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With the approach of the Year of the Snake, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) has launched a major year-end clean-up campaign, lasting for three weeks, across the territory.
"To welcome the new year, it's time for everyone to have a year-end clean-up so as to keep our homes and public areas clean," an FEHD spokesman said today (January 20).
The clean-up operation will continue until February 6. During the campaign period, the department will step up cleaning work and set up more temporary refuse collection points for people to discard large pieces of household waste. Cleaning and pest control measures will also be carried out, taking into consideration the hygiene conditions of each district.
The year-end clean-up exercise will also cover public markets, cooked food centres and areas where hawkers are concentrated. Stallholders will be encouraged to clean up their stalls and operators of food premises will be reminded to pay attention to the hygiene conditions of their premises.
"To ensure the cleanliness of public places, we will strengthen enforcement actions and adopt a stringent approach to offences under the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance, including littering, spitting, illegal posting of bills or posters and feeding of pigeons and other feral birds causing dirtiness to public places, and dog fouling," the spokesman said.
"Only through the concerted efforts of residents and people working in the district can we succeed in maintaining a clean and hygienic community. We hope everyone can enjoy a cleaner environment in the Year of the Snake," the spokesman added.
Ends/Sunday, January 20, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:06
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