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) 2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Markets 101 101 101 101
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 13 420 13 419 13 418 13 376
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 1 025 1 024 1 021 1 021
Total 14 445 14 443 14 439 14 397

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 8 926 9 282 9 718 10 192
Light Refreshment Restaurant 3 155 3 277 3 420 3 546
Marine Restaurant 5 5 5 5
Bakery 676 671 643 614
Cold Store 39 41 43 48
Factory Canteen 455 461 463 466
Food Factory 5 764 6 162 6 459 6 733
Fresh Provision Shop 2 604 2 648 2 556 2 528
Frozen Confection Factory 466 459 485 492
Milk Factory 7 7 8 8
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 394 388 388 354
Composite Food Shop 6 6 7 6
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 71 66 61 61
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 11 11 10 10
Swimming Pool 1 130 1 153 1 178 1 205
Undertakers of Burials 104 112 113 121
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 5 975 6 436 6 901 7 271
Club Liquor 449 443 436 425
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 205 203 201 202
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 3 3 3 3
Total 30 452 31 841 33 105 34 297
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)
2013 2014 2015 2016
Fixed-pitch 5 979 5 905 5 703 5 496
Itinerant 455 442 430 415
Total 6 434 6 347 6 133 5 911

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2013 2014 2015 2016
Chinese Herb Tea 429 411 389 403
Food Vending Machine 31 29 29 33
Cut Fruit 623 666 669 701
Frozen Confections 2 413 2 457 2 448 2 514
Milk 1 754 1 796 1 798 1 804
Non-bottled Drinks 597 610 618 634
Shell Fish 99 100 103 109
Others 451 499 494 753
Total 6 397 6 568 6 548 6 951

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 502 613 1 545 001 1 494 582 1 363 054
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 161 614 159 735 169 001 158 853
Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse 5 597 5 536 5 520 5 412
Sub-total 1 669 824 1 710 272 1 669 103 1 527 319
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 19 223 18 612 17 915 17 441
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 6 093 5 283 4 085 3 315
Total 1 695 140 1 734 167 1 691 103 1 548 075

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2013 2014 2015 2016
Swimming Pool 13 368 13 614 13 294 7 274
Bath Pool 53 94 82 71
Well and Tap / Stream 863 897 807 869
Fish Tank 11 747 11 420 11 403 11 161

Pest Control

  2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Mosquito Inspection 764 132 769 376 845 514 898 169
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 29 732 31 837 35 837 37 169

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2013 2014 2015 2016
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 335 5 389 5 535 5 661

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 3 186 3 168 2 955 2 954
No. of Public Toilets 769 785 787 787
No. of Public Bathhouses 28 28 28 28
No. of Aqua Privies 78 62 59 59

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2013 2014 2015 2016
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 9 441 9 379 6 803 4 937
Fine (HK $Mn.) 26.8 30.4 28.5 21.3
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 33 837 33 081 36 812 40 254
Fine (HK $Mn.) 53.0 51.2 57.9 63.4
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 34 637 38 821 29 744 23 903
Fine (HK $Mn.) 16.8 17.5 15.1 16.1
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 55 48 41 46
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 99 155 88 145
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Enforcement Figure of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance*

  2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness 35 000 ^ 34 000 ^ 36 000 ^ 39 000 ^
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places -- -- -- 2 000 ^

*The "Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance" has been amended to "Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance" since 24 September 2016.
^ The figure is rounded to the thousand digit

Cemeteries and Crematoria

Cemeteries and Crematoria 2013 2014 2015 2016
No. of Cemeteries (as at 31 December)
Public Cemetery 10 10 10 10
Private Cemetery 27 27 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 3 573 3 477 3 355 3 253
Urn 1 318 1 051 1 006 1 000
No. of Cremation
Body 38 914 41 244 42 737 43 556
Skeletal Remains 3 662 3 312 2 867 2 503
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 4 362 4 083 3 516 4 076
Urn 1 930 1 539 1 014 1 069
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 5 808 5 648 5 123 4 641


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