Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (1st right) visits temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre on Sept 9, 2020. (PHOTO／HKSAR GOVT)
HONG KONG – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre Wednesday to learn more about their operation.
She met members of the mainland nucleic acid test support team working there and thanked them for their support for the universal testing program
It is the second time Lam visited the laboratories. Last month she visited the facilities when they were ready.
She met members of the mainland nucleic acid test support team working there and thanked them for their support for the universal testing program.
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"Members of the public who took part in the Universal Community Testing Programme (UCTP) were very satisfied with the program arrangements. Besides the healthcare personnel and staff members of the community testing centers, testing personnel of the laboratories, in particular members of the mainland nucleic acid test support team, and personnel responsible for logistics are heroes behind the scenes,” Lam said.
She said members of the public received their test results in a timely manner thanks to the team’s hard work day and night.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (center) poses for a group photo with members of the mainland nucleic acid test support team at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre on Sept 9, 2020. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVT)
Noting that the center also took part in the research, development and production of electronic wristbands for the government’s home quarantine measures, Lam praised the team for its contributions to Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic work.
The government has decided to extend the free testing program for three days to Sept 14 after reviewing the public's demand for the service.
As of 8:30 am Thursday, 1.42 million people have been tested in the voluntary program, which started on Sept 1.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visits the temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre in the evening of Sept 9, 2020 to show support to the medical team and helpers there. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVT)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor receives a briefing by Chief Executive Officer of the Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Simon Wong (1st left) on the technologies applied in streamlining the labs' logistical arrangements. (PHOTO／HKSAR GOVT)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor takes a group picture with members of the temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre in Sept 9, 2020. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVT)
