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Government stringently combats shop front extensions: Kwai Tsing District (with photos)
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     ​A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said today (October 9) that the FEHD and the Hong Kong Police Force have started a series of stringent enforcement actions since October 3 in various districts against shop operators and other stakeholders illegally placing goods or articles in public places or on carriageways, thereby causing an obstruction to pedestrian and vehicular flow. The FEHD and the Police conducted joint operations in Kwai Tsing District today, and will adopt the joint enforcement mode in other districts this month gradually so as to fortify the effectiveness of enforcement actions against shop front extensions.

     During the joint operations in Eastern District yesterday (October 8), the FEHD issued two fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for cleanliness offences and removed about 0.5 tonnes of waste. In addition, the FEHD continued to conduct enforcement operations in Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and Sham Shui Po yesterday, and issued eight FPNs against obstructions and cleanliness offences caused by the shops in public places in the above-mentioned districts. Furthermore, two summonses were instituted and one person was arrested during the operation for illegal hawking and causing an obstruction by the related shops in a public place, and three kilograms of related commodities were seized. Besides, another two batches of abandoned goods of 11.4 kg were seized and about six tonnes of wastes were removed.

     The main focus of the second month of the Government Programme on Tackling Hygiene Black Spots is to combat hygiene black spots with illegal shop front extensions leading to street obstructions. Under the joint enforcement mode, if obstructions in a public place or carriageways were caused by articles illegally extending from shops, the offenders concerned would be prosecuted. Apart from that, the Police would issue warning notice under section 32(1) of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) specifying the time limit for removal of the obstructions (including goods). If the offenders failed to remove the obstructions within the time limit as specified by the Police, the FEHD would then remove the items for temporary storage.

     The spokesman appeals to shop operators and other stakeholders not to extend business areas illegally by placing goods or articles in public places or on carriageways causing an obstruction to pedestrian and vehicular flow. The FEHD and the Police will continue to closely monitor and take stringent enforcement actions to tackle the shop front extension problem.
 
Ends/Sunday, October 9, 2022
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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Hong Kong Police Force have started a series of stringent enforcement actions against illegal shop front extension activities in various districts since October 3. Photo shows the condition of a street in Kwai Tsing District before a joint operation today (October 9).
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Hong Kong Police Force have started a series of stringent enforcement actions against illegal shop front extension activities in various districts since October 3. Photo shows the condition of a street in Kwai Tsing District after a joint operation today (October 9).
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Hong Kong Police Force have started a series of stringent enforcement actions against illegal shop front extension activities in various districts since October 3. Photo shows the condition of a street in Eastern District after a joint operation yesterday (October 8).