Hong Kong independent bookshop fined HK$6K for holding stand-up comedy show without licence

Hong Kong independent bookshop fined HK$6K for holding stand-up comedy show without licence

Hong Kong independent bookshop Book Punch and its owner have been fined HK$6,000 after holding a stand-up comedy show without an entertainment licence – the second time they have been penalised within a month. Hong Kong independent bookstore Book Punch owner Pong Yat-ming outside the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on April 10, 2026. Photo: Hans Tse/HKFP. Pong Yat-ming and his firm, Active Experiential Learning Company, which owns Book Punch, w…