of the NSL, especially in areas related to the work of their departments. They should enhance their sensitivity and be devoted to implementing the NSL so as to effectively prevent, suppress and impose punishment for any act or activity endangering national security, and to act in accord fully with the HKSAR Government in discharging its duty of safeguarding national security." In April this year, the CSB also held a video talk on the NSL for all civil servants to enhance their awareness of safeguarding national security. The video talk has been incorporated as part of induction training for civil servants at certain ranks.
Property management company and tenants support COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (with photos)
29.6.2021

International Commerce Centre (ICC), together with The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, participated in the Government's outreach vaccination service today (June 29). About 250 people, including staff members from Kai Shing Management Services Limited (Kai Shing) which is the Building Manager of ICC, The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, and international financial institutions in the building, were administered with the BioNTech vaccine. The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, and Executive Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Mr Adam Kwok, jointly viewed the administering of the vaccine this afternoon. This is the first time that a property management company has taken the lead to gather tenants of a building to participate in outreach vaccination. "I am grateful to Kai Shing for taking the lead and The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, for providing the venue, which makes the outreach vaccination service possible today by gathering staff members from various companies of the building who would like to get vaccinated. People working in the same building often have to use common facilities such as lobbies and lifts. Hence, they can gain better protection if all of them are vaccinated," Mr Nip said. Mr Nip called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign and encourage people to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, post-secondary institutions, global professional services enterprises, property developers, a financial institution, the construction industry, public utilities and a district organisation, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors on the feasibility of providing the service to them. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
Group staff and tenants support COVID-19 vaccination (with photos)
28.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, visited Windsor House in Causeway Bay today (June 28). During the visit, he and the Chief Executive Officer of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited, Ms Chan Hoi-wan, jointly viewed the administering of the BioNTech vaccine to over 200 people, including staff members and tenants of the group, as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. "I am grateful to Chinese Estates Holdings Limited for joining hands with the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign by providing a convenient place in this building for its staff and their families as well as tenants to receive vaccination through the outreach vaccination service," Mr Nip said. Mr Nip called on enterprises and organisations to encourage their employees to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau. The bureau has provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises, property developers, a financial institution, the construction industry, a university and a district organisation. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Ho Man Tin Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
About 800 university students and teaching staff receive vaccination (with photos)
23.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, visited the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (June 23). During the visit, he met with the President of HKUST, Professor Wei Shyy, and the Vice-President for Administration and Business of HKUST, Mr Mark Hodgson, before they together viewed the administering of COVID-19 vaccines on the campus to students and teaching staff of the university and others as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. HKUST is the first university to participate in outreach vaccination. A total of about 800 people, including HKUST students and teaching staff and others, are expected to receive the Sinovac vaccine or the BioNTech vaccine. Mr Nip said, "I am pleased to learn that HKUST had earlier planned to make arrangements for vaccination so as to reduce the risk of the possible spread of the virus in a crowded environment and to provide a safe and healthy learning and working environment for students and teaching staff amid the epidemic. "Experience in many parts of the world tells us that the epidemic situation will deteriorate rapidly in the face of the threat posed by mutant strains. We must seize the moment and get vaccinated as early as possible when the epidemic situation is relatively stable. The society will then be well protected when the virus attacks. It takes time to complete the vaccination of two doses, and it may not be possible to provide adequate protection immediately as it takes time for the body to develop protective antibodies." Mr Nip called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign and encourage people to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. He said should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises, a property developer, a financial institution, the construction industry, public utilities and a district organisation, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors, including theme parks and the like on the feasibility of providing the service to them. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
More global professional service enterprises support outreach vaccination service (with photos)
21.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, today (June 21) visited EY Office in Hong Kong. During the visit, he and the Managing Partner, Hong Kong and Macau, EY, Ms Agnes Chan, jointly viewed the administering of a COVID-19 vaccine to staff members of the enterprise as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. Some 210 staff members of the enterprise received the BioNTech vaccine today. "Employees of global professional services enterprises have frequent overseas trips for work and meetings. As the COVID-19 virus is still raging across the globe, getting vaccinated is the best way for them to protect themselves, colleagues and their family members from being infected," Mr Nip said. "There are only two months left in this critical anti-epidemic juncture until the end of August. I call on various sectors to continue to encourage employees to get vaccinated as soon as possible, so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong by significantly raising the vaccination rate, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later." He thanked various sectors and industries for supporting the Early Vaccination for All campaign. Should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises, a property developer, a financial institution and the construction industry, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors, including post-secondary institutions, public utilities and theme parks and the like on the feasibility of providing the service to them. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Ho Man Tin Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
First property developer participates in outreach vaccination (with photos)
15.6.2021

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, visited the headquarters of Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) in Wan Chai today (June 15). During the visit, he and the Chairman and Managing Director of SHKP, Mr Raymond Kwok, jointly viewed the administering of a COVID-19 vaccine to staff members of the company as arranged by the Government's outreach vaccination service. About 200 staff members of SHKP received the BioNTech vaccine. Staff members of SHKP were granted vaccination leave and allowed to take a rest at home on the day of vaccination and the following day. "This is the first property developer to participate in the outreach vaccination service. Staff members of developers and their subsidiary property management companies have a wide range of contact with the public. People can protect themselves and their families by receiving COVID-19 vaccines. It can also safeguard the health of employees and maintain normal business operations. This will create a win-win-win situation for employers and employees as well as their customers," Mr Nip said. Mr Nip called on various sectors and industries to join the Government in promoting the "Early Vaccination for All" campaign and encourage their employees to get vaccinated so as to help build an immune barrier in Hong Kong as soon as possible by significantly raising the vaccination rate during the three-month-long critical period from now until the end of August, thereby restoring normality to society sooner rather than later. He said should enterprises and organisations have a sufficient number of employees who would like to get vaccinated and a suitable venue with sufficient space, they can make use of the outreach vaccination service so that their employees can be vaccinated in a more convenient way. Enterprises and groups can call the hotline for the outreach vaccination service at 3904 1490 from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm, for arrangements. There has been enthusiastic support for the outreach vaccination programme since it was launched by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB). Having provided the outreach vaccination service to the Hong Kong Sports Institute, global professional services enterprises and the construction industry, the CSB is now proactively in discussions with enterprises and groups from various sectors, including financial institutions, post-secondary institutions, public utilities and theme parks and the like on the feasibility of providing the service to them. Mr Nip expressed his gratitude to the medical team and administrative support staff of the Community Vaccination Centre at Ho Man Tin Sports Centre for providing the outreach service today.
SCS speaks on COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
5.6.2021

Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Patrick Nip, at a media session after attending a radio programme this morning (June 5): Reporter: How likely will you offer incentives and talks to the kids aged 12 to 15 for vaccination, for example, the outbound vaccination programme? And also, if not, will you expect a very low response rate from them? Secretary for the Civil Service: We'll focus on two aspects. First is to disseminate information and the relevant data, messages to schools, including teachers, students and parents. And I am glad that the medical community has already been doing this. It's important for us to tell the schools about the importance of getting vaccination, and also the safety, the efficacy of getting the jabs. The second is that we would arrange very convenient and multiple channels to enable students, parents and teachers to get vaccinated. So I appeal to all the relevant sectors to promote and get vaccinated because the next three months will be really very important and please get your first jab by the end of August. (Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript)