A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (14th) that during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in the past four days, the department and the police conducted a total of 2,148 inspections in bars, pubs and other catering premises, and prosecuted 28 persons in charge of the premises for violating epidemic prevention. Orders, and issued fixed penalty notices to 77 customers or employees, calculated at $5,000 each, contributing a total of $385,000 to the government.
In addition, during the period, 23 other catering establishments were fined to be suspended for dine-in dinners and limited to two persons per table, and 4 bars and pubs were fined to close for 7 days or 14 days.
▼On September 4, the police announced that they will strictly enforce the epidemic prevention laws for 7 consecutive days▼
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From September 9 to 12, the FEHD and the police prosecuted 28 persons in charge of premises, with 5 and 23 persons in bars or pubs and other catering premises respectively.
At the same time, the department also issued fixed penalty notices to 77 customers or employees, of which 49 were in bars or pubs and 28 were in other catering establishments.
3 bars/pubs suspended for 14 days for violating the epidemic prevention order
The department pointed out that from 6:00 p.m. to 4:59 a.m. on the next day after the violation was discovered, the sale or supply of food or drinks for eating or drinking in the catering business premises shall be suspended, and no more than two arrangements shall be made. People sit at the same table for three, seven or 14 days, or close the premises for 7 or 14 days.
According to the data, a total of 23 other catering establishments were fined to suspend dine-in dinners and limit two persons to one table, and 4 bars/pubs were fined to close their premises for 7 or 14 days, of which 3 were suspended for 14 days.
▼ On September 6, 9 patients diagnosed with illegal "red code" were escorted to Penny's Bay for isolation▼
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The Home Affairs Department has also announced that from September 1 to 12, the Licensing Office will conduct inspections and law enforcement on the listed premises where the licenses are issued, including the relevant requirements of the "red code" and "yellow code" in the "Vaccine Pass" (i.e. Including the use of the government-developed "Verified QR Code Scanner" mobile application to scan visitors' vaccination records and exemption certificates, and to ensure that the application has been updated to version 4.4.0 or above and the related mobile device maintains network connection online status), and customers of catering establishments participating in banquet events are required to comply with the requirements for rapid antigen testing.
The department initiated prosecution proceedings against two hotel managers and four venue managers, and issued fixed penalty notices to nine customers or employees, with a total of $45,000 in fines.
In addition, two premises were suspended for three days, four were suspended for 14 days, and two premises were suspended for 14 days for dine-in dinners and arranged for two persons to one table for a period of 14 days.
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