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Get a vaccine, win gold bars or a Tesla: Hong Kong intensifies vaccination drive with lucrative prizes
How do you battle low inoculation rates? Hong Kong's business community came up with a creative solution to boost its vaccination numbers - a chance to win gold bars, Tesla, and even a $1.4 million apartment. All the incentives come from local businesses, with the total value now exceeding $15 million. "The value of various lotteries or reward programs, we have learned from news reports, has exceeded HK$120 million," Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam said at a weekly briefing. Some of the more high-end prizes are gold bars, being given away by billionaire Lee Shau Kee's Henderson Land Development, and Tesla ... (full story)