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Dorsett
Tsuen Wan will be joined this week by three other hotels that will be made into
CIFs -- iclub Ma Tau Wai Hotel, iclub
Fortress Hill Hotel and Regal Oriental Hotel.
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Secretary
for Security Tang Ping-keung, inspected Dorsett Tsuen Wan yesterday to ensure
the first CIF hotel is ready.
In all,
the government has secured about 4,400 hotel rooms for use in the CIF program,
which will be brought into service by a task force formed by the Security
Bureau (SB) and headed by former Director of Fire Services Li Kin-yat. as officer-in-charge.
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The
rooms are expected to relieve the pressure on hospitals, which have been
swamped by new Covid-19 cases, and had reached their maximum capacity.
Tang said
the SB has recruited some 1,000 retirees of various disciplinary forces to be
deployed to various CIFs or hotels to assist the operation and management of
the facilities. All personnel will receive relevant training and be equipped
with sufficient protective gear.
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The government
will maintain close liaison and co-operation with the participating hotels to
ensure the orderly transfer of people, their isolation in the designated hotel
rooms and subsequent discharge.
Tang expressed
his gratitude to hotels participating in the scheme for supporting the
anti-epidemic work, hoping that the Government and the hotel sector, with
concerted efforts, can join hands in riding out the fifth wave of the epidemic.
