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) 2014 2015 2016 2017
No. of Markets 101 101 101 101
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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
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
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2014 2015 2016 2017
Fixed-pitch 5 905 5 703 5 496  5 341
Itinerant 442 430 415  399
Total 6 347 6 133 5 911 5 740

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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
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
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
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
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 389 5 535 5 661  5 746

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2014 2015 2016 2017
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
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
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
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


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