Chief Secretary John Lee today visited the fourth community isolation facility constructed with Mainland support at Ma Sik Road in Fanling.

The facility is built on land lent by developers. It provides about 350 rooms and 1,000 beds for emergency isolation purposes.

Upon arrival, Mr Lee attended a handover seminar with Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Yin Zonghua and the chairman of the contractor, China State Construction International Holdings.

Mr Lee was briefed by the contractor's representatives and government staff on the equipment installed at the site and its operation.

To ensure occupants can obtain access to their rooms as soon as possible upon arrival, the Security Bureau has introduced the electronic self-registration service.

Mr Lee praised the bureau's anti-epidemic task force for adopting a more humanised approach and making good use of technology to raise management efficiency.

He thanked the central government for supporting the Hong Kong SAR Government to construct such community isolation facilities.

Four facilities providing 8,900 beds for emergency isolation were handed over to the Hong Kong SAR Government in less than two weeks' time.