Five Women Arrested in Lok Ma Chau Lunchbox Crackdown
HK01 · 3 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Police and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officers carried out a joint enforcement operation in the Lok Ma Chau area on October 15 against unlicensed lunchbox hawking, arresting five local women. About 740 lunchboxes and 2,164 bottled drinks were seized, with the goods estimated to be worth about HK$58,000.
Key Points
- The operation was conducted on October 15 in the Lok Ma Chau area by police working with Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officers.
- Five local women, aged 51 to 58, were arrested on Heung Tsz Road in Kwu Tung North on suspicion of unlicensed hawking.
- Officers seized about 740 lunchboxes and 2,164 drinks, and the goods were valued at about HK$58,000.
- The suspects are expected to be prosecuted under unlicensed hawking provisions in the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance and obstruction provisions in the Summary Offences Ordinance.
- The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department removed the lunchboxes and drinks and will apply to the court for a confiscation order.
Why It Matters
Authorities said the lunchboxes had no assured food safety or hygiene standards because they were left by the roadside under the hot sun and sold to nearby construction workers as lunch. Police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said they would continue enforcement action, while police urged the public to report suspected illegal lunchbox hawking to the department's 24-hour hotline at 2868 0000.