Emotional thanks from 71-year-old cleaner as Hong Kong rallies to save her from HK$1,500 fine
Shaken, sleep-deprived grandmother grateful for outpouring of public support after Food and Environmental Health Department officer’s ticketing
An emotionally drained Hong Kong cleaning employee whose fine for allegedly dumping waste water on a street on Monday elicited public outrage will have the amount covered by her employer, the Post has learned.
Yet 71-year-old Zhou Zhuan, working at Southorn Playground, told the Post she had lost her appetite and spent a sleepless night over her tearful encounter with a Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officer.
The officer on Monday issued Zhou a fine without any verbal warning, despite her claim the water was left over after she cleaned a bathroom at the playground and that it was not dirty.
“I couldn’t eat or sleep well last night, but luckily they told me I wouldn’t have to pay the fine,” Zhou said of the plan by her employer Baguio Cleaning Services Company, the department’s contractor.
