Pleasant Environment Statistics 2020-2023

Markets and Stalls Licences in Force Permits in Force Livestock Slaughtered Water Sampling for Examination Pest Control Refuse & Junk Collection Cleansing Convictions Fixed Penalty Cemeteries and Crematoria

Markets and Stalls

Markets (as at 31 December)	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Markets	98	97	96	96

Market Stalls (as at 31 December)	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Stalls (excluding cooked food)	12 970	12 593	12 511	12 655
No. of Cooked Food Stalls	973	962	943	927
Total	13 943	13 555	13 454	13 582

Licences in Force

Food Business and Other Trade Licences (as at 31 December)	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Food Business Licences (Full Licence)
General Restaurant	11 799	12 037	12 630	12 830
Light Refreshment Restaurant	4 059	4 106	4 280	4 350
Marine Restaurant	5	5	6	5
Bakery	573	546	529	497
Cold Store	65	68	79	89
Factory Canteen	489	487	485	479
Food Factory	8 898	9 668	10 666	11 084
Fresh Provision Shop	2 717	2 984	3 243	3 309
Frozen Confection Factory	514	482	457	467
Milk Factory	8	8	8	8
Siu Mei and Lo Mei Shop	384	403	429	417
Composite Food Shop	3	2	2	1
No. of Trade Licences
Commercial Bathhouse	51	48	46	41
Funeral Parlour	7	7	7	7
Offensive Trade	7	7	5	4
Swimming Pool	1 333	1 361	1 380	1 406
Undertakers of Burials	127	128	134	137
No. of Liquor Licences
Liquor	8 320	8 853	9 200	9 312
Club Liquor	403	378	372	368
No. of Places of Public Entertainment Licences (Full Licence)
Places of Public Entertainment	265	277	298	317
No. of Private Columbarium
Private Columbarium	7	9	11	15
No. of Slaughterhouse Licences
Slaughterhouse	2	2	2	2
Total	40 036	41 866	44 269	45 145

No. of Hawker Licences in Force (as at 31 December) (excluding temporary licences and deputy permits)	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fixed-pitch	5 246	5 268	5 200	5 053
Itinerant	348	330	304	270
Total	5 594	5 598	5 504	5 323

Permits in Force

No. of Permits in Force (as at 31 December)	2020	2021	2022	2023
Chinese Herb Tea	411	422	413	404
Food Vending Machine	356	388	417	589
Cut Fruit	795	813	808	791
Frozen Confections	2 752	3 097	3 244	3 309
Milk	2 066	2 295	2 468	2 534
Non-bottled Drinks	662	759	862	917
Shell Fish (Excluding Hairy Crab)	110	119	130	142
Shell Fish (Hairy Crab)	113	155	212	272
Online Sale of Restricted Food	804	1 632	1 901	1 688
Others	490	520	555	603
Total	8 559	10 200	11 010	11 249

Livestock Slaughtered

No. of Livestock Slaughtered	Slaughterhouse	2020	2021	2022	2023
Pig	Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse	598 436	717 011	847 994	881 376
	Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse	158 233	183 726	236 043	251 478
	Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse^#	--	--	--	--
Sub-total		756 669	900 737	1 084 037	1 132 854
Cattle	Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse	14 657	13 480	11 839	10 974
Goat	Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse	1 446	1 714	1 260	771
Total		772 772	915 931	1 097 136	1 144 599

# Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse was closed on 1 October 2019.

Water Sampling for Examination

No. of Water Samples Tested From	2020	2021	2022	2023
Swimming Pool	3 219	5 430	5 138	6 973
Bath Pool	52	12	34	36
Well and Tap / Stream	663	619	698	493
Fish Tank	10 075	10 018	9 566	8 663

Pest Control

	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Mosquito Inspection	820 324	848 281	825 930	800 789
No. of Rodents Trapped/Poisoned	60 860	67 182	77 232	97 840

Refuse & Junk Collection

	2020	2021	2022	2023
Average Daily Collection (in tonne)	6 097	6 132	6 115	5 824

Cleansing

Facilities (as at 31 December)	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Public Refuse Collection Points	2 930	3 008	3 021	3 394
No. of Public Toilets	808	807	805	810
No. of Public Bathhouses	26	26	26	26
No. of Aqua Privies	40	35	34	33

Convictions and Fines Imposed for Environmental Hygiene Related Offences

	2020	2021	2022	2023
Food Premises Hygiene (including licensed food premises, unlicensed food premises)
No. of convicted cases	5 428	5 807	6 791	7 640
Fine (HK $Mn.)	25.2	24.0	24.8	28.1
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	50 816	56 862	50 005	46 582
Fine (HK $Mn.)	79.8	88.9	79.0	81.4
Hawker and Market (including licensed hawker, unlicensed hawker, market stall operator)
No. of convicted cases	17 016	20 155	22 689	14 733
Fine (HK $Mn.)	20.4	26.2	28.7	18.2
Mosquito Breeding
No. of convicted cases	137	167	184	179
Fine (HK $Mn.)	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.1
Others (including unlicensed offensive trade, unlicensed place of public entertainment, commercial bathhouse, swimming pool etc.)
No. of convicted cases	207	330	214	236
Fine (HK $Mn.)	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4

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

	2020	2021	2022	2023
No. of Fixed Penalty Notices^~ Issued Related to Offences of Public Cleanliness^{^}	47 000	51 000	47 000	44 000
No. of $1,500/6,000^# Fixed Penalty Notices Issued Related to the Offence of Obstruction of Public Places^{^}	11 000	15 000	16 000	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 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	2020	2021	2022	2023
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	2 852	2 712	2 957	2 517
Urn	1 008	1 348	1 607	1 918
No. of Cremation
Body	46 465	48 106	59 685	52 795
Skeletal Remains	1 672	1 690	2 267	2 361
No. of Exhumation
Coffin	2 838	3 277	3 379	3 626
Urn	563	879	878	845
No. of Exhumation Permit Issued
Exhumation Permit Issued	3 681	4 273	4 242	4 705