Police are investigating a Police open fire case in Castle Peak yesterday night (July 31).

     At about 9.15pm, while police officers were conducting an anti-crime operation on 18 Tsing Hoi Circuit, they found a male damaging a heavy goods vehicle with a brick. When officers attempted to arrest the man, the man resisted and struggled with officers. The man then got on a private car and fled.

     When officers attempted to intercept the private car, the man tried to knock down a police officer with the car. The police officer gave verbal warnings to two men inside the car but in vain, and subsequently fired two shots at the men in the car. The private car then fled along Castle Peak Road towards Sam Shing Estate direction.

     At about 10pm, officers located a private car in suspected connection with the case at Shan Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long.

     Sustaining leg injury, a 24-year-old man attended Pok Oi Hospital by himself. He was arrested for criminal damage, furious driving and assaulting police officers. The man was then transferred to Tuen Mun Hospital for medical treatment. He is being detained for enquiries.

     A male police officer sustained injuries to hands and leg and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital in conscious state.

     Investigation by the Regional Crime Unit of New Territories North is underway. Anyone who witnessed the case or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 3359.

     Police are investigating a Police open fire case in Castle Peak yesterday night (July 31).

     At about 9.15pm, while police officers were conducting an anti-crime operation on 18 Tsing Hoi Circuit, they found a male damaging a heavy goods vehicle with a brick. When officers attempted to arrest the man, the man resisted and struggled with officers. The man then got on a private car and fled.

     When officers attempted to intercept the private car, the man tried to knock down a police officer with the car. The police officer gave verbal warnings to two men inside the car but in vain, and subsequently fired two shots at the men in the car. The private car then fled along Castle Peak Road towards Sam Shing Estate direction.

     At about 10pm, officers located a private car in suspected connection with the case at Shan Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long.

     Sustaining leg injury, a 24-year-old man attended Pok Oi Hospital by himself. He was arrested for criminal damage, furious driving and assaulting police officers. The man was then transferred to Tuen Mun Hospital for medical treatment. He is being detained for enquiries.

     A male police officer sustained injuries to hands and leg and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital in conscious state.

     Investigation by the Regional Crime Unit of New Territories North is underway. Anyone who witnessed the case or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 3359.

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 31) announced that a sample of soybean curd dessert with sesame sweet soup was found to contain an excessive amount of Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The CFS is following up on the case.

     "The CFS took the above-mentioned sample from a dessert shop in Wong Tai Sin for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained Bacillus cereus at a level of 220,000 per gram. Under the Microbiological Guidelines for Food, if ready-to-eat food contains Bacillus cereus at a level of more than 100,000 per gram, it is considered unsatisfactory," a CFS spokesman said.

     "The CFS has informed the vendor concerned of the unsatisfactory result. The vendor has already stopped selling the affected kind of food according to the CFS' advice. The CFS has also provided health education on food safety and hygiene to the staff of the vendor," the spokesman said.

     According to Section 54 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), all food available for sale in Hong Kong, locally produced or imported, should be fit for human consumption. An offender is subject to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months upon conviction.

     Bacillus cereus is commonly found in the environment. Unhygienic conditions in food processing and storage may give rise to its growth. Consuming food contaminated with excessive Bacillus cereus may cause gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting and diarrhoea.

     The CFS will continue to follow up on the incident, and take appropriate action to safeguard food safety and public health. Investigation is ongoing.

     A spokesman for the Security Bureau today (July 31) made the following statement:

     The legal representative of the Convenor of the Hong Kong National Party wrote to the Security Bureau last week, requesting an extension of the 21-day deadline for making written representations in accordance with section 8(3) of the Societies Ordinance. Having considered the matter, the Secretary for Security has decided to extend the period for representation to 49 days. The Hong Kong National Party may make representations to the Secretary for Security on or before September 4. The Security Bureau has informed the legal representative of the Convenor of the Hong Kong National Party of the decision.
 

     A woman was fined $4,500 at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (July 31) for contravening the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance.

     The courts heard that in February this year, officers from the Office of the Licensing Authority (OLA) of the Home Affairs Department conducted inspections at a club on Shau Kei Wan Main Street East which had been operating with a certificate of compliance (CoC).

     The club was found to have a layout that deviated from the registered drawings and the number of people at the club had exceeded the maximum allowable capacity as stipulated in the CoC. Also, the club's staff failed to show the registered drawings upon the OLA officers' request. Conditions 3, 6 and 17 of the CoC were breached.

     The woman, being the CoC holder of the club, was charged with contravening 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 will continue to be taken against illegal club operations.