In response to media reports that cleansing workers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD)'s contractors were found not equipped with proper personal protective equipment while cleaning up the streets in Mong Kok after the large-scale public order event last night (December 15), a spokesman for the FEHD said today (December 16) that such reports were unfounded.

     The FEHD spokesman reiterates that the Department attaches great importance to the compliance with the guidelines relating to the provision of proper personal protective equipment.

Ends/Monday, December 16, 2019
Issued at HKT 20:49

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