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) 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Markets 103 102 102 101
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 13 554 13 425 13 418 13 420
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 1 027 1 027 1 025 1 025
Total 14 581 14 452 14 443 14 445

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 8 354 8 561 8 713 8 926
Light Refreshment Restaurant 3 053 3 120 3 116 3 155
Marine Restaurant 5 5 5 5
Bakery 794 758 698 676
Cold Store 34 34 36 39
Factory Canteen 447 455 455 455
Food Factory 5 141 5 406 5 531 5 764
Fresh Provision Shop 2 701 2 677 2 646 2 604
Frozen Confection Factory 600 502 493 466
Milk Factory 8 8 7 7
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 420 419 397 394
Composite Food Shop 0 5 7 6
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 81 78 76 71
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 11 11 11 11
Swimming Pool 1 065 1 092 1 104 1 130
Undertakers of Burials 98 101 103 104
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 5 291 5 468 5 735 5 975
Club Liquor 491 488 482 449
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 210 208 210 205
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 3 3 3 3
Total 28 814 29 406 29 835 30 452
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2010 2011 2012 2013
Fixed-pitch 6 649 6 480 6 269 5 979
Itinerant 522 505 470 455
Total 7 171 6 985 6 739 6 434

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2010 2011 2012 2013
Chinese Herb Tea 447 455 450 429
Food Vending Machine 43 40 35 31
Cut Fruit 519 527 577 623
Frozen Confections 2 226 2 356 2 403 2 413
Milk 1 610 1 697 1 720 1 754
Non-bottled Drinks 743 656 611 597
Shell Fish 91 92 92 99
Others 490 514 446 451
Total 6 169 6 337 6 334 6 397

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 472 790 1 354 130 1 454 870 1 502 613
  Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 239 015 196 423 177 509 161 614
  Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse 6 223 6 024 5 736 5 597
Sub-total 1 718 028 1 556 577 1 638 115 1 669 824
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 28 124 28 591 25 953 19 223
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 12 862 13 011 9 045 6 093
Total 1 759 014 1 598 179 1 673 113 1 695 140

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2010 2011 2012 2013
Swimming Pool 12 630 12 278 13 315 13 368
Spa Pool - - - 53
Well and Tap / Stream 1 028 951 908 863
Fish Tank 13 742 13 037 12 525 11 747

Pest Control

  2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Mosquito Inspection 790 495 833 959 778 026 764 132
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 36 136 31 271 31 396 29 732

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2010 2011 2012 2013
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 301 5 157 5 276 5 335

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 3 231 3 205 3 203 3 186
No. of Public Toilets 580 659 698 769
No. of Public Bathhouses 28 28 28 28
No. of Aqua Privies 272 187 146 78

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2010 2011 2012 2013
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 6 757 7 595 7 771 9 441
Fine (HK $Mn.) 20.1 20.1 21.0 26.8
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 33 335 34 270 34 753 33 837
Fine (HK $Mn.) 52.7 54.2 54.6 53.0
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 32 583 33 850 34 998 34 637
Fine (HK $Mn.) 12.1 13.2 19.5 16.8
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 35 16 44 55
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 190 139 91 99
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1

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

  2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued 33 000 ^ 35 000 ^ 35 000 ^ 35 000 ^

^ The figure is rounded to the thousand digit

Cemeteries and Crematoria

Cemeteries and Crematoria 2010 2011 2012 2013
No. of Cemeteries (as at 31 December)
Public Cemetery 11 11 11 10
Private Cemetery 28 28 28 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 4 102 4 210 3 897 3 573
Urn 1 142 1 102 1 052 1 318
No. of Cremation
Body 38 006 37 916 39 494 38 914
Skeletal remains 3 085 2 641 2 860 3 662
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 6 127 4 572 3 985 4 362
Urn 927 1 294 2 089 1 930
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 5 661 5 235 6 482 5 808


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