General Information

Admission & Opening Hours

Expo

Last admission is 30 minutes before the daily closing time.

Visiting Special Arrangement

Precaution Rules and Regulations

• All visitors are required to wear face masks.

• All visitors are required to have body temperature screened. Anyone with high temperature and/or display respiratory symptoms will be denied entry.

• Registration is required for all visitors and the admission record including name, contact number, admission date and time will be used to facilitate contact-tracing by the CHP whenever necessary. Visitors may also scan the QR code via the “LeaveHomeSafe” Mobile App at the expo entrance.

• Please keep your hands clean and use hand sanitizer.

• All persons under mandatory quarantine or wearing quarantine wristband will be denied entry.

• Eating and drinking is not allowed in the venue.

Entrance Rules

• The valid entrance wrist band, name badge or ticket shall be presented for checking at the entrance of venue.

• The valid entrance wrist band or name badge shall not be transferred to other party. The Organiser reserves the right to request for identity if required.;

• Visitor must wear a valid entrance wrist band, if wrist band is damaged or lost, visitor must register again for re-entry.

• Due to limited space of the venue, participants who carry bulky luggage please use the Cloak Room arranged by the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to check any bulky personal belongings of the participants.

• No banners, buntings, flyers or publicity materials of any kind shall be displayed without prior permission from the Organiser.

• No loudhailers shall be brought into and/or used in the venue without prior permission from the Organiser.

• Attendees must not enter any restricted area without authorisation. In the event of an emergency, attendees must comply with all reasonable directions of venue security personnel.

• Persons entering into or inside the venue should not intentionally cause any obstruction to the entrance, exit, staircase, passage, district passageway, emergency exit or emergency passageway of the venue.

• Security staff at the venue may intercept or interdict persons who constitute a threat to event safety and good order for any reason, including those apparently under the influence of alcohol or drugs and those in possession of dangerous items or substances. Such persons may be denied from entry or removed from the venue.

• The Organiser reserves the right to invite any person to leave the venue if he/she fails to comply with the Entrance Rules or interrupts the programme.

Inclement Weather Arrangement

Special Arrangements for Tropical Typhoon & Black Rainstorm Warning

All visitors are requested to note the emergency measures under the following situations. The measures will be implemented should there be a Tropical Typhoon or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal during the Gerontech and Innovation Expo cum Summit

1 Special Arrangements for Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal

1. Before Opening Hours

   1. If a Pre-No. 8 Special Announcement is issued before 8:00am, the exhibition will remain closed. In the rare situation when a Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 (or above) is issued before 8:00am without a Pre-No. 8 (or above) Special Announcement, the exhibition hall will remain closed.

   2. The exhibition will be re-opened to the public two hours after the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is cancelled.

2. During Opening Hours

   1. Once the Hong Kong Observatory issues a Pre-No. 8 Special Announcement, giving advance notice to the public that a Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 will be issued during the exhibition period, the exhibition will be closed in two hours. The Organizer will broadcast such notice immediately. Exhibitors and visitors will be requested to leave the HKCEC as soon as possible

   2. In the rare situation when a Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 (or above) is issued without a Pre-No. 8 (or above) Special Announcement, the exhibition will be closed immediately. The Organizer will broadcast such notice immediately. Exhibitors and visitors will be requested to leave the exhibition venue immediately.

2 Special Arrangements for Black Rainstorm Warning Signal

1. Before Opening Hours

   1. If a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued before opening hours, the exhibition will be closed until the warning is removed. The exhibition will open within 2 hours of the removal of the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal.

   2. It will remain closed if the warning is cancelled less than 2 hours before the closing time of the day

2. (B) During Opening Hours

   1. If a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued during the exhibition period, the exhibition will remain open. Exhibitors and visitors onsite are recommended to stay in the HKCEC for their own safety.

3 Other Issues

Visitors may contact the Organizer regarding their concerns of the above arrangements

Contact Us & Enquiries

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Address: Rm 1206, 12/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 3705 5336 　　Email: [email protected]