Hong Kong Athletes Shine with Two Gold Medals at 20th Asian Games

SCST congratulates Kiu Ethan Lachlan, Polson Louis Olive, Chloe Kong, Mccarley Wong, Nicholas Bezy Halliday, Chan Sin-yuk, Ho Tze-lok, Lee Ka-yi, Tse Yee-lam, Toby, Lee Sze-wing, Eudice Chong and Wong Hong-yi on winning medals in Asian Games

The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law, today (October 2) extended her congratulations to sailing athletes Kiu Ethan Lachlan, Polson Louis Oliver, Chloe Kong and Mccarley Wong on winning two gold medals for the Hong Kong, China Delegation in Boys' Skiff - 29er and Girls' Skiff - 29er respectively at the 20th Asian Games.

Miss Law also extended her congratulations to squash athletes Chan Sin-yuk, Ho Tze-lok, Lee Ka-yi and Tse Yee-lam, Toby for winning a silver medal in Women's Team; sailing athlete Nicholas Bezy Halliday for winning a silver medal in Men's Dinghy ILCA7; track cycling athlete Lee Sze-wing for winning a bronze medal in Women's Omnium; and tennis athletes Eudice Chong and Wong Hong-yi for winning a bronze medal in Women's Doubles.

Miss Law said, "Hong Kong, China athletes had a great day in sailing event today. Kiu Ethan Lachlan, Polson Louis Oliver, Chloe Kong and Mccarley Wong were in excellent form, winning two gold medals respectively in the Boys' Skiff - 29er and Girls' Skiff - 29er. This marks Hong Kong, China's first-ever gold medals in sailing event. Nicholas Bezy Halliday also performed admirably, winning a silver medal. At this year's Asian Games, Hong Kong, China sailing athletes have won a total of two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal, marking a new milestone in the history of Hong Kong sailing sports."

"Also, Chan Sin-yuk, Ho Tze-lok, Lee Ka-yi and Tse Yee-lam, Toby battled their opponents to win silver medals for two consecutive times; Lee Sze-wing gave her all on the cycling track, winning a bronze medal in the individual event after winning a silver medal at the Women's Madison yesterday (October 1); Eudice Chong and Wong Hong-yi performed to their best, winning a medal in the Women's Doubles. As this year's Asian Games almost comes to an end, it is believed that Hong Kong citizens will continue to focus on the athletes' performances in the remaining events and encourage them to shine on the Asian Games stage!"

The Hong Kong, China Delegation has so far won forty-six medals, namely seven gold, seventeen silver and twenty-two bronze, at the Asian Games. The newly added six medals are as follows:

Gold medals

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Sailing: Boys' Skiff - 29er

Kiu Ethan Lachlan, Polson Louis Oliver

Sailing: Girls' Skiff - 29er

Chloe Kong, Mccarley Wong

Silver medals

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Squash: Women's Team

Chan Sin-yuk, Ho Tze-lok, Lee Ka-yi, Tse Yee-lam, Toby

Sailing: Men's Dinghy ILCA7

Nicholas Bezy Halliday

Bronze medals

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Track cycling: Women's Omnium

Lee Sze-wing

Tennis: Women's Doubles

Eudice Chong, Wong Hong-yi

Hong Kong Customs arrests director of yoga centre suspected of engaging in unfair trade practices in sale of services

Hong Kong Customs today (October 2) arrested a male director of a chain yoga centre suspected of wrongly accepting payments when selling services, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).

Customs earlier received information alleging that the yoga centre suddenly announced the business suspension of its all branches and failed to provide prepaid services purchased by customers. Customs officers immediately conducted an investigation and found that the yoga centre still accepted payments from customers before the announcement of its business suspension. Customers who had purchased prepaid yoga or fitness courses were unable to use the services concerned.

After a follow-up investigation, Customs officers today conducted enforcement operations and arrested a 61-year-old male director of the company. The investigation is ongoing.

Customs has been paying close attention to the case and called on members of the public affected to provide information. As of 5pm today, Customs had received a total of 381 complaints, involving contracts amounting to about $4.07 million.

Customs reminds traders to comply with the requirements of the TDO. Consumers are also reminded to procure services at reputable shops and think prudently before making consumption decisions with prepayments. After purchasing services, they should keep the relevant records, such as transaction receipts and contracts, which can become basic information in case a complaint is lodged in the future.

Under the TDO, any trader commits an offence if at the time of acceptance of payment, the trader intends not to supply the product or intends to supply a materially different product, or there are no reasonable grounds for believing that the trader will be able to supply the product within a specified or reasonable period. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

Members of the public may report any suspected violations of the TDO 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).

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