Date |
Event |
1 July |
Joint offices with the Buildings Department are set up in Central/Western, Southern, Islands, Wong Tai Sin, Yau Tsim, Sha Tin, Tai Po, North, Yuen Long, Sai Kung, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Kwai Tsing districts to handle water seepage complaints. |
10 July to 4 August |
A territory-wide thematic operation is launched to focus on enhanced mosquito prevention and control works in strategic areas including old tenement buildings, open spaces in the vicinity of pig farms, sites with gatherings of migratory birds and problematic spots.
Sustained efforts to eliminate mosquitoes in villages. |
10 July to 5 August |
The enhancement phase of the Anti-rodent Campaign is launched to step up rodent control in and around villages with persistent rodent problems and to reinforce the prevention message for rural area visitors and villagers.
Poisonous bait is laid to combat rodent infestation. |
11 July |
The "Study on Dietary Exposure to DTT of Secondary School Students" is presented to the Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene. |
28 July |
The first Trade Consultation Forum of the Centre for Food Safety is held to strengthen collaboration with the food trade and enhance food safety.
The Centre for Food Safety holds the first Trade Consultation Forum to strengthen collaboration with the food trade. |
28 July |
The Centre for Food Safety issues "Guidelines on Voluntary Labelling of Genetically Modified (GM) Food". |