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A woman and a company were fined $3,000 and $8,000 respectively at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (June 18) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.
The courts heard that in December last year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted inspections at two clubs in Tak Hing Street in Yau Ma Tei and Portland Street in Mong Kok, which have been operating with certificates of compliance (CoCs).
In the club in Tak Hing Street, OLA officers posed as customers and patronised the club for food and drinks without being asked to show their membership status or being invited to join the club. Condition 19 of the CoC was breached.
OLA officers found that the club in Portland Street, apart from serving non-members, had a layout that deviated from the registered drawings. Conditions 3 and 19 of the CoC were breached.
The woman and the company, being the CoC holders of the clubs respectively, were 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 in the certificates. Enforcement action will continue against illegal club operations.
Ends/Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Issued at HKT 17:27
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