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About 20,000 underprivileged, elderly Hongkongers will soon be given smartphones and a year-long data plan so they can begin using the government’s mandatory coronavirus risk-exposure app. Confirming an earlier Post report , the Hong Kong Jockey Club on Tuesday said it had donated HK$27 million (US$3.46 million) worth of smartphones and mobile service plans to the elderly via a partnership with 12 non-government organisations and the city’s four mobile network service providers. The move came in response to a government call for the donation of smartphones to those without them after the use of the “Leave Home Safe” app became...
