Territory-wide year-end clean-up campaign launched (with photo)
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"In order to tie in with the tradition of cleaning up before Lunar New Year, the annual year-end clean-up campaign is being conducted from today to January 23 to call for public support and efforts to maintain cleanliness in the household, the community and public areas to prepare for the coming Lunar New Year," an FEHD spokesman said.
During the campaign, the FEHD will step up the cleaning of public facilities under the department's management including markets, cooked food centres, hawker bazaars, public toilets and refuse collection points. Cleaning at hygiene blackspots in all districts will also be enhanced. In addition, the FEHD will conduct mosquito and rodent prevention and control operations targeting places such as old tenement buildings, streets, rear lanes, village houses and construction sites, according to each district's circumstances. Temporary junk collection points will be set up for people to discard large items of household waste.
The spokesman also reminded operators of food premises to pay attention to hygiene conditions on their premises and urged stallholders to clean up their stalls.
"To ensure the cleanliness of public places, we will strengthen enforcement action and issue Fixed Penalty Notices to offenders in breach of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance for littering, spitting, illegal posting of bills or posters, feeding of pigeons or other feral birds causing dirtiness to public places, and dog fouling," the spokesman said.
The spokesman remarked that maintaining a clean and hygienic community hinges on the co-operation and participation of everyone. He called for the concerted efforts of the community to maintain environmental hygiene and celebrate of the Year of the Rooster in a clean environment.
Ends/Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Issued at HKT 18:00
Issued at HKT 18:00
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