Hong Kong Offering Rs 10.14 Crore Apartment Prize To Citizens For Getting Covid Vaccination
Hong Kong developers are offering resident a $1.4 million apartment prize who will get the jab. However, a rampant distrust of the government combined with the lack of urgency since it is a comparatively virus-free city, people are hesitant to get vaccinated.
Are businesses around you offering freebies if you get the COVID-19 vaccination? Well, Hong Kong developers are on the same business model except instead of a free coffee, they are offering resident a $1.4 million (Rs 10,14,48,200) apartment prize who will get the jab.
According to a statement by Sino Group's philanthropic arm Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation and Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd, they said that they are offering a brand new 449 square foot (42 square-meter) apartment to citizens who will get the vaccine in their Grand Central project in the Kwun Tong area.
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However, there are specific criteria that a person must fulfil to be eligible for the prize.
According to Bloomberg Quint, only Hong Kong residents who have received two vaccine doses are eligible for the draw.
According to AFP, Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world that has secured more than enough doses to inoculate all 7.5 million people. However, a rampant distrust of the government combined with the lack of urgency since it is a comparatively virus-free city, people are hesitant to get vaccinated.
The Hong Kong government has been offering different kinds of incentives like reopening bars and shortening quarantines in an attempt to encourage citizens to get inoculated.
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While the vaccine for adults of all ages is available, only 12.6 per cent of the population of 7.5 million has received both doses, reported Bloomberg.
