**************************************
A woman was fined $5,800 at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (May 15) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.
The courts heard that in October last year, the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted an inspection at a club on Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, which has been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC). During the investigation, OLA officers posed as customers and patronised the club for food without being asked to show their membership status or being invited to join the club as members. OLA officers also found that the actual layout of the club had deviated from the registered drawings and the number of people at the club exceeded the maximum allowable capacity as stipulated in the CoC. Conditions 3, 6 and 19 of the CoC were breached.
The woman, being the CoC holder, was charged with contravening section 21(2) of the Ordinance.
A spokesman for the department reminded all CoC holders to comply with the conditions as stipulated therein. Enforcement action would continue to be taken against illegal club operations.
Ends/Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Issued at HKT 17:16
NNNN
