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Woman and company fined for illegal club operations
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     A woman and a company were each fined $15,000 respectively at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (October 19) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.
      
     The courts heard that in April this year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted an inspection at a club on Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei which had been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC).
      
     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. The CoC or its certified true copy was not displayed at a prominent position at the club and the number of people at the club had exceeded the maximum allowable capacity as stipulated in the CoC. Also, the club was found to have the fire resistant door held open and the exit route obstructed. Conditions 2, 6, 9, 12 and 19 of the CoC were breached.
      
     The woman and the company, being the manager and the CoC holder of the club respectively, were charged with contravening section 21(1) (a) or 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 will continue to be taken against illegal club operations.
 
Ends/Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:42
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