G.N. (E.) 243 of 2021

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE (COMPULSORY TESTING FOR CERTAIN PERSONS) REGULATION Compulsory Testing Notice I hereby exercise the power conferred on me by section 10(1) of the Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation (the Regulation) (Chapter 599, sub. leg. J) to:— Category of Persons (I) specify the following category of persons:— (a) any person who had been present on the following premises in any capacity (including but not limited to residents, visitors and workers) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 13 April to 26 April 2021:— (1) Block 4, Bamboo Mansions, Phase 12, Whampoa Garden, 3 Tak Hong Street, Hung Hom, , ; (2) The Royal Garden, 69 Mody Road, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (3) Tower 7, Ocean Pride, 100 Tai Ho Road, Tsuen Wan, , Hong Kong; (b) any person who had been present on the following premises in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff, students and visitors) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 13 April to 26 April 2021:— (1) Marymount Primary School, 336 Tai Hang Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong; (2) Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Association Yuen Yuen Primary School, 26 Tsing Hoi Circuit, Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (3) Cannan Kindergarten (Riviera Garden)/Cannan Nursery (Riviera Garden), Podium B, Riviera Garden, 2–12 Yi Hong Street, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong; (4) Yan Oi Tong Ng Wong Fung Ying Kindergarten Cum Nursery, 5/F, Tin Yiu Community Centre, Tin Yiu Estate, , New Territories, Hong Kong; (5) Sheng Kung Hui Sham Shui Po Kei Oi Church Kindergarten, Block 1, Chung Hou House of Li Cheng Uk Estate, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (6) The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Sun Chui Day Creche, Unit Nos. 5–16, G/F, Sun Kit House of Sun Chui Estate, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong; (7) St. Catherine’s International Kindergarten, 1 Essex Crescent, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (8) Deborah English Kindergarten (Tseung Kwan O)/Deborah International Pre-school (Tseung Kwan O), Kindergarten Tower, Beverly Garden, 1 Tong Ming Street, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong; (9) Learning Habitat Kindergarten (The Sparkle), 1/F, The Sparkle, 500 Tung Chau Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (10) Sheung Shui Wai Chow Kindergarten (Branch), G/F, Tin Cheung House of Tin Ping Estate, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong; (11) Mink Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten, Level 1, Sun Hing Garden, 2 On Po Lane, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong; (12) TWGHs Mr & Mrs Liu Lit Mo Child Development Centre, Unit 302, 3/F, Tin Ching Amenity and Community Building, , Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong; (13) Jing Jing Kindergarten and Nursery ( Branch), Shop 15A, Podium Level 2, Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters, 32 Lee On Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (14) Shin Yat Tong Yat Tung Kindergarten, 1/F, Yat Tung Shopping Centre 2, , Tung Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong; (15) S.K.H. St. Peter’s Church Kindergarten (Castle Peak), 22 Tsing Wun Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (16) S.K.H. St. Peter’s Church Child Care Centre (Castle Peak)/HK S.K.H. St. Peter’s Church Castle Peak Tsing Wun Road Kindergarten, Portion of G/F & 1/F, Block C, 22 Tsing Wun Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (17) Agnes English Kindergarten & Nursery, Tsui Ning Garden, Area 16, TMTL 338, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (18) Gigamind Kindergarten and Children’s House, Block B, Maywood Court, Phase 6, Kingswood Villas, 9 Tin Lung Road, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong; (19) S.K.H. Kindly Light Church Or Pui Cheung Kindergarten and Nursery, G/F, Tung Yuen House of Chuk Yuen North Estate, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (20) NTW & JWA Fanling Nursery School, G/F, Wing B & C, Chun King House of King Sing Court, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong; (21) Cannan Kindergarten (Tsuen Wan), Unit 4, 1/F, Commercial Complex, Clague Garden Estate, 28 Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong; (22) Nursery and Kindergarten of Kiangsu & Chekiang Primary School (Primary & international section are excluded), 30 Ching Wah Street, , Hong Kong; Requirements and Procedure for the Test (II) require every person who falls within the above category [Note 1] to undergo a polymerase chain reaction-based nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease 2019 (the Specified Test) in compliance with the requirements and procedure set out below:— (a) for a test at mobile specimen collection stations:— (i) attend one of the mobile specimen collection stations [Note 2] set up by the Government on or before 28 April 2021; (ii) undergo the Specified Test, including providing a sample, in accordance with the instructions given by the staff at the stations; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (b) for a test at Community Testing Centres:— (i) attend one of the Community Testing Centres [Note 3] set up by the Government on or before 28 April 2021 during its opening hours; (ii) undergo the Specified Test, including providing a sample, in accordance with the instructions given by the staff at the centre; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (c) for a test with a specimen bottle obtained:— (i) obtain a specimen bottle from one of the 121 post offices, 47 general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority or vending machines set up at 20 MTR stations [Note 4]; (ii) collect deep throat saliva sample in the specimen bottle as per the guidelines provided together with the specimen bottle; (iii) return, by 28 April 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; and (iv) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (d) for a test using a specimen bottle distributed to the buildings specified in Part (I) above by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) (if applicable):— (i) obtain a specimen bottle from the CHP; (ii) collect relevant sample in the aforesaid specimen bottle as per the guidelines in the specimen collection pack; (iii) for a person who falls within the category specified in Parts (I)(a), (I)(b)(1) and (I)(b)(2) above, return, by 28 April 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; for a person who falls within the category specified in Parts (I)(b)(3) to (I)(b)(22) above, return, by 30 April 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; and (iv) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (e) for a test at general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority:— (i) undergo, by 28 April 2021, the Specified Test at general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority as instructed by a medical professional of the Hospital Authority; and (ii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (f) for a self-arranged test:— (i) arrange for the carrying out of the Specified Test at a laboratory which is included in a list of recognised laboratories for the Specified Test published at the coronavirus disease 2019 thematic website on https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/List_of_recognised_laboratories_RTPCR.pdf and which can issue SMS (mobile phone text message) notifications in respect of test results; (ii) undergo, by 28 April 2021, the Specified Test in accordance with the instructions given by the staff of the laboratory; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; (III) require every person who falls within the above category to take appropriate personal disease prevention measures as far as reasonably practicable, including wearing a mask and maintaining hand hygiene; and unless for the purpose of undergoing the Specified Test, stay at his/her place of residence and avoid going out until the test result is ascertained as far as possible; Period Specified for the Purpose of Section 14(3)(b) of the Regulation (IV) specify in relation to the category of persons in Parts (I)(a), (I)(b)(1) and (I)(b)(2) above the 30-day period from 29 April to 28 May 2021; and specify only in relation to the persons in Parts (I)(b)(3) to (I)(b)(22) above who had undergone the Specified Test in accordance with the requirements and procedure as specified in Part (II)(d) above the 30-day period from 1 May to 30 May 2021 as the period during which a Compulsory Testing Order may be issued under the Regulation upon non-compliance with this Notice; Appointment of Prescribed Officers (V) appoint members of the Auxiliary Medical Service and all public officers of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to perform a function under the Regulation concerning a requirement specified under this Notice [Note 5]. Note 1:— If a person who falls within the category specified in Part (I) above has previously undergone the Specified Test during the period from 24 April to 26 April 2021, he/she would be taken to have complied with the requirements set out in this Notice regardless of whether or not the test was conducted for complying with this Notice. Note 2:— The location, opening hours and target groups (if applicable) of the mobile specimen collection stations are set out in https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/early-testing.html. Note 3:— The location and opening hours of the Community Testing Centres are set out in https://www.communitytest.gov.hk/en/. Note 4:— The location and opening hours of post offices, general out-patient clinics and MTR stations distributing specimen bottles as well as the specimen collection location and time are set out in https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/early-testing.html. Note 5:— Under the Regulation, health officers may, without the need of an appointment, perform a function concerning a requirement under a Compulsory Testing Notice.

26 April 2021 Secretary for Food and Health