Hong Kong Restaurants to Have National Security Clauses Added to Licenses; Full Implementation Expected by September
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Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will add national security clauses to catering licenses by September, requiring operators and their associates to refrain from acts that endanger national security, with potential license revocation for violations. This aims to strengthen national security management in public spaces.
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- Q: When is the full implementation of adding national security clauses to catering licenses expected?
- A: According to Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau, all licenses are expected to have national security clauses added by September of this year.
- Q: What could happen to a restaurant's license if associated persons commit offensive acts?
- A: If license holders, directors, or employees commit offensive acts endangering national security, their catering licenses may be revoked.
- Q: Are restaurant owners responsible for the private actions of their employees under the new clauses?
- A: Officials stated that offensive acts only pertain to license-related behaviors and activities, so owners do not need to worry about the private actions of their employees.
- Q: What did Secretary Algernon Yau state regarding current catering business violations?
- A: Secretary Algernon Yau stated in an interview that no catering businesses have been found to be in violation of the national security clauses so far.
- Q: What happened to the so-called 'yellow shops' after the National Security Law was implemented in 2020?
- A: After the implementation of the National Security Law in mid-2020, the number of these restaurants that supported the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement gradually decreased.