Central District Social Services Consultative Council Deputy Convener Wu Hang San yesterday quoted a Public Security Police (PSP) officer as saying that littering and spitting offences were the most common transgressions during the Chinese New Year (CNY) period, but the number of reported littering and spitting cases showed, nevertheless, a decrease compared to the same holiday period in the past few years.
Wu made the remarks during a press briefing after the government-appointed committee’s closed-door meeting with Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) and PSP officials at the Patane Municipal Market Activity Centre yesterday about their work in the areas of traffic and public order during CNY.
Wu said she believed that with the increased deployment of IAM and PSP officers to various districts for public order enforcement, as well as public awareness campaigns targeting residents and tourists alike, the number of such cases was set to further drop.
Wu quoted IAM officials as saying during the closed-door meeting that the bureau will continue to optimise its enforcement work in the future, focusing on environmental hygiene issues, such as by coming up with routine inspection areas in tourist spots and strengthening coordination across different public entities.
In addition, the Municipal Affairs Bureau launched an “EasyGo Public Toilet Navigator” last year, with more than 200 QR codes on public toilet signposts in the city’s neighbourhoods to guide members of the public to the nearest public lavatories and provide more detailed information on public washrooms.
Wu quoted the bureau as saying that the Municipal Affairs Bureau has increased personnel in cleaning public toilets, in order to ensure a cleaner and more hygienic environment for the city’s WCs, which has been well recognised by both residents and tourists.
Central District Social Services Consultative Council Deputy Convener Wu Hang San (right) and committee member Mok Chio Kuan look on during yesterday’s press briefing after the council’s closed-door meeting at the Patane Activity Centre. – Photo: Ginnie Liang
