Government conducts enforcement action on compulsory testing notice at building in Tsing Yi
The Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency and the University Grants Committee Secretariat, together with the Kwai Tsing Police District and the Department of Health, conducted an enforcement operation today (December 16) at a building in Tsing Yi, which was included in a compulsory testing notice earlier. The operation commenced at 8.30am and ended at 11.30am today.
Starting from 8.30am today, staff arranged by the Government stationed at the entrances/exits of Block 3, Grand Horizon, Tsing Yi, to verify the testing certifications of persons subject to compulsory testing so as to confirm whether they had undergone testing in compliance with the requirement of the compulsory testing notice. Persons subject to compulsory testing had to present the SMS notification containing the results of COVID-19 tests or relevant proof, to prove that they had followed the requirement pursuant to the compulsory testing notice and completed the test within the specified period.
During the operation, 185 persons were checked. Among them, 11 persons were found to have failed to comply with the compulsory testing notice. They were subsequently issued compulsory testing orders, requiring them to undergo testing within a specified period. Fixed penalty notices of $10,000 each were also issued to eight of them.
Please refer to the press release for details
The Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency and the University Grants Committee Secretariat, together with the Kwai Tsing Police District and the Department of Health, conducted an enforcement operation today (December 16) at a building in Tsing Yi, which was included in a compulsory testing notice earlier. The operation commenced at 8.30am and ended at 11.30am today.
Starting from 8.30am today, staff arranged by the Government stationed at the entrances/exits of Block 3, Grand Horizon, Tsing Yi, to verify the testing certifications of persons subject to compulsory testing so as to confirm whether they had undergone testing in compliance with the requirement of the compulsory testing notice. Persons subject to compulsory testing had to present the SMS notification containing the results of COVID-19 tests or relevant proof, to prove that they had followed the requirement pursuant to the compulsory testing notice and completed the test within the specified period.
During the operation, 185 persons were checked. Among them, 11 persons were found to have failed to comply with the compulsory testing notice. They were subsequently issued compulsory testing orders, requiring them to undergo testing within a specified period. Fixed penalty notices of $10,000 each were also issued to eight of them.
Please refer to the press release for details