COVID-19 Vaccination Programme clarification
Dear Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
In light of circulars issued by HKMA regarding Ref: B1/15C, COVID-19 Vaccination Programme and COVID-19 Vaccination and “Vaccine Pass” Arrangements, with the phrase encouraging staff to get vaccinated, are banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment approach (e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?
Thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Shanghai
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email.
In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic situation since 2020, the Hong
Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) considered it necessary to remind banks to
strengthen the protection of bank staff and customers and to facilitate
better business continuity so that they could continue to provide
essential banking services even under extreme pandemic control measures.
As such, the HKMA issued circulars on 1 June 2021 and 28 October 2021,
requiring banks to strongly encourage their staff to get vaccinated as
soon as practicable, and issued another circular on 18 February 2022 to
strongly encourage banks to consider implementing a "vaccine pass"
arrangement for their work place that was appropriate for their own office
settings.
Throughout the process, the HKMA expected banks to take appropriate
measures to implement the requirements of the circulars as part of their
business continuity planning, taking into account their operational needs
and actual circumstances. Banks were expected to have regard to their
internal company policies in taking any steps in response to the HKMA
circulars and maintain close communication with staff.
Best regards,
Florence Lui
Access to Information Officer
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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From: "Shanghai" <[FOI #1444 email]>
18/10/2023 11:59 AM
Subject Freedom of Information request - COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
clarification
Dear Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
In light of circulars issued by HKMA regarding Ref: B1/15C, COVID-19
Vaccination Programme and COVID-19 Vaccination and “Vaccine Pass”
Arrangements, with the phrase encouraging staff to get vaccinated, are
banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment approach
(e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?
Thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Shanghai
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Dear Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Thank you for your response.
Please explicitly answer my previous question as recap below:
are banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment approach (e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?
Yours faithfully,
Shanghai
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority acknowledges receipt of your email and
will handle as soon as possible.
To ensure service quality, all our telephone conversations may be
recorded, irrespective of whether you dial in or we call you back.
We will not disclose personal information about you to anyone outside the
Hong Kong Monetary Authority unless required or permitted to do so by law.
本局已收到閣下的電郵並會盡快處理。
為確保我們的服務質素，所有閣下跟本局職員之間的電話談話內容，無論是閣下的來
電或是我們的回覆電話，都可能會被錄音。
除非是法律允許，否則我們不會向外界透露閣下的個人資料。
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email.
As mentioned in our previous reply, the HKMA expected banks to take
appropriate measures to implement the requirements of the circulars as
part of their business continuity planning, taking into account their
operational needs and actual circumstances. Banks were expected to have
regard to their internal company policies in taking any steps in response
to the HKMA circulars and maintain close communication with staff.
Best regards,
Florence Lui
Access to Information Officer
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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From: "Shanghai" <[FOI #1444 email]>
30/10/2023 11:01 PM
Subject Re: Freedom of Information request - COVID-19 Vaccination
Programme clarification
Dear Hong Kong Monetary Authority,
Thank you for your response.
Please explicitly answer my previous question as recap below:
are banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment
approach (e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?
Yours faithfully,
Shanghai
Dear Sir/madam,
Thank you for your response and I expect HKMA to share the standpoint below instead of keep quoting the known guideline. Thank you for your consideration.
“are banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment
approach (e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?”
Yours sincerely,
Shanghai
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority acknowledges receipt of your email and
will handle as soon as possible.
To ensure service quality, all our telephone conversations may be
recorded, irrespective of whether you dial in or we call you back.
We will not disclose personal information about you to anyone outside the
Hong Kong Monetary Authority unless required or permitted to do so by law.
本局已收到閣下的電郵並會盡快處理。
為確保我們的服務質素，所有閣下跟本局職員之間的電話談話內容，無論是閣下的來
電或是我們的回覆電話，都可能會被錄音。
除非是法律允許，否則我們不會向外界透露閣下的個人資料。
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email.
With regard to your question, we do not have further information to
supplement our responses of 27 October and 8 November 2023.
Best regards,
Rebecca Cheng
Acting Access to Information Officer
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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From: "Shanghai" <[FOI #1444 email]>
10/11/2023 10:02 AM
Subject Re: Freedom of Information request - COVID-19 Vaccination
Programme clarification
Dear Sir/madam,
Thank you for your response and I expect HKMA to share the standpoint
below instead of keep quoting the known guideline. Thank you for your
consideration.
“are banks expected to take a reward approach instead of a punishment
approach (e.g. depleting annual leave and salary)?”
Yours sincerely,
Shanghai
