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Hygiene black spots︱Sweep black spots in August, change the city appearance in October, set up a night rodent extermination team or amend the law to increase the penalty

2022-08-12T06:27:10.113Z


Deputy Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, led the press conference today (12th) to attend the Inter-departmental Plan to Combat Hygiene Black Spots. Zhuo Yongxing announced at the meeting that the plan to combat health blackspots will be carried out in two phases, with the first phase on next Sunday (14th)


Deputy Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, led the press conference today (12th) to attend the Inter-departmental Plan to Combat Hygiene Black Spots.

Zhuo Yongxing announced at the meeting that the plan to combat hygiene blackspots will be carried out in two phases. The first phase will start from next Sunday (14th) and last for three months, focusing on the cleanliness of streets, public toilets, markets, etc. Rodent problem, air conditioner dripping problem, etc.

He mentioned that the project is only expected to last for three months. In addition, maintaining the cleanliness of the streets also relies heavily on the cooperation of the public. Whether the results of the project will be unsatisfactory in the end, Zhuo Yongxing said that he will review the environmental sanitation-related laws and regulations. Increase deterrent.


▼August 12th, the representative of the government's inter-departmental account explained the "regional affairs coordinating working group" to combat the health black spot plan▼


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The law to combat illegal disposal of garbage and air-conditioning dripping inspection does not rule out aggravating penalties

Zhuo Yongxing said that by collecting opinions from citizens, cleaning workers and the media, many hygiene black spots in Hong Kong have been identified.

To put it bluntly, environmental sanitation work involves many departments, so the authorities have re-organized and rationalized the division of labor for each department.

The government will start the first phase of work from the middle of this month to crack down on sanitation black spots, including more than 600 places with serious sanitation problems such as illegally dumped garbage and dripping water from air conditioners, and will strengthen cleaning, education, publicity and law enforcement.

"Amenity Improvement" action includes beautification of public spaces

The authorities will also set up 19 night-time rodent control teams throughout Hong Kong to conduct comprehensive cleaning and place new mouse traps after the market closes.

As for the "improving city appearance" action launched in October, Zhuo Yongxing revealed that the specific work includes beautifying public spaces, improving street facilities, and improving landscape architecture.

Housing Department to install CCTV at estate refuse dumps

As for the "improving city appearance" action launched in October, Zhuo Yongxing revealed that the specific work includes beautifying public spaces, improving street facilities, and improving landscape architecture.

When referring to the effectiveness of the three-month plan, several officials have repeatedly stressed that keeping the city clean and tidy in Hong Kong must rely on the mutual cooperation of citizens. In the future, publicity and education, community participation and law enforcement will be strengthened.

The Director of Housing, Wong Tin-yu, for example, pointed out that there will be a number of co-ordinated measures, such as the installation of closed-circuit televisions at refuse stations in public housing estates, and surprise inspections of contractors' cleaning capabilities.

Zhuo Yongxing added that he will review environmental hygiene-related laws and actively consider amendments if necessary to increase the efficiency of law enforcement and deterrence.

19 additional mobile teams for nighttime rodent control were set up, and rodent exterminators were deployed in depth and recovered during the day

The Secretary for the Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, said that the anti-hygiene blackspot plan also includes rodent eradication. The FEHD has added 19 mobile teams for night-time rodent control to strengthen rodent eradication.

The Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Yang Bikun, explained that some black spots with rodent infestation come and go during the day, and it is difficult for the department to carry out large-scale rodent eradication. Therefore, a new mobile team for night rodent infestation has been set up. , and then withdraw it during the day.

The work has been implemented on a trial basis for a period of time.

Crack down on health blackspots without consulting democrats?

Zhuo Yongxing: I don’t want to distinguish between factions and sects, but I must comprehensively judge the red and yellow codes | The Education Bureau issued guidelines to schools to allow students with yellow codes to return to school, but refused to allow visitors with yellow codes to enter the school. The government appointed 13 justices of the peace, Carrie Lam, Chen Fan and Chen Zhaoshi. Lu Songxiong of the Federation of Trade Unions: Employers who refuse to let employees with yellow codes go to work should pay wages, otherwise they may owe wages

Source: hk1

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