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[New Coronary Pneumonia] Law enforcement officers inspected restaurants more than 40,000 times and 14 prosecutions in more than two weeks

2020-04-13T09:28:24.237Z


The new coronary pneumonia continued, the Hong Kong government extended the "restriction order" and the closure of designated venues until the 23rd of this month. Since the ban took effect for more than half a month, seven government departments have conducted a total of 26,000 inspections on the "Polymerization Restriction Order" and issued 4,093 exhortations: In addition, the police issued a total of 62 fixed penalty tickets, but no department has prosecuted them. Regarding the regulation of bans and special measures in various venues, various departments visited restaurants 41,000 times, issued 2,208 persuasion and 14 prosecutions, among which police enforcement led the number, including 10 prosecutions. Zero prosecution.


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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2020-04-13 17:21

Date of last update: 2020-04-13 17:21

The new coronary pneumonia continued, the Hong Kong government extended the "restriction order" and the closure of designated venues until the 23rd of this month. Since the ban took effect for more than half a month, seven government departments have conducted a total of 26,000 inspections on the "Polymerization Restriction Order" and issued 4,093 exhortations: In addition, the police issued a total of 62 fixed penalty tickets, but no department has prosecuted them.

Regarding the regulation of bans and special measures in various venues, various departments visited restaurants 41,000 times, issued 2,208 persuasion and 14 prosecutions, among which police enforcement led the number, including 10 prosecutions. Zero prosecution.

The Police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department inspected the restaurant earlier. (Photo by Yu Junliang)

The Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulations and Instructions) (Business and Premises) Regulations (Chapter 599F) which regulates various places shall continue to take effect. Persons in charge of the catering business and managers of listed premises who violate the regulations shall commit criminal offences, the highest Can be fined 50,000 yuan and imprisoned for 6 months. As of 0:00 today, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Department of Health, Police and Home Affairs Department conducted a total of 41,000 inspections, 2208 persuasion and 14 prosecutions. Among them, police inspections, persuasion and prosecutions For the first time, 37,000, 1840 and 10 times were recorded, and FEHD also made 4 prosecutions.

In the gaming machine center, fitness room, nightclub and other places, the six government departments conducted a total of 3878 inspections and issued 36 other exhortations, but no prosecutions were recorded.

The "Limited Congregation Order" (Chapter 599G) prohibiting the gathering of more than 4 people came into effect on the 29th of last month. As of 0:00 today, 7 government departments including the police and the Department of Health conducted a total of 26,000 inspections, including Kangwen The department has the most records, with a total of 17,000 records, followed by the AFCD and the police, which conducted 3685 inspections and 2169 inspections respectively. Seven government departments issued a total of 4093 advisories, followed by the LCSD, AFCD and the police, with 3148 times, 378 times and 339 times respectively.

According to the regulations, it is illegal for anyone to participate in a banned group gathering, organize a banned group gathering, or own, control or operate the place where the gathering takes place and knowingly permits the gathering to be a violation of the law. The maximum fine is 25,000 and 6 months' imprisonment. Those who join the banned group may pay a fixed fine of 2,000 yuan to release the legal liability for the crime.

The police have so far inspected 3,069 food and beverage establishments and issued 10 prosecutions under Chapter 599F of the Regulation. (Profile picture)

The Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Liu Liqun, mentioned yesterday (12th) that if restaurants are prosecuted for non-compliance with regulations, they will not be excluded from the second round of funding from the "Anti-epidemic Fund."

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