HK$5,000 vouchers: everything you need to know about the torrent of offers from payment platforms, retailers and restaurants in Hong Kong
- Malls, shops, restaurants and digital payment platforms pushing billions of dollars worth of offers ahead of first batch of e-vouchers
- HK$36 billion voucher scheme is designed to boost consumer spending, which has been hit hard by Covid-19 pandemic
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Hong Kong’s malls, shops, restaurants and digital payment platforms have unveiled billions of dollars’ worth of new offers ahead of the distribution of the first batch of the government’s HK$5,000 (US$643) e-vouchers.
About 6.1 million people, or almost 85 cent of the eligible population, will receive their first instalment of HK$2,000 on Sunday, with registration continuing until August 14. Participants take part in the scheme by signing up with one of the four e-payment operators: Octopus, AlipayHK, WeChat Pay HK, Tap&Go.
The HK$36 billion scheme is designed to boost consumer spending, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here, the Post breaks down everything you need to know about the latest deals.
