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The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has ordered a Kwun Tong restaurant to suspend business for two weeks.

 

The restaurant, on the ground floor at 14 Ting Yue Square in Ngau Tau Kok, was ordered to close today until March 11.

 

The operator repeatedly breached the Food Business Regulation by illegally extending the food business area.

Police officers issued a total of 129 fixed-penalty tickets and 86 summonses to motorists and pedestrians for violating traffic regulations during a crackdown in Kowloon East yesterday.

 

About 170 officers were sent to enforce regulations at traffic accident blackspots and potential accident locations.

 

They issued another 356 fixed-penalty tickets for parking offences, and warned 17 pedestrians for jaywalking and other traffic offences.

The Police will launch a city-wide road-safety campaign tomorrow, targeting public-service and goods-vehicles drivers.

 

Officers will crack down on drivers for speeding, following other vehicles too closely, not complying with traffic signals, using a handheld phone while driving, and seatbelt-related offences. They will distribute leaflets to remind drivers of the importance of safe loading and safe speeds.

 

People are encouraged to report undesirable driving behaviour to the 24-hour Police transport hotline, 2754 7668.

 

There were 9,314 accidents involving public service vehicles or goods vehicles in 2012, down 0.1% year on year. The main factors were driving inattentively, driving too close to the vehicle in front, careless lane changing, improper or illegal turns, and failing to safeguard passenger safety.

 

The campaign will end on March 5.

Does law matter in China? This is a question I'm often asked (skeptically) when I tell people what I study. As with just about everything related to China, no simple answer is possible. But sometimes you run across nice examples…

Does law matter in China? This is a question I'm often asked (skeptically) when I tell people what I study. As with just about everything related to China, no simple answer is possible. But sometimes you run across nice examples…