A Hong Kong independent bookstore owner has been fined HK$32,000 (US$4,085) for holding a Spanish class in his shop after a court ruled the course took place at an unregistered school.
Pong Yat-ming, 52, was convicted on Friday of violating the Education Ordinance by organising a Spanish course in April last year at Book Punch, a bookstore he founded in Sham Shui Po in 2020.
Kowloon City Court earlier heard Pong’s defence at his trial, where he testified that he held the basic language course to…
Hong Kong bookstore owner fined HK$32,000 for using shop as unregistered school
