By The SUN
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| Police conduct checks on bar customers who may have violated pandemic rules |
Law enforcers have issued at least 300 fixed penalty tickets to people found violating anti-pandemic restrictions in bars and restaurants and other premises they deemed as “hotspots” during a three-day sweep across Hong Kong.
The operation started Friday night and involved more than 1,000 bars and catering premises; and continued until Sunday, during which police and other government staff again took to known haunts of foreign domestic workers, including Statue Square and Tamar Park.
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According to two separate press releases by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, its joint operations with the police on Friday and Saturday resulted in a total of 143 fixed penalty tickets being issued.
Of these, 48 were issued on Friday, and involved 42 tickets being issued to bar patrons and six to those in catering premises. The remaining 95 were issued on Saturday night to Sunday morning, with 84 being issued in bars and 11 in restaurants.
A total of 21 prosecutions were also initiated against operators of the premises found to have violated Cap. 599 or the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance.
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On Friday, two bar operators were arrested and prosecuted, along with 11 managers of catering premises. On Saturday, the arrests were two in bars and six in restaurants.
In addition, several bars and restaurants were ordered to close for between one to 14 days as part of the penalty for their violation of the law.
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| Among the 'hotspots' where the police conducted checks were the Chater Road vicinity in Central |
Separately, the police said in a statement posted on its website that it conducted a series of inspections over three days, along with staff from FEHD, Home Affairs Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
A total of 123 fixed penalty notices were issued to violators in bars and restaurants, while five suspects were arrested on suspicion of “illegal entry” or “use of false documents”, apparently relating to the Vaccine Pass used to gain entry to the premises.
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Separately, their operation at “public hotspots” which included favorite haunts of FDHs reportedly resulted in 196 penalty notices being issued, along with four arrests.
According to the FEHD statement, “given the gradual deterioration of recent epidemic situation, enforcement departments will proactively take stringent enforcement actions on an ongoing basis.”
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It added, “Premises operators and the public are urged not to defy the law, but to work together to reduce the risk of virus transmission in the community.
Among the regulations being imposed is Cap. 599L, which requires adherence to the Red Code and Amber Code restrictions under the Vaccine Pass.
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Those with a Red Code are infected persons and are prohibited from leaving their place of isolation while those with an Amber Code are under medical surveillance and as such, should not enter high-risk premises like restaurants and bars.
Anyone found violating the restrictions under the Vaccine Pass are subject to a maximum fine of $10,000 – but the liability may be discharged by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000.
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Operators of premises where the violation was committed may be liable to prosecution and upon conviction, be fined a maximum of $50,000 and imprisoned for six months.
The $5,000 fixed penalty may also be imposed on customers who breach the requirement on the maximum number of persons per table within catering premises, or those who do not wear a mask when not eating or drinking at a table inside restaurants or bars.
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