I REFER to the letter from Leung Kwok-sang, District Hygiene, Urban Services Department (South China Morning Post, June 23).
He assured readers that ''all food premises'' in Shek O were regularly inspected by health inspectors who dealt with irregularities and where such irregularities were serious, summonses were taken out.
Mr Leung gave the impression that these establishments are all above board and meet the high hygiene standards required by law.
Could Mr Leung disclose how many of the restaurants which have only recently sprung up are licensed and how many of them are not licensed restaurants? He could provide the public with a service by disclosing which ones are unlicensed, so that people will not patronise them, and he should tell us what action has been taken against them, the dates of such actions and whether they are still operating? It is extremely worrying because Mr Leung called them ''food establishments'' when the law clearly makes a definition between - a ''restaurant'', a ''cooked food stall'', a ''fast food shop'', etc. Is he talking about ''establishments'' operating as 80-100 seater restaurants on cooked foodstall licences? With the hot summer already here and the danger of unhygienic food, an urgent reply is needed, if only to help swimmers avoid aiding and abetting the operation of illegal premises by patronising them.
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