Markets and Stalls
Markets (as at 31 December) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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No. of Markets | 101 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) | 13 419 | 13 418 | 13 376 | 13 390 |
No. of Cooked Food Stalls | 1 024 | 1 021 | 1 021 | 1 019 |
Total | 14 443 | 14 439 | 14 397 | 14 409 |
Licences in Force
Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence) | ||||
General Restaurant | 9 282 | 9 718 | 10 192 | 10 576 |
Light Refreshment Restaurant | 3 277 | 3 420 | 3 546 | 3 665 |
Marine Restaurant | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Bakery | 671 | 643 | 614 | 595 |
Cold Store | 41 | 43 | 48 | 53 |
Factory Canteen | 461 | 463 | 466 | 474 |
Food Factory | 6 162 | 6 459 | 6 733 | 7 140 |
Fresh Provision Shop | 2 648 | 2 556 | 2 528 | 2 529 |
Frozen Confection Factory | 459 | 485 | 492 | 467 |
Milk Factory | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop | 388 | 388 | 354 | 356 |
Composite Food Shop | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
No. of Trade Licences | ||||
Commercial Bathhouse | 66 | 61 | 61 | 58 |
Funeral Parlour | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Offensive Trade | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Swimming Pool | 1 153 | 1 178 | 1 205 | 1 246 |
Undertakers of Burials | 112 | 113 | 121 | 123 |
No. of Liquor Licences | ||||
Liquor | 6 436 | 6 901 | 7 271 | 7 656 |
Club Liquor | 443 | 436 | 425 | 419 |
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence) | ||||
Places of Public Entertainment | 203 | 201 | 202 | 209 |
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences | ||||
Slaughterhouse | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 31 841 | 33 105 | 34 297 | 35 606 |
Permits in Force
No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Chinese Herb Tea | 411 | 389 | 403 | 398 |
Food Vending Machine | 29 | 29 | 33 | 58 |
Cut Fruit | 666 | 669 | 701 | 752 |
Frozen Confections | 2 457 | 2 448 | 2 514 | 2 563 |
Milk | 1 796 | 1 798 | 1 804 | 1 974 |
Non-bottled Drinks | 610 | 618 | 634 | 623 |
Shell Fish | 100 | 103 | 109 | 118 |
Online Sale of Restricted Food | -- | -- | -- | 255 |
Others | 499 | 494 | 753 | 682 |
Total | 6 568 | 6 548 | 6 951 | 7 423 |
Livestock Slaughtered
No. of Livestock Slaughtered | Slaughterhouse | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Pig | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 1 545 001 | 1 494 582 | 1 363 054 | 1 388 553 |
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse | 159 735 | 169 001 | 158 853 | 164 971 | |
Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse | 5 536 | 5 520 | 5 412 | 5 205 | |
Sub-total | 1 710 272 | 1 669 103 | 1 527 319 | 1 558 729 | |
Cattle | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 18 612 | 17 915 | 17 441 | 17 359 |
Goat | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 5 283 | 4 085 | 3 315 | 3 250 |
Total | 1 734 167 | 1 691 103 | 1 548 075 | 1 579 338 |
Water Sampling for Examination
No. of Water Samples Tested From | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Swimming Pool | 13 614 | 13 294 | 7 274 | 7 919 |
Bath Pool | 94 | 82 | 71 | 76 |
Well and Tap / Stream | 897 | 807 | 869 | 868 |
Fish Tank | 11 420 | 11 403 | 11 161 | 11 040 |
Pest Control
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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No. of Mosquito Inspection | 769 376 | 845 514 | 898 169 | 917 842 |
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned | 31 837 | 35 837 | 37 169 | 41 038 |
Refuse & Junk Collection
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Average Daily Collection (in tonne) | 5 389 | 5 535 | 5 661 | 5 746 |
Cleansing
Facilities (as at 31 December) | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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No. of Public Refuse Collection Points | 3 168 | 2 955 | 2 954 | 2 950 |
No. of Public Toilets | 785 | 787 | 787 | 789 |
No. of Public Bathhouses | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
No. of Aqua Privies | 62 | 59 | 59 | 57 |
Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
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Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 9 379 | 6 803 | 4 937 | 5 395 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 30.4 | 28.5 | 21.3 | 26.3 | |
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 | 33 081 | 36 812 | 40 254 | 45 706 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 51.2 | 57.9 | 63.4 | 71.7 | |
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 38 821 | 29 744 | 23 903 | 18 914 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 17.5 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 18.8 | |
Mosquito Breeding | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 48 | 41 | 46 | 88 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 155 | 88 | 145 | 237 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Enforcement Figure of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance*
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness | 34 000 ^ | 36 000 ^ | 39 000 ^ | 45 000 ^ |
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places | -- | -- | 2 000 ^ | 7 000 ^ |
*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 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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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 | 3 477 | 3 355 | 3 253 | 2 962 |
Urn | 1 051 | 1 006 | 1 000 | 1 137 |
No. of Cremation | ||||
Body | 41 244 | 42 737 | 43 556 | 42 809 |
Skeletal Remains | 3 312 | 2 867 | 2 503 | 1 961 |
No. of Exhumation | ||||
Coffin | 4 083 | 3 516 | 4 076 | 3 875 |
Urn | 1 539 | 1 014 | 1 069 | 742 |
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued | ||||
Exhumation Permit Issued | 5 648 | 5 123 | 4 641 | 4 671 |