The three-month “Government’s Plan to Combat Hygiene Black Spots” is still in progress. The FEHD announced yesterday (3rd) that it will launch strict enforcement actions with the police in various districts in Hong Kong from now on to strengthen the handling of illegal expansion of business scope of shops and Blocked channel problem.
Legislative Council Member and Kwun Tong District Councillor Ngan Man-yu said on the RTHK program this morning that the measures have achieved some notable immediate results, but he is concerned about how to continue.
There are police to help law enforcement "disputes will be reduced immediately"
Yan Wenyu pointed out that in the joint operation between the FEHD and the police, the real difference is that in the past, only the FEHD enforced the law, and most of the time it used the method of persuasion, and the stall owner involved might not be willing to listen to the persuasion. In the field, there will be fewer disputes with the shopkeeper.” In addition, most of the FEHD’s law enforcement is in the form of tickets, which may not be enough to deter, and rarely use the confiscation of goods. The presence of the police will immediately increase the law enforcement.
However, he is concerned that the operation will always end one day. What will happen after the pilot plan is completed? It is impossible to send someone to watch it 24 hours a day. Some CCTVs and smart tools can be introduced to monitor the situation. Another ironic example is given at a hygiene black spot in Ngau Tau Kok. There are shops blocking the street, but because the CCTV department used the shackles to dump them illegally, they can't use shackles to enforce the law." Lamented that the government's approach was rigid.
Yan Wenyu hopes that Zhuo Yongxing, the Deputy Chief of the Department of Public Affairs, who is in charge of coordinating the fight against health blackspots, can carefully examine what methods are available to make the effect of the action last for a long time.
Hygiene black spot ︱ FEHD Police will crack down on street obstructions to strengthen prosecution and demand removal of goods today. The male employee of the store involved was pushed and injured and fled