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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (February 18) that Yau Ma Tei Public Library (YMTPL) has been reprovisioned at Block A, G/F & 1-3/F, 251 Shanghai Street, and will be open tomorrow (February 19). The old YMTPL, located at G/F & M/F, 250 Shanghai Street, has already ceased operation.

     The floor area of the reprovisoned YMTPL has been expanded from about 1 580 square metres to some 2 300 sq m, and YMTPL is provided with up-to-date facilities and services such as a Computer and Information Centre and a Multimedia Library, offering residents more diversified library services and a pleasant reading environment.

     In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, YMTPL will open the Adult Library and the Children’s Library, offering lending and returning of library materials and collection of reserved items, while other facilities will remain closed. Special opening hours, an admission quota and other precautionary measures will be implemented. Please visit www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/index.html for details.
 
     For enquiries, please call 2928 6055.

        

     An employer was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) under the Employment Ordinance (EO) for failing to pay employees’ wages. The employer pleaded guilty earlier at Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts and was sentenced to 100 hours’ community service order today (February 18).  
 
     The employer failed to pay two employees’ wages totalling around $106,000 within seven days after the termination of employment as required by the EO.
 
     “The ruling helps disseminate a strong message to all employers that they have to pay employees’ wages within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO,” a spokesman for the LD said.
 
     “The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees’ statutory rights,” the spokesman added. read more

     The overall Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) caseload in January showed a rise of 177 cases, representing an increase of 0.1 per cent compared with that of December 2020, according to the latest CSSA caseloa… read more

Police will adopt Rapid Oral Fluid Test (ROFT) as a preliminary on-site test on persons who are suspected of drug driving starting from February 19, 2021 to enhance the efficiency of anti-drug driving enforcement and road safety. The ROFT instrum… read more

     A 75-year-old man was fined $3,000 by the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts today (February 18) for violating the Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation (Cap. 599C) (the Regulation).

     The man was earlier issued a compulsory quarantine order stating that he must conduct quarantine at home for 14 days. Before the expiry of the quarantine order, he left the place of quarantine on July 13, 2020, without reasonable excuse nor permission given by an authorised officer. He was charged with contravening sections 8(4) and 8(5) of the Regulation and was fined $3,000 by the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts today.

     Pursuant to the Regulation, starting from February 8, 2020, all persons who have stayed in the Mainland, Macao or Taiwan in the 14 days preceding arrival in Hong Kong, regardless of their nationality or travel documents, will be subject to compulsory quarantine for 14 days. Moreover, pursuant to the Compulsory Quarantine of Persons Arriving at Hong Kong from Foreign Places Regulation (Cap. 599E), starting from December 25, 2020, all persons arriving in Hong Kong (either via the airport or land boundary control points) who have stayed in places outside China on the day of arrival in Hong Kong or during the 21 days before that day have to undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days in designated quarantine hotels. Breaching a quarantine order is a criminal offence and offenders are subject to a maximum fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for six months.

     A spokesman for the Department of Health said the sentence sends a clear message to the community that breaching a compulsory quarantine order is a criminal offence that the Government will not tolerate, and solemnly reminded the public to comply with the Regulation. As of today, a total of 110 persons have been convicted by the courts for breaching compulsory quarantine orders and have received sentences including immediate imprisonment for up to 14 weeks or a fine of up to $15,000. The spokesman reiterated that resolute actions will be taken against anyone who has breached the relevant regulations.
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