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Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?

SCMP
P.A. Crush (Talkback, August 24) replying to my letter (Talkback, August 17) is wrong about the attitude of Hong Kong’s [...]

Tobacco officers drop planned protest at enforcing smoking ban

Ng Yuk-hang - SCMP
Tobacco control officers who had threatened industrial action have backed down four days before the smoking ban [...]

Tobacco to kill 6m next year

Reuters in Washington
Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of [...]

Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?

SCMP
It is time the government admitted that its toothless no-smoking law (”We don’t have time to issue tickets for defying [...]

Smoking fixed penalty in crisis already

Oriental Daily
The fixed penalty for illegal smoking from September 1 might not be implemented smoothly. Inspectors from the Tobacco Control [...]

We don’t have time to issue tickets for defying smoke ban, staff say

Ng Yuk-hang - SCMP
Officers responsible for issuing fixed-penalty tickets for illicit smoking from Tuesday next week have been told to [...]

Enforcers pleased with smoke ban compliance

Dan Kadison - SCMP
Most smokers are complying with the final phase of the smoking ban - and a new measure [...]

Is enough being done to police the smoking ban?

SCMP
Your correspondents Allan Dyer and Annelise Connell should get realistic about smoking “offenders” inside buildings, lifts and bars (Talkback, August [...]

TVB Pearl 1855 hrs tonight: 2009.08.23 - Discussing the Smoking Ban

http://programme.tvb.com/news/pearlreport/episode/20090823/#page-1
播出日期 2009.08.23(日)
娛樂場所禁煙經已實施,現時只餘下街頭與家裡為合法吸煙場所。但娛樂場所禁煙的實施也困難重重,因為部分娛樂場所負責人表明不會要求客人禁煙 - 而新例亦只懲處違例吸煙者,不包括場所負責人。
今年9月禁煙條例實施定額罰款,繳交罰款期以21日為限。有批評指出,禁煙措施與定額罰款,難以向訪港旅客推行。
The ban on smoking in places of entertainment like bars, clubs and mahjong parlours is meant to [...]

Text of Shanghai draft

Shanghai released its draft legislation for public comment today. The comment period runs through September 10. You’ll find the announcement [...]