Markets and Stalls
Markets (as at 31 December) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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No. of Markets | 101 | 99 | 97 | 98 |
Market Stalls (as at 31 December) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food) | 13 390 | 13 069 | 13 041 | 12 970 |
No. of Cooked Food Stalls | 1 019 | 1 019 | 973 | 973 |
Total | 14 409 | 14 088 | 14 014 | 13 943 |
Licences in Force
Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence) | ||||
General Restaurant | 10 576 | 11 173 | 11 448 | 11 799 |
Light Refreshment Restaurant | 3 665 | 3 820 | 3 927 | 4 059 |
Marine Restaurant | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Bakery | 595 | 578 | 575 | 573 |
Cold Store | 53 | 57 | 63 | 65 |
Factory Canteen | 474 | 479 | 481 | 489 |
Food Factory | 7 140 | 7 671 | 8 275 | 8 898 |
Fresh Provision Shop | 2 529 | 2 468 | 2 557 | 2 717 |
Frozen Confection Factory | 467 | 490 | 504 | 514 |
Milk Factory | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop | 356 | 356 | 366 | 384 |
Composite Food Shop | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
No. of Trade Licences | ||||
Commercial Bathhouse | 58 | 55 | 51 | 51 |
Funeral Parlour | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Offensive Trade | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Swimming Pool | 1 246 | 1 277 | 1 309 | 1 333 |
Undertakers of Burials | 123 | 124 | 125 | 127 |
No. of Liquor Licences | ||||
Liquor | 7 656 | 7 977 | 8 218 | 8 320 |
Club Liquor | 419 | 422 | 413 | 403 |
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence) | ||||
Places of Public Entertainment | 209 | 220 | 251 | 265 |
No. of Private Columbarium | ||||
Private Columbarium | -- | -- | 4 | 7 |
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences | ||||
Slaughterhouse | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Total | 35 606 | 37 200 | 38 600 | 40 036 |
Permits in Force
No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Chinese Herb Tea | 398 | 402 | 417 | 411 |
Food Vending Machine | 58 | 102 | 205 | 356 |
Cut Fruit | 752 | 782 | 798 | 795 |
Frozen Confections | 2 563 | 2 638 | 2 656 | 2 752 |
Milk | 1 974 | 2 017 | 2 045 | 2 066 |
Non-bottled Drinks | 623 | 640 | 634 | 662 |
Shell Fish (Excluding Hairy Crab) | 118 | 113 | 109 | 110 |
Shell Fish (Hairy Crab) | -- | 104 | 106 | 113 |
Online Sale of Restricted Food | 255 | 395 | 422 | 804 |
Others | 682 | 759 | 473 | 490 |
Total | 7 423 | 7 952 | 7 865 | 8 559 |
Livestock Slaughtered
No. of Livestock Slaughtered | Slaughterhouse | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Pig | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 1 388 553 | 1 411 271 | 835 351 | 598 436 |
Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse | 164 971 | 156 810 | 107 981 | 158 233 | |
Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse | 5 205 | 5 058 | 2 328 | 0 | |
Sub-total | 1 558 729 | 1 573 139 | 945 660 | 756 669 | |
Cattle | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 17 359 | 17 128 | 15 344 | 14 657 |
Goat | Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse | 3 250 | 3 245 | 1 802 | 1 446 |
Total | 1 579 338 | 1 593 512 | 962 806 | 772 772 |
Water Sampling for Examination
No. of Water Samples Tested From | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Swimming Pool | 7 919 | 7 523 | 8 196 | 3 219 |
Bath Pool | 76 | 64 | 60 | 52 |
Well and Tap / Stream | 868 | 829 | 771 | 663 |
Fish Tank | 11 040 | 10 879 | 10 727 | 10 075 |
Pest Control
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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No. of Mosquito Inspection | 917 842 | 909 247 | 847 088 | 820 324 |
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned | 41 038 | 44 378 | 53 986 | 60 860 |
Refuse & Junk Collection
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Average Daily Collection (in tonne) | 5 746 | 5 919 | 5 832 | 6 097 |
Cleansing
Facilities (as at 31 December) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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No. of Public Refuse Collection Points | 2 950 | 2 970 | 2 914 | 2 930 |
No. of Public Toilets | 789 | 799 | 799 | 808 |
No. of Public Bathhouses | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
No. of Aqua Privies | 57 | 53 | 51 | 40 |
Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
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Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 5 395 | 5 668 | 10 014 | 5 428 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 26.3 | 31.1 | 47.5 | 25.2 | |
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 | 45 706 | 51 084 | 51 354 | 50 816 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 71.7 | 80.0 | 82.2 | 79.8 | |
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 18 914 | 18 080 | 21 316 | 17 016 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 18.8 | 19.2 | 23.5 | 20.4 | |
Mosquito Breeding | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 88 | 286 | 357 | 137 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | |
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.) | |||||
No. of convicted cases | 237 | 182 | 351 | 207 | |
Fine (HK $Mn.) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Enforcement Figure of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance*
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness^ | 45 000 | 50 000 | 48 000 | 47 000 |
No. of $1,500 Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places^ | 7 000 | 8 000 | 8 000 | 11 000 |
*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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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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 | 2 962 | 3 136 | 2 780 | 2 852 |
Urn | 1 137 | 1 225 | 1 118 | 1 008 |
No. of Cremation | ||||
Body | 42 809 | 43 803 | 45 543 | 46 465 |
Skeletal Remains | 1 961 | 1 855 | 1 552 | 1 672 |
No. of Exhumation | ||||
Coffin | 3 875 | 3 816 | 3 355 | 2 838 |
Urn | 742 | 890 | 684 | 563 |
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued | ||||
Exhumation Permit Issued | 4 671 | 4 483 | 4 005 | 3 681 |