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) 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Markets 103 104 105 104
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) 13 909 13 863 13 768 13 732
No. of Cooked Food Stalls 1 042 1 046 1 050 1 029
Total 14 951 14 909 14 818 14 761

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant 7 643 7 694 7 845 8 023
Light Refreshment Restaurant 2 843 2 870 2 957 2 996
Marine Restaurant 2 2 2 3
Bakery 905 867 827 807
Cold Store 30 31 30 31
Factory Canteen 486 486 472 454
Food Factory 4 010 4 104 4 309 4 732
Fresh Provision Shop 2 738 2 687 2 629 2 690
Frozen Confection Factory 534 399 532 588
Milk Factory 9 9 9 8
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop 439 428 428 425
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse 99 95 87 86
Funeral Parlour 7 7 7 7
Offensive Trade 12 12 12 12
Swimming Pool 948 974 1 000 1 036
Undertakers of Burials 95 95 94 99
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor 4 604 4 842 4 995 4 742
Club Liquor 442 461 499 476
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment 205 203 202 209
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse 3 3 3 3
Total 26 054 26 269 26 939 27 427
No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December)
(excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)		 2006 2007 2008 2009
Fixed-pitch 6 811 6 636 6 589 6 513
Itinerant 673 600 546 535
Total 7 484 7 236 7 135 7 048

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) 2006 2007 2008 2009
Chinese Herb Tea 341 360 397 451
Food Vending Machine 99 58 54 48
Cut Fruit 432 464 477 513
Frozen Confections 2 074 2 223 2 141 2 172
Milk 1 346 1 558 1 524 1 564
Non-bottled Drinks 679 710 650 789
Shell Fish 83 98 93 92
Others 398 511 475 472
Total 5 452 5 982 5 811 6 101

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered Slaughterhouse 2006 2007 2008 2009
Pig Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 1 372 475 1 196 943 1 225 106 1 388 330
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse 588 439 561 758 312 797 284 882
Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse 8 796 8 215 6 547 6 242
Sub-total 1 969 710 1 766 916 1 544 450 1 679 454
Cattle Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 46 349 41 525 28 606 28 434
Goat Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse 11 203 12 311 10 089 11 631
Total 2 027 262 1 820 752 1 583 145 1 719 519

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From 2006 2007 2008 2009
Swimming Pool 10 697 11 865 11 984 11 912
Well and Tap / Stream 1 168 1 068 963 991
Fish Tank 10 281 11 154 10 902 12 075

Pest Control

  2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Mosquito Inspection 713 597 672 024 673 424 705 653
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned 29 315 26 601 29 338 31 863

Refuse & Junk Collection

  2006 2007 2008 2009
Average Daily Collection (in tonne) 5 521 5 336 5 160 5 226

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December) 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points 3 120 3 113 3 117 3 220
No. of Public Toilets 368 429 458 539
No. of Public Bathhouses 28 28 28 28
No. of Aqua Privies 485 424 397 314

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

  2006 2007 2008 2009
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases 4 799 6 174 5 572 6 467
Fine (HK $Mn.) 9.7 16.3 16.8 17.2
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 26 298 25 647 29 813 32 573
Fine (HK $Mn.) 41.3 39.7 46.1 51.7
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases 30 997 30 811 32 203 35 622
Fine (HK $Mn.) 13.0 12.3 11.4 12.0
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases 126 125 66 61
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases 21 30 62 186
Fine (HK $Mn.) 0.1 # 0.2 0.9

# Less than HK$0.05Mn

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

  2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued 26 000 ^ 27 000 ^ 33 000 ^ 35 000 ^

^ The figure is rounded up to the thousand digit

Cemeteries and Crematoria

Cemeteries and Crematoria 2006 2007 2008 2009
No. of Cemeteries (as at 31 December)
Public Cemetery 11 11 11 11
Private Cemetery 28 28 28 28
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 3 694 4 416 3 943 4 026
Urn 830 893 871 1 056
No. of Cremation
Body 32 215 34 427 36 410 36 486
Skeletal remains 2 630 3 909 4 691 3 955
No. of Exhumation
Coffin 5 766 4 443 5 987 5 895
Urn 1 504 1 521 1 408 1 249
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued 5 586 6 322 7 580 7 218


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