The vegetable store chain "Jia Nong Food Co., Ltd." located in Yau Ma Tei was prosecuted by the Environmental Protection Agency for using loudspeakers to continuously play the hawking publicity recordings.
The magistrate today (14th) ruled that Jianong Food had violated the Noise Control Ordinance and was fined $6,000. Because Jianong Food had violated the Noise Regulations in 2019, its company director was fined $3,500.
There are many fruit and vegetable stores in Yau Ma Tei, and many citizens go to Yau Ma Tei to buy vegetables and fruits; the picture is not the store involved.
(File photo/Photo by Zhang Haowei)
A spokesman for the EPD said that after receiving complaints from the public earlier, the department dispatched officers to the area of New Reclamation Street and Sai Kung Street in Yau Ma Tei to conduct surprise inspections on September 14 last year. Playing the hawking publicity recording, after assessment, it was confirmed that the noise caused annoyance to nearby residents, and the company and its directors were prosecuted in accordance with the Noise Control Ordinance.
The company was also fined $5,400 for the same offence at the store in 2019.
EPD: Noise annoys citizens
Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today ruled that "Family Farm Foods Limited" was fined $6,000 for breaching the Noise Control Ordinance.
The director of his company was also personally criminally liable for the branch's repeated violations and was fined $3,500.
The department added that the department is very concerned about the annoyance caused by the noise of vending in shops. In addition to stepping up daily inspections and taking enforcement actions against illegal shops, the department will also work with relevant government departments, including the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Police, to vend in some shops. Noise Blackspot for joint operations.
The DH will continue to closely monitor the noise situation of shops selling vending, and will focus on continuing enforcement actions against shops that have repeatedly violated the rules, so as to improve the environmental noise problem in various districts.
The department reminds the responsible persons of retail shops and vendors not to hawk or play publicity recordings loudly in public places in order to attract customers, so as not to affect nearby residents.
Anyone who violates the Noise Control Ordinance can be fined up to $10,000, and the company director of a shop that repeatedly violates the law will also be personally criminally liable.
The EPD introduced an "acoustic camera" to find the source of the annoying sound and successfully handled 40 industrial and commercial noise complaints. The unemployed were dissatisfied with the noise from the upstairs unit. Arson outside the door in the middle of the night and sentenced to 4 years. Stop Chinese White Dolphins from Foraging DONKI's Hall of Fright | Tseung Kwan O Store Opens Wednesday Residents Worry About 24-Hour Operation Noise
