G.N. (E.) 258 of 2021 PREVENTION and CONTROL of DISEASE
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G.N. (E.) 258 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 full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) at any time on 9 April 2021:— (1) HSBC, Basement, G/F, 1/F, 2/F & 4/F, HSBC Building Tsim Sha Tsui, 82–84 Nathan Road, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (2) Standard Chartered Bank, Basement, Shop B1 on G/F & M/F, Golden Crown Court, 66–70 Nathan Road, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, 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 and visitors) at any time on 11 April 2021:— (1) Wellcome, Basement, 45–53 Austin Road, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (2) Harbour City (only the shopping mall is included), 3–27 Canton Road, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (c) any person who had been present at Hung Lok Seafood Restaurant, G/F, 13B Pak She Praya Road, Cheung Chau, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) at any time on 14 April 2021; (d) 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, passengers and visitors) at any time on 14 April 2021:— (1) Central Pier No. 5, Central, Hong Kong; (2) Cheung Chau Ferry Pier, New Territories, Hong Kong; (e) any person who had taken any of the ferries running on the route between Central and Cheung Chau operated by Sun Ferry Services Company Limited in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff, passengers and visitors) on 14 April 2021; (f) any lodger who had checked out from Ramada Hong Kong Grand, 23 Austin Avenue, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong at any time during the period from 9 April to 17 April 2021; (g) any person who had been present at The Centrium, 60 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) at any time during the period from 29 March to 18 April 2021; (h) any person who had been present at Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View, 239 Queen’s Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) at any time during the period from 27 March to 23 April 2021; (i) 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 and visitors) at any time on 19 April 2021:— (1) Melbourne Plaza, 33–33A Queen’s Road Central & 6–16 Chiu Lung Street, Central, Hong Kong; (2) Immigration Tower (only 2/F–48/F are included), 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; (3) Kam On Building, 176A–176F Queen’s Road Central & 129–133 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong; (j) any person who had been present at Kennedy Terrace, 8 Kennedy Road, Mid-levels, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to residents, visitors and workers) at any time during the period from 17 April to 24 April 2021; (k) 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 17 April to 30 April 2021:— (1) S.K.H. Kowloon Bay Kei Lok Primary School, 6 Kai Yan Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (2) St. Anthony’s School, 69A Pok Fu Lam Road, Central & Western District, Hong Kong; (3) Sacred Heart Canossian School Private Section, 34 Caine Road, Central & Western District, Hong Kong; (4) TWGHs Ma Kam Chan Memorial Primary School, Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong; (5) Wai Chow Public School (Sheung Shui), 51 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong; (6) James Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten (Sham Shui Po)/James Day Nursery (Shun Ning Road), G/F, Block 7, Cronin Garden, 16 Shun Ning Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (7) Joyful World International Nursery & Kindergarten (Tsuen King), G/F, Blocks 11–12, Tsuen King Garden, 76–84 Tsuen King Circuit, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong; (8) CUHK Federation Of Alumni Associations Thomas Cheung Kindergarten, Kam Ying Court, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong; (9) St. Rose Of Lima’s Kindergarten, G/F–2/F, 104 & 104A Boundary Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (10) Kam Lam Catholic Kindergarten, G/F, Kam Lam House of Choi Wan Estate, Choi Hung, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (11) Delia English Primary School & Kindergarten (Mei Foo Kindergarten), Shop 138, Stage 8, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Mei Foo, Kowloon, 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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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) to (I)(k)(5) above, return, by 3 May 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)(k)(6) to (I)(k)(11) above, return, by 5 May 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 3 May 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 3 May 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