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) 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Markets 101 101 101 99
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 13 418 13 376 13 390  13 069
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 1 021 1 021 1 019  1 019
Total 14 439 14 397 14 409  14 088

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 9 718 10 192 10 576  11 173
Light Refreshment Restaurant 3 420 3 546 3 665  3 820
Marine Restaurant 5 5 5 5
Bakery 643 614 595 578
Cold Store 43 48 53  57
Factory Canteen 463 466 474  479
Food Factory 6 459 6 733 7 140  7 671
Fresh Provision Shop 2 556 2 528 2 529  2 468
Frozen Confection Factory 485 492 467  490
Milk Factory 8 8 8 8
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 388 354 356 356
Composite Food Shop 7 6 6 3
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 61 61 58 55
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 10 10 11 7
Swimming Pool 1 178 1 205 1 246  1 277
Undertakers of Burials 113 121 123 124
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 6 901 7 271 7 656  7 977
Club Liquor 436 425 419  422
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 201 202 209  220
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 3 3 3 3
Total 33 105 34 297 35 606 37 200
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2015 2016 2017 2018
Fixed-pitch 5 703 5 496 5 341  5 148
Itinerant 430 415 399  383
Total 6 133 5 911 5 740 5 531

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2015 2016 2017 2018
Chinese Herb Tea 389 403 398 402
Food Vending Machine 29 33 58 102
Cut Fruit 669 701 752 782
Frozen Confections 2 448 2 514 2 563 2 638
Milk 1 798 1 804 1 974 2 017
Non-bottled Drinks 618 634 623  640
Shell Fish (Excluding Hairy Crab) 103 109 118  113
Shell Fish (Hairy Crab) -- -- -- 104
Online Sale of Restricted Food  -- -- 255 395
Others 494 753 682  759
Total 6 548 6 951 7 423  7 952

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 494 582 1 363 054 1 388 553  1 411 271
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 169 001 158 853 164 971  156 810
Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse 5 520 5 412 5 205  5 058
Sub-total 1 669 103 1 527 319 1 558 729  1 573 139
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 17 915 17 441 17 359  17 128
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 4 085 3 315 3 250  3 245
Total 1 691 103 1 548 075 1 579 338  1 593 512

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2015 2016 2017 2018
Swimming Pool 13 294 7 274 7 919  7 523
Bath Pool 82 71 76 64
Well and Tap / Stream 807 869 868 829
Fish Tank 11 403 11 161 11 040  10 879

Pest Control

  2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Mosquito Inspection 845 514 898 169 917 842 909 247
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 35 837 37 169 41 038  44 378

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2015 2016 2017 2018
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 535 5 661 5 746  5 919

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 2 955 2 954 2 950  2 970
No. of Public Toilets 787 787 789  799
No. of Public Bathhouses 28 28 28 27
No. of Aqua Privies 59 59 57 53

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2015 2016 2017 2018
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 6 803 4 937 5 395  5 668
Fine (HK $Mn.) 28.5 21.3 26.3 31.1
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 36 812 40 254 45 706 51 084
Fine (HK $Mn.) 57.9 63.4 71.7  80.0
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 29 744 23 903 18 914 18 080
Fine (HK $Mn.) 15.1 16.1 18.8 19.2
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 41 46 88 286
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.3
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 88 145 237  182
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3

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

  2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness^ 36 000 39 000 45 000  50 000
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places^ -- 2 000 7 000  8 000

*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 2015 2016 2017 2018
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 3 355 3 253 2 962  3 136
Urn 1 006 1 000 1 137  1 225
No. of Cremation
Body 42 737 43 556 42 809 43 803
Skeletal Remains 2 867 2 503 1 961 1 855
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 3 516 4 076 3 875 3 816
Urn 1 014 1 069 742  890
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 5 123 4 641 4 671  4 483


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