â€‹Hong Kong Customs yesterday (June 10) conducted a special operation in Kowloon Bay and Mong Kok to combat the sale of counterfeit goods and seized about 2 800 items of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of about $1.4 million. 

     Customs earlier conducted patrol operations and discovered some mobile hawkers selling suspected counterfeit goods in Kowloon Bay. After an in-depth investigation, Customs officers took enforcement action yesterday. A mobile hawker stall in Kowloon Bay and an associated storage centre in Mong Kok were raided and the batch of suspected counterfeit goods, including handbags, watches and clothes, was seized.

     During the operation, a 21-year-old man was arrested and he has been released on bail pending further investigation.
      
     Investigation is ongoing.

     Customs will continue to step up inspection and enforcement to vigorously combat different kinds of counterfeit goods activities. 

     Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any goods with a forged trademark commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

     Members of the public may report any suspected infringing activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

    

     A man who went missing in Cheung Sha Wan has been located.

     Lee Kam-chuen, aged 78, went missing after he left an elderly home on Castle Peak Road on June 4 morning. Staff of the elderly home made a report to Police on the same day.

     The man was located in a hospital on Wing Hong Street on June 8 afternoon. No suspicious circumstances were detected.

     Paco Air-conditioning & Engineering (HK) Limited was fined $35,000 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (June 11) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on March 11, 2019, at a logistics centre in Tsuen Wan. While a worker was standing on a folding ladder to repair an air-conditioning plant, a component of the plant suddenly exploded, causing the worker to fall about 3 metres from the ladder to the ground. The worker sustained serious head injury and passed away on the following day.

     The Home Affairs Department will open 19 temporary night heat shelters tonight (June 11) for people in need of the service.
 
     The shelters will be open from 10.30pm until 8am tomorrow.
 
     For further information, please call the department's hotline before midnight on 2572 8427.
 
     The 19 night heat shelters are located at:
 
Hong Kong Districts:
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Central and Western –
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex Community Hall
3/F, Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun
 
Eastern –
Causeway Bay Community Centre
3/F, 7 Fook Yum Road, Causeway Bay
 
Southern –
Lei Tung Community Hall
Lei Tung Estate, Ap Lei Chau
 
Wan Chai –
Wan Chai Activities Centre
LG/F, Wan Chai Market, 258 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
 
Kowloon Districts:
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Kowloon City –
Hung Hom Community Hall
1/F, Kowloon City Government Offices
42 Bailey Street, Hung Hom
 
Kwun Tong –
Lam Tin (West) Estate Community Centre
71 Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin
 
Sham Shui Po –
Shek Kip Mei Community Hall
G/F, Block 42, Shek Kip Mei Estate, Sham Shui Po
 
Wong Tai Sin –
Tsz Wan Shan (South) Estate Community Centre
45 Wan Wah Street, Tsz Wan Shan
 
Yau Tsim Mong –
Henry G. Leong Yaumatei Community Centre
60 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei
 
New Territories Districts:
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Islands –
Tung Chung Community Hall
G/F, Tung Chung Municipal Services Building,
39 Man Tung Road, Tung Chung
 
Kwai Tsing –
Kwai Shing Community Hall
Podium, Block 6, Kwai Shing West Estate, Kwai Chung
 
North –
Cheung Wah Community Hall
Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling
 
Sai Kung –
Hang Hau Community Hall
G/F, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex,
38 Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
 
Sha Tin –
Lung Hang Estate Community Centre
Lung Hang Estate, Sha Tin
 
Tai Po –
Tai Po Community Centre
2 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po
 
Tsuen Wan –
Lei Muk Shue Community Hall
G/F, Hong Shue House, Lei Muk Shue Estate, Tsuen Wan
 
Tuen Mun –
Butterfly Bay Community Centre
Butterfly Estate (near Tip Sum House), Tuen Mun
 
Yuen Long –
Long Ping Community Hall
Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long
 
Yuen Long –
Tin Yiu Community Centre
Tin Yiu Estate, Tin Shui Wai
 
     The temporary night heat shelters will resume their functions as either community centres or community halls in the daytime for hire by the local community and cannot continue to be open as heat shelters. People may choose to take refuge from the heat during the daytime in the common areas in any of the 21 designated community centres or community halls. Their opening hours are from 9am to 10pm. For addresses of the community centres or community halls, please browse the following webpage: www.had.gov.hk/file_manager/en/documents/public_services/emergency_services/List_CH_CC_Day_E.pdf.

     Saboo Fine Jewels (H.K.) was fined $61,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (June 11) for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
      
     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on August 28, 2019, at an upper floor unit of a building in Tsim Sha Tsui. An office staff member, while attempting to put a folder into a ceiling cabinet by stepping on a work bench, fell to the street through an adjacent window opening and died.