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The MPFA today (6 April) wrote to MPF trustees and principal intermediaries¹ urging them to respond to the Government’s appeal by encouraging their staff and subsidiary intermediaries² (SIs) as well as their family members to conduct daily rapid antigen test (RAT) for three consecutive days from 8 to 10 April 2022, making good use of the RAT kits in the anti-epidemic service bags distributed by the Government. Those tested positive should report to the Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection within 24 hours. Separately, MPF trustees and principal intermediaries should be prepared to make necessary contingency arrangement to ensure essential services are performed in the event that their staff or SIs are tested positive.   

An MPFA spokesperson said that the MPF industry’s support and co-operation are essential to the effectiveness of the testing exercise and the anti-epidemic work, which help the Government identify infected COVID-19 cases and reduce the spread of the virus in the community. Meanwhile, the MPFA has also impressed upon its staff to support this voluntary testing exercise as part of the society’s concerted efforts to fight the virus.

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6 April 2022

_{1. A principal intermediary is a business entity registered by the MPFA to engage in conducting MPF sales and marketing activities and giving regulated advice.}

_{2. A subsidiary intermediary is a person registered by the MPFA to carry out MPF sales and marketing activities and to give regulated advice on behalf of a principal intermediary to which the person is attached.}