FEHD appeals for earnest participation in year-end clean-up campaign
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 6), appealing for the public's earnest participation in keeping households, communities and public places clean to welcome the Year of the Snake.
An FEHD spokesman said, "The annual year-end clean-up campaign started today and will last for 21 days with a focus on improving community hygiene and maintaining a clean and hygienic environment in Hong Kong."
Throughout the campaign, the FEHD will use pressure washer surface cleaners at more locations to clean the streets across the territory. The FEHD will also strengthen cleaning services in rear lanes and hygiene blackspots while stepping up the cleaning of public facilities under its management, such as markets, cooked food centres, hawker bazaars, public toilets and refuse collection points. Cleaning of problematic sites with illegal refuse dumping and other public cleanliness offences will also be enhanced. 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 everyone's co-operation and earnest participation. He called for collective efforts from the public to maintain environmental hygiene and enjoy a clean environment in the upcoming Lunar New Year.
FEHD appeals for earnest participation in year-end clean-up campaign Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
FEHD appeals for earnest participation in year-end clean-up campaign Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
DEP hosts exchange session for delegation from National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment
The Director of Environmental Protection, Dr Samuel Chui, hosted a technical exchange meeting and site visit for a visiting delegation from the National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center (NMEMC) of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment today (January 7). The two sides discussed the work results and way forward of the Co-operation Arrangement on Carrying Out Marine Ecological and Environmental Protection Work to strengthen the co-operation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Mainland in marine ecological environment protection and water quality management.
At the exchange meeting, Dr Chui and the delegation members had an in-depth discussion and technical exchange on the planning and effectiveness of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS), beautiful bays development, as well as the application of advanced smart technology in water quality monitoring and management.
The delegation then visited the Smart Water Science Centre of the Environmental Protection Department and shared experiences and exchanged views on the application of water quality models and smart technologies in water quality management. The EPD also arranged an inspection visit to both sides of Victoria Harbour and briefed the delegation on the work and effectiveness of improving the quality and odour of Hong Kong's coastal waters. Moreover, the delegation visited the Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works to understand more about the infrastructure and daily operations of HATS.
Dr Chui said, "We warmly welcome the visiting delegation from the NMEMC and strong believe that continuous exchanges will strengthen the co-operation between the two places in marine ecological environment monitoring, protection and management, with a view to assisting all parties in achieving the common goal of protecting and improving the quality of the marine ecological environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."
The delegation will conduct a site visit to the EPD's work on monitoring and management of shoreline cleanliness tomorrow (January 8) to understand the technology applications, such as unmanned aircraft and artificial intelligence photo taking and recognition, in enhancing the effectiveness of monitoring of shoreline cleanliness.
DEP hosts exchange session for delegation from National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
