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Man fined for illegal club operation
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     A man was fined $18,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (September 9) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.

     The courts heard that in October last year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted an inspection at a club on Chatham Road South in Tsim Sha Tsui, which had been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC).

     During the investigation, OLA officers 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. The club had not yet obtained the formal written agreement of the Secretary for Home Affairs before commencing its alteration work. Furthermore, the club's staff failed to show a copy of the certificate of fire services installations and equipment, the registered drawings or the membership register upon the OLA officers' request. Conditions 3, 6, 10, 16, 17 and 20 of the CoC were breached.

     The man, 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, September 9, 2015
Issued at HKT 18:36

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