Markets and StallsLicences in ForcePermits in ForceLivestock SlaughteredWater Sampling for ExaminationPest ControlRefuse & Junk CollectionCleansingConvictionsFixed PenaltyCemeteries and Crematoria

Markets and Stalls

Markets (as at 31 December) 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Markets 102 102 101 101
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 13 425 13 418 13 420 13 419
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 1 027 1 025 1 025 1 024
Total 14 452 14 443 14 445 14 443

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 8 561 8 713 8 926 9 282
Light Refreshment Restaurant 3 120 3 116 3 155 3 277
Marine Restaurant 5 5 5 5
Bakery 758 698 676 671
Cold Store 34 36 39 41
Factory Canteen 455 455 455 461
Food Factory 5 406 5 531 5 764 6 162
Fresh Provision Shop 2 677 2 646 2 604 2 648
Frozen Confection Factory 502 493 466 459
Milk Factory 8 7 7 7
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 419 397 394 388
Composite Food Shop 5 7 6 6
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 78 76 71 66
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 11 11 11 11
Swimming Pool 1 092 1 104 1 130 1 153
Undertakers of Burials 101 103 104 112
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 5 468 5 735 5 975 6 436
Club Liquor 488 482 449 443
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 208 210 205 203
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 3 3 3 3
Total 29 406 29 835 30 452 31 841
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2011 2012 2013 2014
Fixed-pitch 6 480 6 269 5 979 5 905
Itinerant 505 470 455 442
Total 6 985 6 739 6 434 6 347

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2011 2012 2013 2014
Chinese Herb Tea 455 450 429 411
Food Vending Machine 40 35 31 29
Cut Fruit 527 577 623 666
Frozen Confections 2 356 2 403 2 413 2 457
Milk 1 697 1 720 1 754 1 796
Non-bottled Drinks 656 611 597 610
Shell Fish 92 92 99 100
Others 514 446 451 499
Total 6 337 6 334 6 397 6 568

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2011 2012 2013 2014
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 354 130 1 454 870 1 502 613 1 545 001
  Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 196 423 177 509 161 614 159 735
  Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse 6 024 5 736 5 597 5 536
Sub-total 1 556 577 1 638 115 1 669 824 1 710 272
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 28 591 25 953 19 223 18 612
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 13 011 9 045 6 093 5 283
Total 1 598 179 1 673 113 1 695 140 1 734 167

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2011 2012 2013 2014
Swimming Pool 12 278 13 315 13 368 13 614
Bath Pool - - 53 94
Well and Tap / Stream 951 908 863 897
Fish Tank 13 037 12 525 11 747 11 420

Pest Control

  2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Mosquito Inspection 833 959 778 026 764 132 769 376
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 31 271 31 396 29 732 31 837

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2011 2012 2013 2014
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 157 5 276 5 335 5 389

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 3 205 3 203 3 186 3 168
No. of Public Toilets 659 698 769 785
No. of Public Bathhouses 28 28 28 28
No. of Aqua Privies 187 146 78 62

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2011 2012 2013 2014
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 7 595 7 771 9 441 9 379
Fine (HK $Mn.) 20.1 21.0 26.8 30.4
Public Cleansing (including littering, spitting, obstruction to scavenging operation, unauthorized bill and poster, dogs fouling in public places, other cleansing matters)
No. of convicted cases 34 270 34 753 33 837 33 081
Fine (HK $Mn.) 54.2 54.6 53.0 51.2
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 33 850 34 998 34 637 38 821
Fine (HK $Mn.) 13.2 19.5 16.8 17.5
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 16 44 55 48
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 139 91 99 155
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2

Enforcement Figure of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance

  2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued 35 000 ^ 35 000 ^ 35 000 ^ 34 000 ^

^ The figure is rounded to the thousand digit

Cemeteries and Crematoria

Cemeteries and Crematoria 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of Cemeteries (as at 31 December)
Public Cemetery 11 11 10 10
Private Cemetery 28 28 27 27
Cemetery under Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2 2 2 2
No. of Crematoria (as at 31 December)
Public Crematorium 6 6 6 6
Private Crematorium 6 6 6 6
No. of Burial
Coffin 4 210 3 897 3 573 3 477
Urn 1 102 1 052 1 318 1 051
No. of Cremation
Body 37 916 39 494 38 914 41 244
Skeletal remains 2 641 2 860 3 662 3 312
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 4 572 3 985 4 362 4 083
Urn 1 294 2 089 1 930 1 539
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 5 235 6 482 5 808 5 648


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