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A woman and a company were fined $3,000 and $6,000 respectively at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (April 13) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.
The courts heard that in September last year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted an inspection at a club on Kimberley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui which had been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC).
OLA officers found that the exit route had been obstructed and the club's staff failed to show a copy of the certificate of fire services installations and equipment and the registered drawings upon the OLA officers' request. Conditions 10, 12 and 17 of the CoC were breached.
The woman and the company, being the manager and the CoC holder of the club respectively, were charged with contravening section 21(1) (a) and section 21(2) of the Ordinance.
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/Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:06
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