Hong Kong Customs has intercepted a cargo vessel bound for Macau, uncovering HK$28 million (US$3.575 million) worth of undeclared items, including dried shark fins and alternative smoking products. Patrolling officers intercepted the river trade vessel southwest of Hong Kong, near the waters off Fan Lau on Lantau on May 9, and found the poorly documented…
Tourists will be unaffected by Hong Kong’s new proposed control measures on tobacco products, an official has said, promising that such policies will strike a balance between bolstering public health and the economy. Deputy Secretary for Health Eddie Lee Lik-kong said on Saturday that authorities had already taken tourists’ needs into account when drafting the…
Hong Kong authorities have revealed more details on eight of the 10 tobacco control measures in an amended bill on Friday, including a ban on possessing alternative smoking products (ASPs) starting from April 30 next year. The sale of conventional smoking products with flavours other than menthol are also expected to be banned from the…
Possessing or vaping with alternative smoking products such as e-cigarettes in public will be considered an offence in Hong Kong starting from April 30 next year, with offenders facing a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a HK$50,000 (US$6,400) fine. According to an amended bill gazetted by the government on Friday, smoking of such…
Hong Kong is expected to start banning flavoured smoking products, starting with non-menthol ones, from next year at the earliest, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that the government would submit an amendment bill to the legislature towards the end of the month. Authorities would also propose banning smoking within three metres…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized more than 6 million suspected illicit cigarettes and heated tobacco products worth over HK$29 million (US$3.7 million) in two separate operations, involving brands rarely seen in the city and mainland Chinese tourists bringing in goods from Japan. Customs said on Friday that two men were arrested in the operations,…