Plan to offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Food and Health Bureau,
Referring to the government's decision to allow teachers and school staff to take Covid-19 shots, I have the following questions for the Bureau to answer under the Code on Access to Information
1. The number of school staff who signed up the Covid-19 shots (please provide the latest figures
2. what measures does the government plan to take to encourage teachers and school staff to take the shots given that most of them are working for publicly-funded insitutitions and their decisions on whether to take the shots are matters of public interests?
3. How many clinics are there in university campuses in Hong Kong? What are the capacities for these clinics to administer Covid-19 shots?
4. Does the government plan to offer Covid-19 shots to university staff via on-campus facilities? If so, please provide details; if not, please explain why.

While the Bureau is expected to reply in 10 days and offer a substantive answer in 21 days, please respond as soon as possible given the time-sensitive nature of this enquiry. Please note that your replies will be made publicly available via this website and may be discussed in the media and among Legislative Council members. Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Simon Wang, Ph.D., FHEA
Lecturer in English
Language Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 34117044
http://lc.hkbu.edu.hk/staff_simon.php
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Dear Dr WANG,
The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) has received your application for access
to information on 10.3.2021.  Your application is now under processing.
 According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you
will be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or
before 30.3.2021.  In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[1][Food and Health Bureau request email] if you have any enquiry.  Thank you.

(Cherry WONG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Simon Wang <[FOI #572 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Food and Health Bureau <[Food and Health Bureau request email]>,
Date:        10/03/21 12:15 PM
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Food and Health Bureau,
               Referring to the government's decision to allow teachers
and school staff to take Covid-19 shots, I have the following questions
for the Bureau to answer under the Code on Access to Information
1. The number of school staff who signed up the Covid-19 shots (please
provide the latest figures
2. what measures does the government plan to take to encourage teachers
and school staff to take the shots given that most of them are working for
publicly-funded insitutitions and their decisions on whether to take the
shots are matters of public interests?
3. How many clinics are there in university campuses in Hong Kong? What
are the capacities for these clinics to administer Covid-19 shots?
4. Does the government plan to offer Covid-19 shots to university staff
via on-campus facilities?  If so, please provide details; if not, please
explain why.  

While the Bureau is expected to reply in 10 days and offer a substantive
answer in 21 days, please respond as soon as possible given the
time-sensitive nature of this enquiry. Please note that your replies will
be made publicly available via this website and may be discussed in the
media and among Legislative Council members. Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Simon Wang, Ph.D., FHEA
Lecturer in English
Language Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 34117044
[2]http://lc.hkbu.edu.hk/staff_simon.php
Writing for the Public Project
[3]https://sites.google.com/a/hkbu.edu.hk/w...

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Dear Dr WANG,

The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) is processing your application.
 According to paragraph 1.18 of the Code on Access to Information, you
will be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or
before 29.4.2021.  In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[1][Food and Health Bureau request email] if you have any enquiry.  Thank you.
(Cherry WONG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Enquiry FHB/FHB/HKSARG
To:        Simon Wang <[FOI #572 email]>,
Date:        19/03/2021 17:19
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Dr WANG,
The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) has received your application for access
to information on 10.3.2021.  Your application is now under processing.
 According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you
will be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or
before 30.3.2021.  In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[2][Food and Health Bureau request email] if you have any enquiry.  Thank you.

(Cherry WONG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Simon Wang <[FOI #572 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Food and Health Bureau <[Food and Health Bureau request email]>,
Date:        10/03/21 12:15 PM
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Food and Health Bureau,
               Referring to the government's decision to allow teachers
and school staff to take Covid-19 shots, I have the following questions
for the Bureau to answer under the Code on Access to Information
1. The number of school staff who signed up the Covid-19 shots (please
provide the latest figures
2. what measures does the government plan to take to encourage teachers
and school staff to take the shots given that most of them are working for
publicly-funded insitutitions and their decisions on whether to take the
shots are matters of public interests?
3. How many clinics are there in university campuses in Hong Kong? What
are the capacities for these clinics to administer Covid-19 shots?
4. Does the government plan to offer Covid-19 shots to university staff
via on-campus facilities?  If so, please provide details; if not, please
explain why.  

While the Bureau is expected to reply in 10 days and offer a substantive
answer in 21 days, please respond as soon as possible given the
time-sensitive nature of this enquiry. Please note that your replies will
be made publicly available via this website and may be discussed in the
media and among Legislative Council members. Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Simon Wang, Ph.D., FHEA
Lecturer in English
Language Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 34117044
[3]http://lc.hkbu.edu.hk/staff_simon.php
Writing for the Public Project
[4]https://sites.google.com/a/hkbu.edu.hk/w...

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Food and Health Bureau

Dear Dr WANG,

To safeguard public health and to allow the resuming of normal activities
of society gradually, the Government is implementing a territory-wide
COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (the Programme).  Vaccination service of
COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of charge to Hong Kong residents
who are voluntarily willing to be vaccinated.

The objective is to offer protection to Hong Kong citizens in a phased and
orderly manner according to risk categories and achieve “herd immunity” in
the long run.  There are various settings for delivery of COVID-19
vaccination, including hospital and clinic setting, outreach to
institutions as well as Community Vaccination Centres.

A dedicated website at [1]www.covidvaccine.gov.hk provides members of the
public latest information on the Programme, including policy and
strategies adopted, vaccines information, expert opinion, booking status
and statistics.  Members of the public can also refer to Government Press
Releases for daily statistics and any new measures for the Programme.  To
encourage members of the public to get vaccinated, we will continue to
step up our efforts in information dissemination, promotion and education
following the principles of openness, transparency, accuracy and
timeliness.  We will disseminate the benefits and correct information on
vaccination, the views of experts and details of the vaccination
programme, etc. to members of the public through various channels such as
print, electronic and social media, with a view to enabling the public to
adequately grasp the relevant information before vaccination, including
the principles, formulation, usefulness and side effects, etc.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is voluntary in nature.  Given the
diverse size and role in anti-epidemic work of individual priority group
and/or Government bureau / department, publications of specific statistics
of persons vaccinated may induce unfair comparison and pressure on
priority groups and/or group members yet to be vaccinated.  

The Government will release more information on the Programme as when
available when circumstance allows to members of the public through the
public domain.

(Ricky LEUNG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Enquiry FHB/FHB/HKSARG
To:        [FOI #572 email],
Date:        30/03/2021 17:48
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Dr WANG,

The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) is processing your application.
 According to paragraph 1.18 of the Code on Access to Information, you
will be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or
before 29.4.2021.  In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[2][Food and Health Bureau request email] if you have any enquiry.  Thank you.
(Cherry WONG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Enquiry FHB/FHB/HKSARG
To:        Simon Wang <[FOI #572 email]>,
Date:        19/03/2021 17:19
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

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Dear Dr WANG,
The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) has received your application for access
to information on 10.3.2021.  Your application is now under processing.
 According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you
will be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or
before 30.3.2021.  In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[3][Food and Health Bureau request email] if you have any enquiry.  Thank you.

(Cherry WONG)
for Secretary for Food and Health

From:        Simon Wang <[FOI #572 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Food and Health Bureau <[Food and Health Bureau request email]>,
Date:        10/03/21 12:15 PM
Subject:        [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Plan to
offer Covid-19 shots on university campuses

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Food and Health Bureau,
               Referring to the government's decision to allow teachers
and school staff to take Covid-19 shots, I have the following questions
for the Bureau to answer under the Code on Access to Information
1. The number of school staff who signed up the Covid-19 shots (please
provide the latest figures
2. what measures does the government plan to take to encourage teachers
and school staff to take the shots given that most of them are working for
publicly-funded insitutitions and their decisions on whether to take the
shots are matters of public interests?
3. How many clinics are there in university campuses in Hong Kong? What
are the capacities for these clinics to administer Covid-19 shots?
4. Does the government plan to offer Covid-19 shots to university staff
via on-campus facilities?  If so, please provide details; if not, please
explain why.  

While the Bureau is expected to reply in 10 days and offer a substantive
answer in 21 days, please respond as soon as possible given the
time-sensitive nature of this enquiry. Please note that your replies will
be made publicly available via this website and may be discussed in the
media and among Legislative Council members. Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Dr Simon Wang, Ph.D., FHEA
Lecturer in English
Language Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 34117044
[4]http://lc.hkbu.edu.hk/staff_simon.php
Writing for the Public Project
[5]https://sites.google.com/a/hkbu.edu.hk/w...

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