The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat: The meeting of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways and the meeting of the LegCo Panel on Education originally… read more
A 60-year-old man was sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment suspended for one year at Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts today (June 13) for assaulting three Tobacco and Alcohol Control Inspectors (TACIs) in the exercise of their duties. He was also fined $1,800 for a smoking offence.
The incident took place at Tin Yan Shopping Centre in Tin Shui Wai on March 25, 2019. The man assaulted three TACIs when he was being issued a Fixed Penalty Notice by the TACIs for a smoking offence. He was subsequently arrested and charged by the Police.
A spokesman for the Department of Health urged the public to observe the smoking ban requirements and to co-operate with law enforcement officers.
“Threatening or use of violence on enforcement officers is a serious offence and carries serious legal consequences,” the spokesman said.
As of today, there have been three cases of assaulting TACIs in 2019. Since 2007, 89 cases have been recorded and 21 out of 75 offenders convicted for assaulting TACIs were sentenced to immediate imprisonment. The maximum penalty meted out by the court was immediate imprisonment for four months. read more
​Hong Kong Customs seized about 9 000 pairs of suspected counterfeit sports shoes and 450 suspected smuggled beauty products with an estimated market value of about $560,000 from a container at the Customs Cargo Examination Compound, River Trade Terminal, Tuen Mun on June 8.
Through risk assessment, Customs officers inspected a 40-foot container arriving in Hong Kong from Huangpu, Guangdong, destined for Peru. Upon inspection, Customs officers seized the batch of suspected counterfeit and smuggled goods in the container.
Investigation is ongoing.
Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who imports or exports any goods to which a forged trade mark is applied commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.
Under the Import and Export Ordinance, any person found guilty of importing or exporting unmanifested cargo is liable to a maximum fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.
Members of the public may report any suspected counterfeiting and smuggling activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).
The Transport Department (TD) today (June 13) reminded members of the public that the interim special arrangement whereby members of the public may apply for late collection of their expired subsidy for January under the P… read more
The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat: Under Rule 14(3) of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Legislative Council has decided that the Council meeting originally scheduled for June 12 … read more