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Theodora Yu

Hong Kong’s hygiene authorities are investigating two officers caught smoking in public while in uniform, an act that is prohibited, stressing that such behaviour will result in disciplinary action.
A viral clip circulating on social media platform Threads shows two men in uniform smoking cigarettes in what appears to be a back alley in the daytime.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department confirmed on Monday evening that the men seen in the video clip belonged to one of its district hawker control task forces.
A spokesman said the incident took place in early June.
Staff were banned from smoking while in uniform and in public spaces under established departmental regulations, he said, adding that a disciplinary investigation had been initiated.
“The department attaches great importance to the discipline and professional conduct of its staff,” the spokesman said. “Any behaviour that violates departmental disciplinary requirements will be followed up on strictly.”
In a reply to the South China Morning Post, the Department of Health said that lighting up in a statutory no-smoking area was an offence under the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance and subject to a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (US$380).
“The Department of Health will follow up to ascertain the details of the case,” a spokesman said.
The controversy coincides with the removal of Japanese anime series Chainsmoker Cat from a Taiwan-based streaming platform for Hong Kong audiences, after authorities complained that the programme breached the city’s ban on online smoking advertisements.


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Viral clip circulating on social media platform shows two men in uniform smoking cigarettes in what appears to be a back alley


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2 hygiene officers under investigation for smoking in public while in uniform

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