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A company and a woman were each fined $1,800 at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (August 14) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.
The courts heard that in December last year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted an inspection at a club on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai, which had been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC).
OLA officers posed as customers and patronised the club for food and drinks without being asked to show their membership status or being invited to join the club as members. Condition 19 of the CoC was breached.
The company, being the CoC holder, and the female manager of the club were charged with contravening sections 21(2) and 21(1)(a) of the Ordinance respectively.
A spokesman for the department reminded all CoC holders to comply with the conditions as stipulated therein. Enforcement action would continue to be taken against illegal club operations.
Ends/Friday, August 14, 2015
Issued at HKT 17:02
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