Mastercard, Hang Lung Properties and Germagic Coating Specialist (Germ Tech) Collaborate in Promoting Wellness Through Sanitation and Contactless Payment

Free sanitizing service in designated Hang Lung’s Medical Hubs housing prominent clinics and healthcare centers with incentives for adopting Mastercard contactless payment in Hong Kong

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard has constantly been on a mission to help safeguard the Hong Kong people in this challenging time. Taking part in an important health initiative, Mastercard today announced its partnership with Hang Lung Properties, a leading property developer headquartered in Hong Kong, and Germ Tech, authorized long-lasting germicidal coating specialist and total solution advisor of Germagic, to give patients peace of mind when visiting their doctors in sanitized clinics and healthcare centers while enjoying a hassle-free and seamless cashless payment experience.

Patients who wish to attend to their health needs often worry about exposing themselves to COVID-19 in public areas on their way to clinics and healthcare centers that often only accept cash – currently considered a possible channel of virus transmission, sending patients to ATMs when they don’t have sufficient money at hand. Handling cash also poses a health risk for nurses, who often transact with patients.

To alleviate these concerns, the partnership not only strives to encourage the clinics and healthcare centers at Hang Lung’s Medical Hubs in Hang Lung Centre in Causeway Bay, Grand Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Grand Plaza in Mongkok to accept contactless card payments via mobile phones using the Mastercard Tap on Phone solution, but also promotes health and safety with Germ Tech’s free Germagic sanitizing services in these Medical Hubs – protecting patients who visit Hang Lung’s healthcare tenants.

“This continued partnership with Mastercard is part of our year-long ‘ONLife’ campaign, covering wellness, dining, learning and transportation in an attempt to address various challenges encountered by Hong Kong people in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In view of the rising awareness on health and safety, we now extend our coverage to the wellness sector, with our belief that digital payment methods would be highly beneficial for both patients and our healthcare tenants residing at our Medical Hubs, not only by providing convenient, cashless options but also by avoiding the further spread of the virus. We highly encourage our tenants to adopt payment solutions offered by renowned international brands such as Mastercard in their clinics,” said Bella Chhoa, Director – Leasing & Management of Hang Lung Properties.

“Considering the heightened concerns over health and safety in public areas among people in Hong Kong, we are glad to be working with Germ Tech in sanitizing the public areas of our Medical Hubs. First and foremost, it is important to sanitize the Grand Plaza shopping mall, which is a popular gourmet dining venue in town, thus offering an extra layer of protection to ensure the safety of our mall-goers,” Bella added.

“Items often touched by hands, including elevator buttons, door handles and those found in lobbies and corridors, have the highest risk of spreading viruses such as COVID-19. Thus, these are the primary areas and things to be sanitized by Germ Tech under our partnership with Mastercard and Hang Lung Properties. We look forward to further promoting cleanliness while facing the challenges brought about by the

COVID-19 pandemic,” said Prof. King Lun Yeung, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Environment & Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Prof. Yeung led the team who developed Germagic Thyme, which delivers a smart coating that can inactivate up to 99.9 percent of highly infectious viruses and is more resistant to coronaviruses such as the one responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. This disinfection coating has an effective 90-day period of preventing microbial adhesion, keeping surfaces clean from contaminants.

“Mastercard is truly committed to supporting the Hong Kong people in combating the further spread of COVID-19. By partnering with leading property developer in Hong Kong, Hang Lung Properties, and local innovative sanitization specialist, Germ Tech, Mastercard gladly takes the opportunity to take care of the needs of patients and those in the medical industry through Tap on Phone, which enables clinics and healthcare centers to accept contactless card payment via mobile phones. Mastercard cardholders not only can enjoy a hassle-free, safe and convenient payment experience, but can also minimize the risk of virus exposure from cash transactions,” said Helena Chen, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Macau, Mastercard.

Lung’s healthcare tenants at the Medical Hubs in Hang Lung Centre in Causeway Bay, Grand Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui and Grand Plaza in Mongkok who wish to provide a safer and more convenient way to transact with their patients are highly recommended to register for Mastercard Tap on Phone. As an incentive, Hang Lung tenants enrolling for the Mastercard card acceptance service will receive a free “PROSHIELD Disinfectant Deodorizer” and can also exclusively enjoy a discount of up to 20 percent when registering for sanitizing services by Germ Tech using Mastercard cards.

About Hang Lung Properties

Hang Lung Properties Limited (stock code: 00101), a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Indices in Hong Kong, and the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index since 2017, is a leading real estate developer operating in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Boasting a diversified portfolio of investment properties in Hong Kong, the Company has progressively branched out into the Mainland since the 1990s, with our distinctive footprint now fully established in Shanghai, Shenyang, Jinan, Wuxi, Tianjin, Dalian, Kunming, Wuhan and Hangzhou, with all the Mainland projects carrying the “66” brand. As Hang Lung’s business continues to grow, a highly admired national commercial property developer.

About Germagic and Germ Tech

GERMAGIC™ is a germicidal technology established by Joint Laboratory of Innovation Environmental Health Technologies of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The essence of GERMAGIC™ technology is using encapsulation technology for controlled-release of active antimicrobials. The patented technology had been tested in hospitals, long-term care facilities and elderly residential care in Hong Kong in partnership with doctors and medical professional from the Hospital Authority. www.germagic.com

GERM TECH is the authorized Coating Specialist and Total Solution Advisor of GERMAGIC, provide the first- class of anti-virus strategies for building a better, healthier future for people. Our vision is to bring the great invention of Hong Kong to the world, and work together with the world to stop the spreading of the virus and make a better community with the best quality of products. www.germtech.hk

About Mastercard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Mastercard Communications Contact

Karen Lo
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Janus Lau
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Mastercard’s Agency Communications Contact

Vicky Lo
(852) 2533 9940
vlo@webershandwick.com

Sam Cho
(852) 2533 9982/ 9558 8495
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Hang Lung Properties’ Agency Communications Contact

Desmond Ku
(852) 3568 6364 / 9789 0070
Desmond.ku@thebridge.com.hk

Sindy Cheung
(852) 3568 6359 / 9201 1613
Sindy.cheung@thebridge.com.hk