FEHD appeals for earnest participation in year-end clean-up campaign (with photos)

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     To tie in with the tradition of pre-Lunar New Year clean-up, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) launched a year-end clean-up campaign across the territory today (January 23), appealing for the public's earnest participation in keeping households, communities and public places clean together to welcome the Year of the Horse.

     An FEHD spokesman said, "The annual year-end clean-up campaign started today and will last for 21 days. During the campaign, cleaning efforts will be enhanced in all districts to improve community hygiene and maintain a clean and hygienic environment in Hong Kong."

     Throughout the campaign, the FEHD will step up the cleaning of public facilities under its management, such as markets, cooked food centres, hawker bazaars, public toilets and refuse collection points. The FEHD will enhance inspections and strengthen cleaning of problematic sites with illegal refuse dumping and other public cleanliness offences, such as rear lanes and hygiene blackspots. Furthermore, the FEHD will deploy additional mini-street washing vehicle teams equipped with pressure washer surface cleaners to enhance street cleaning services in densely populated areas and popular tourist spots. FEHD staff will increase inspections, cleaning and disinfection of communal areas and market facilities, reminding stall tenants to thoroughly clean their stalls.

     In addition, the FEHD will conduct mosquito and rodent prevention and control operations in places such as old tenement buildings, streets, rear lanes, village houses and construction sites based on district needs, especially enhancing night rodent control measures.

     The spokesman added that to ensure the cleanliness of public places, the department will continue to strengthen enforcement and issue fixed penalty notices to those who violate public cleanliness and obstruction regulations.

     For more information about the year-end clean-up campaign and environmental hygiene, please visit the FEHD website at www.fehd.gov.hk.

     The spokesman stressed that maintaining a clean and hygienic community hinges on the active participation and collective efforts of the public to enjoy a clean environment together in the upcoming Lunar New Year.

Ends/Friday, January 23, 2026
Issued at HKT 15:00

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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 23) commenced a year-end clean-up campaign across the territory. During the campaign period, cleaning services of public facilities under the department's management, including markets, cooked food centres, hawker bazaars, public toilets and refuse collection points, will be stepped up. Photo shows cleaning workers cleaning a public market.