Company fined $66,500 for contravening Employment Ordinance
China All Access Group Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violating the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company pleaded guilty at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (March 5) and was fined a total sum of $66,500.
The Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts, the Kwun Tong Law Courts Building
The company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO, failing to pay an employee's wages and payment in lieu of notice within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and termination of the employment contract, as well as the end-of-year payment and annual leave pay within the statutory time limit, totalling about $1,122,000. The company also failed to pay the awarded sum of about $1,198,000 in total to the employee within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT).
"The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers that they have to pay wages and termination payments to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO, as well as the sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board," a spokesman for the LD said.
"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.
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Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes
An incoming male passenger was sentenced to five months' imprisonment and fined $1,000 by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (March 5) for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare them to Customs officers, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO).
Customs officers intercepted the incoming male passenger, aged 38, at Hong Kong International Airport on December 3, 2025, and seized 31 000 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $140,000 and a duty potential of about $102,000, from his personal baggage. The passenger was subsequently arrested.
Customs welcomes the sentence. The custodial sentence has imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflects the seriousness of the offences.
Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, cigarettes are dutiable goods to which the DCO applies. Any person who imports, deals with, possesses, sells or buys illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.
Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
