Markets and Stalls
Markets (as at 31 December) | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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No. of Markets | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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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 |
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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 |
Permits in Force
No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Average Daily Collection (in tonne) | 5 335 | 5 389 | 5 535 | 5 661 |
Cleansing
Facilities (as at 31 December) | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |