China News Service, May 5. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, many districts in Hong Kong are plagued by rodent problems. According to statistics from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, 33,336 dead rodents were collected in Hong Kong last year, and Yau Tsim Mong District accounted for the most with 6,732. , followed by 3763 in Sham Shui Po.
During this period, there were 33,846 live rats caught "live" in Hong Kong. Sham Shui Po ranks first in Hong Kong with 6,198 rats, followed by Yau Tsim Mong with 4,690 rats.
In terms of rodent complaints, the SAR Government received a total of 11,102 rodent complaints last year. The three districts with the most complaints were Yau Tsim Mong (1,215 cases), Kowloon City (1,064 cases) and Wan Chai (986 cases).
The Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stated that in order to further improve the hygiene of public markets, the FEHD and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department are actively preparing to launch a pilot project in Yeung Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan. Rat traps, rat bait boxes, etc., to strengthen monitoring of rodent infestation in markets and improve rodent control and rodent control, so as to implement more targeted improvement measures and follow-up actions.
The FEHD has installed rodent control devices in phases and is expected to start implementing the plan in June this year.
FEHD and EMSD will consider whether to further implement the pilot scheme in light of the effectiveness of the pilot scheme.
In addition, the FEHD has launched the first round of this year's "Rat Control Operation in Target Areas" in various districts of Hong Kong starting from May 2, which will last for 8 weeks.
According to the FEHD, the environmental hygiene offices in each district will select target districts based on the rodent infestation reference index, the number of rodent infestation complaints, residents' opinions, the number of restaurants and "three-nil" buildings, etc., and improve environmental hygiene 3. Strengthen rodent control and law enforcement, and carry out targeted rodent control work.
As for restaurants and cooked food markets with higher risks, the FEHD will conduct inspections and strengthen publicity and advice on pest and rodent control to relevant persons in the restaurants. It will also strengthen the cleaning and rodent control work in cooked food markets.
At present, in addition to the daily rodent control work, two rounds of territory-wide and cross-departmental rodent control campaigns and target community rodent control campaigns are implemented every year for a total of 36 weeks. These campaigns are effective and more attractive to the community and the public to respond and participate. Arrangements for rodent eradication operations.