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Wan Chai has severe rodent infestation

2021-11-14T06:20:44.075Z


The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s reference index for rodent infestation in Hong Kong this year is 2.8%, but the King’s Road Index is as high as 7.8%, which is the highest in Hong Kong Island. It is second only to a few black spots such as Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po. The DAB Wan Chai branch jointly legislates


The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s reference index for rodent infestation in Hong Kong this year is 2.8%, but the King’s Road Index is as high as 7.8%, which is the highest in Hong Kong Island. It is second only to a few black spots such as Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po.

The DAB Wanchai Branch and Leung Hee, candidate for the Hong Kong Island East Constituency of the Legislative Council, held a press conference today (14th) to announce a follow-up survey on public health in the district. 49% of the interviewees believed that the environmental hygiene in Wan Chai was average. Up to 40% of the interviewees said they had found rats in the district.


Liang Xi pointed out that the DAB has put forward six initiatives, including requiring extensive use of infrared thermal lenses to track rodents, politically appointing district commissioners to carry out regional governance tasks, and fulfilling performance requirements and accountability.


The chairman of the DAB Wan Chai branch, Chung Ka-min, pointed out that from September to October this year, they interviewed and followed up the 587 Wan Chai residents over the age of 18 who were interviewed at the beginning of the year to find out whether the sanitation situation in the district had improved.

Among the 205 citizens who were successfully interviewed, 40% had found rats in the district.

Zhong Jiamin pointed out that there is a serious rodent infestation in the area. Some respondents even found rats on the 4th and 20th floors of residential buildings.

She believes that the problem of rodent infestation lies in the fact that the rodent control technology remains unchanged. She hopes that officials will conduct a thorough review and respond to the problem more actively, criticizing the officials of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Highways Department for shirking each other's responsibilities.

Zhou Jiebing advocates public and private roads between the government and the service area

Zhou Jiebing, vice chairman of the Wan Chai branch of the DAB, pointed out that the Causeway Bay market is a typical example. The public and private roads in the same location are managed by different people. During the epidemic, there are many complaints. Rat infestation and garbage cause home protection problems for citizens.

She urged the government to improve road management policies and not to provide services on a private and public basis.

She mentioned that when she was patrolling the back alleys, she found that the method of trapping rodents was old, and there were problems in the back alleys such as dumping motorcycles and styrofoam boxes.

Liang Xi emphasized that the relevant recommendations can be implemented in the short, medium and long term. It is hoped that technology will be promoted in the short-term to fight rodents, and the Legislative Council will seek funding in the medium-term. The political appointment of district commissioners requires continued close communication with the government.

(Photo by Li Zetong)

Liang Xi mentioned 6 recommendations to eliminate rodents

Liang Xi mentioned that the DAB puts forward 6 suggestions on environmental improvement: 1. Politically appoint district commissioners and be accountable for the completion of district governance goals; 2. Environmental sanitation policies are handed over to the Home Affairs Bureau to make regional work uniform and improve efficiency 3. Update the current rodent infestation reference index for manual observation of bait biting conditions, such as increasing the use of infrared thermal lenses, adding "eyes" in sanitary black spots to improve the deterrence of illegal waste disposal; 4. Making good use of technology, press Hong Kong Mouse habits, genes, and targeted research on new drugs; 5. Use new electronic mousetraps with notification functions to save manpower; 6. Grant three no buildings to provide grassroots residents with cleaning and prevention of public places, such as rooftops, patios, etc. .

Zhong Jiamin added that among the 6-point work, the easiest to reform is the local administration, emphasizing that the DAB has been proposing for a long time.

As for the thermal lens, he said he knows that many public housing estates are aware of implementation, but there are no new measures for public toilets and back lanes in the district.

Liang Xi emphasized that the relevant recommendations can be implemented in the short, medium and long term. It is hoped that the short-term technology will be promoted to fight rodents and the Legislative Council will seek funding in the medium-term. The political appointment of district commissioners needs to continue to communicate closely with the government.



Liang Xi has signed up to run for the Hong Kong Island East constituency, and the candidates include Wu Qiubei of the Federation of Trade Unions, New Democracy Party Liao Tiancheng and "China Science Supervision" Pan Zhuohong.

Zhou Jiebing, vice chairman of the Wanchai branch of the DAB, pointed out that the Causeway Bay market where the press conference was held is a typical example. The public and private roads in the same place are managed by different people. During the epidemic, there were many complaints. Rat infestation and garbage caused household protection problems for citizens.

(Photo by Li Zetong)

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