Coronavirus: gold, cash, and HK$20 million in shopping vouchers among incentives Hong Kong businesses offering to residents to get Covid-19 vaccine
- Developers and insurance companies add to list of offers to Hong Kong residents from private sector that now tops HK$113 million
- Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing and Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan among those offering incentives
The offers, dangled over the past two days, take the total amount put up by city businesses to more than HK$113 million (US$14.6 million).
Tycoon Li Ka-shing’s companies and charity foundation said on Tuesday that they would throw raffles for HK$20 million worth of shopping coupons to be used within its businesses, which range from properties and retailing, to hotels and electricity.
Property developer New World Development will offer a total of HK$10 million, including giving 5,000 underprivileged people an allowance of HK$1,000 each for vaccination and health consultation.
Insurance firms Prudential Hong Kong and Prudential General Insurance will between them award 10 winners with a complimentary annual health policy covering HK$12 million for 10 years, and another 10 winners with a complimentary annual travel policy worth HK$1.2 million for a decade.
Executive Council convenor Bernard Charnwut Chan’s Asia Insurance will give away 1,000 health check packages, supermarket cash coupons, and 40 per cent discounts on staycation-related insurance policies for new and existing clients.
