Government: 646 violations of smoking ban in January

In January, there were 646 perceived violations of the smoking ban in Macau and a total of 23,759 inspections, the government has announced. On average, the Special Administrative Region authorities made 766 inspections a day.
The majority of the persons punished for breaking the law were male (595 / 92.1 per cent), while females accounted for 51 cases (7.9 per cent). The majority of offenders were Macau residents (411/63.6 per cent), while tourists accounted for 32.7 per cent (211) of the offences. Non-resident workers were responsible for 22 offences (3.7 per cent). A total of 444 offenders (68.7 per cent) have already paid the fine for breaching the law, the government revealed.