HK Bizmen Offer $1 Mn Dollar Lottery Booster For Those Getting Vaccinated

<p><strong>Hong Kong: </strong>Property tycoons in Hong Kong have come up with an innovative idea to tackle Covid vaccine hesitancy among local residents.</p> <p>The property developers announced on Friday a lucky draw for those taking the jab wherein the grand prize is a one-bedroom apartment worth HK$10.8 million (US$1.4 million).</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/3vBho1B" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1460871">Boris Johnson Marriage: From Secret Relationship To 'Hush Hush' Wedding; Know Who Is His Wife Carrie Symonds</a></span></strong></p> <p>Besides the flat, the people participating in the lucky draw stand to win 20 other prizes worth HK$100,000 each.</p> <p>According to a report by Channel News Asia, the Hong Kong property tycoons donated the brand new flat worth HK$10.8 million to a vaccine lottery.</p> <p>This initiative came as Hong Kong, despite having enough doses to inoculate all 7.5 million citizens, is seeing a serious vaccine hesitancy because of rampant distrust against the government and a lack of urgency among locals who feel the city is relatively more virus-free.</p> <p>All Hong Kong residents aged 18 and above who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible to register for the lucky draw until Sep 1, Sino Group, Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, and Chinese Estates Holdings said.</p> <p>"We hope to increase Hong Kong's vaccination rate through the lucky draw," Daryl Ng, the director of the foundation said in a statement.</p> <p>Only permanent residents have been made eligible for the top prize of an apartment.</p> <p>Further details would be released at a later point, the group informed.</p> <p>Before Hong Kong, vaccine lotteries were seen becoming popular in the United States, with California, Colorado, Ohio, New York, and Oregon offering a chance to win costly prizes.</p> <p>Meanwhile, as per the report, less than 20 percent of Hong Kong's population has received the first vaccine dose and only about 14 percent has received two doses.</p> <p>Earlier this week, the Hong Kong Airport Authority said that it would give away 60,000 free flights by the end of September to those taking the jab.</p>

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