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August 23rd, 2009:

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 have pushed cigarette smoking on to the streets of Hong Kong. Or, into homes.

Enforcing that ban though will be a challenge. Some entertainmnet venue operators have vowed to allow their customers to smoke, in defiance of the ban. And the law permits that – only the smoker is punished.

Anyone hit with a fixed penalty fine for smoking, to be implemented in September, will have 21 days to pay it. Critics ask if that’s the case, how can Hong Kong enforce a smoking ban on visitors?

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Click the following link to see the programme:

http://mytv.tvb.com/news/pearlreport/8765#page-1