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) 2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Markets 97 96 96 96
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 12 593 12 511 12 655 12 604
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 962 943 927 930
Total 13 555 13 454 13 582 13 534

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 12 037 12 630 12 830 12 707
Light Refreshment Restaurant 4 106 4 280 4 350 4 375
Marine Restaurant 5 6 5 5
Bakery 546 529 497 461
Cold Store 68 79 89 87
Factory Canteen 487 485 479 470
Food Factory 9 668 10 666 11 084 11 025
Fresh Provision Shop 2 984 3 243 3 309 3 065
Frozen Confection Factory 482 457 467 494
Milk Factory 8 8 8 8
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 403 429 417 380
Composite Food Shop 2 2 1 1
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 48 46 41 37
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 7 5 4 4
Swimming Pool 1 361 1 380 1 406 1 422
Undertakers of Burials 128 134 137 136
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 8 853 9 200 9 312 8 989
Club Liquor 378 372 368 364
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 277 298 317 334
No. of Private Columbarium
Private Columbarium 9 11 15 18
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 2 2 2 2
Total 41 866 44 269 45 145 44 391
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fixed-pitch 5 268 5 200 5 053 4 848
Itinerant 330 304 270 233
Total 5 598
 5 504
 5 323 5 081

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chinese Herb Tea 422 413 404 391
Food Vending Machine 388 417 589 681
Cut Fruit 813 808 791 790
Frozen Confections 3 097 3 244 3 309 3 141
Milk 2 295 2 468 2 534 2 480
Non-bottled Drinks 759 862 917 980
Shell Fish (Excluding Hairy Crab) 119 130 142 142
Shell Fish (Hairy Crab) 155 212 272 262
Online Sale of Restricted Food 1 632 1 901 1 688 1 194
Others 520 555 603 494
Total 10 200 11 010 11 249 10 555

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2021 2022 2023 2024
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 717 011 847 994 881 376 881 557
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 183 726 236 043 251 478 242 745
Sub-total 900 737 1 084 037 1 132 854 1 124 302
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 13 480 11 839 10 974 9 193
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 714 1 260 771 756
Total 915 931 1 097 136 1 144 599 1 134 251

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2021 2022 2023 2024
Swimming Pool 5 430 5 138 6 973 7 938
Bath Pool 12 34 36 41
Well and Tap / Stream 619 698 493 549
Fish Tank 10 018 9 566 8 663 9 844

Pest Control

  2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Mosquito Inspection 848 281 825 930 800 789 788 991
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 67 182 77 232 97 840  122 878

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2021 2022 2023 2024
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 6 132 6 115 5 824 5 772

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 3 008 3 021 3 394 3 397
No. of Public Toilets 807 805 810 811
No. of Public Bathhouses 26 26 26 26
No. of Aqua Privies 35 34 33 29

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2021 2022 2023 2024
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 5 807 6 791 7 640 5 499
Fine (HK $Mn.) 24.0 24.8 28.1 20.9
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 56 862 50 005 46 582 38 549
Fine (HK $Mn.) 88.9 79.0 81.4 119.3
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 20 155 22 689 14 733 6 852
Fine (HK $Mn.) 26.2 28.7 18.2 12.7
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 167 184 179 129
Fine (HK $Mn.) 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.8
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 330 214 236 238
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4

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

  2021 2022 2023 2024
No. of Fixed Penalty Notices~ Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness^ 51 000 47 000 44 000 36 000
No. of $1,500/6,000# Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places^ 15 000 16 000 8 000 1 000

* The "Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance" has been amended to "Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance" since 24 September 2016.
~ The fine of Fixed Penalty Notice related to offences of public cleanliness was raised from $1,500 to $3,000 with effect from 22.10.2023.
# The fine of Fixed Penalty Notice related to the offence of obstruction of public places was raised from $1,500 to $6,000 with effect from 22.10.2023.
^ The figure is rounded to the thousand digit.

Cemeteries and Crematoria

Cemeteries and Crematoria 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 2 712 2 957 2 517 2 185
Urn 1 348 1 607 1 918 1 976
No. of Cremation
Body 48 106 59 685 52 795 49 812
Skeletal Remains 1 690 2 267 2 361 2 396
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 3 277 3 379 3 626 3 239
Urn 879 878 845 899
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 4 273 4 242 4 705 4 300


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