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A scheme has been launched under the second round of the Anti-epidemic Fund to provide a one-off grant of $7,500 to each eligible registered sports coach, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today.

 

Sports coaches registered under National Sports Associations or recognised sports organisations who had provided coaching services from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 are eligible to apply.

 

Applications should be submitted to the LCSD's Sports Funding Office by June 15. The grant will be disbursed about one month after receipt of the completed application form and supporting documents.

 

The application form and guidelines can be downloaded from the LCSD website or collected at its 18 District Leisure Services Offices.

 

Call 2601 7411 for enquiries.

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The Scheme on Relief Grants for Interest Class Instructors Hired by Organisations Subvented by the Social Welfare Department opened for applications today.

 

As one of the measures under the second round of the Anti-epidemic Fund, the scheme aims to provide relief grants to interest class instructors hired by subvented welfare service units of Social Welfare Department-subvented organisations, where the units' services have been suspended and instructors' income affected due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

 

The subvented welfare service units include youth centres, elderly centres, community centres and rehabilitation centres.

 

A one-off relief grant of $7,500 will be provided for each interest class instructor engaged or planned to be engaged by subvented welfare service units for providing training in arts, dance, handicraft work and sport for service users during the period from February to August this year.

 

For those instructors who have submitted applications to the Education Bureau for relief grants for school instructors of learning/interest classes or to the Leisure & Cultural Services Department for relief grants for registered sports coaches, further submission to the Social Welfare Department is not required.

 

The application deadline is June 15.

 

Click here for application details.

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Two people running catering businesses were convicted of contravening the Prevention & Control of Disease (Requirements & Directions) (Business & Premises) Regulation and the directions in relation to the catering business today and were fined $3,000 each.

 

The pair were convicted by the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court for failing to keep a distance of at least 1.5m or providing a partition between tables at the premises.

 

During inspections in Sham Shui Po on April 7, Food & Environmental Hygiene Department officers found that two food premises failed to comply with the regulation and directions. The people in charge of the premises were therefore prosecuted.

 

The department reminded people running catering businesses that it is a criminal offence to contravene the regulation and that offenders are liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.

 

It will continue to take enforcement actions to ensure that catering business operators comply with the regulation and appealed for their continuous support for the Government's anti-epidemic work.

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