HEBE JEBES
MAR/APR 2022
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REPORTS
Happy Spring and who knows where we will be by the time you read this (which I penned on the first day of CNY). And with my feet firmly under the table now (save for my desk moving—see ‘Driving staff up the wall’ below) allow me to fill you in on lots of positive change that is afoot in all aspects of life at Hebe. Type D operations in Restaurant & Balcony For those just emerging from hibernation and/or returning from a SpaceX holiday—who might have missed it, the Government is stepping up local measures in respect of COVID variants. In line with this and to keep things as safe as possible for everyone at the Club, by the time you read this we will have moved to Type D operations (or more stringent measures if required by the Government) and will continue to do so until restrictions and life stabilises a bit.
PAUL C. ARKWRIGHT General Manager
The good news is that this means you can now enjoy meals with up to 4 people at each table at the time of writing. To save you time at check-in, please upload your latest vaccination certificate to your LeaveHome Safe app if you haven’t done so already. Those without proof of vaccination certification/ exemption will not be allowed access to the Restaurant/Balcony with effect from 9.00 am on 4 February 2022. As well as your normal HHYC LHS App QR code scan and temperature check upon entry to the Club, members wishing to use the Restaurant and Balcony will have to do a second scan, and show proof of vaccination status (at least one dose) or proof of exemption before they can enter. Single Restaurant entry point (near car park): To help facilitate scanning in everyone and checking vax records, we will close off the pedestrian bridge entrance to the Restaurant (in which the “nook” now becomes our temporary General Office reception area), and we will adopt a single entry point to the Restaurant and Balcony for members via the staircases near the car park and member washrooms. Note during this time, the pedestrian bridge access will be exclusively reserved for: • Accessing the new “nook” General Office and parcel pick up for members • Emergency exit for the Restaurant & Balcony • Disabled access to the Restaurant & Balcony Sailing Centre gets a new home Rob and his team have now moved into their long-awaited new home next to CY’s Project Office in the boatyard. I was sad to see the SC team leave an empty blue room behind in the General Office, but so happy for them as the team trundled all their belongings over to their new home. It was smiles all round, as the SC team could finally swing a cat in their new office, which as well as animal-swinging functionality, now also features purpose-built secure storage for all our VHF radios, Race Management Pelican boxes, J/80 boxes and Safety Boat boxes. Wow…it’s scarily organised in there right now. Staff Townhall & annual dinner In the nick of time, before the move to more stringent regulations, we manged to hold the first annual dinner for our staff in two years. We hosted almost every single HHYC staff member at Chun Kee Seafood restaurant in Sai Kung. I used the opportunity to give a bilingual Townhall address to everyone to help explain the rollout of new staff contracts, which was followed by fun and games and plenty of food and drinks for all. The Annual Spring Dinner for GenCom and Staff, is unfortunately still on hold due to on-going COVID restrictions at the time of writing (as indeed it has been for the past two years).
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