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Closed-circuit televisions will be installed with local community support in hygiene blackspots. The move is to find out how and why persistent hygiene problems are caused and who is responsible.
The Government will also launch a Community Cleanliness Index to benchmark hygiene conditions in each of the 18 districts and track subsequent efforts to maintain or improve district hygiene conditions.
In a report released today, Team Clean said that district revitalisation schemes will be implemented to help shop operators comply with relevant laws and regulations, tidy up sites and improve pedestrian access.
Loans will be offered to help them bear repair and refurbishment costs.
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| Maintaning momentum: Team Clean proposes to install CCTV at hygiene blackspots and enhance civic education to maintain momentum in the community for environmental hygiene improvements. | |
Civic education to be further enhanced
To sustain the momentum generated during Phase I of Team Clean's efforts, the Government is looking at ways to enhance work on civic education.
Special education programmes on good hygiene practices will be developed for new arrivals, domestic helpers, street users and the users of public facilities.
To encourage and foster a sense of community pride, the Government will continue to form volunteer District Hygiene Squads to play an important role in the upkeep of neighbourhood hygiene.
These squads will carry out such duties as inspecting and monitoring hygiene conditions, identifying problematic areas for follow up action and spreading Team Clean messages.
A Hong Kong-wide monthly cleaning day will be launched.
Various institutional arrangements will be put in place to monitor and give effect to inter-departmental co-ordination and to maintain momentum in the community, and within Government, for environmental hygiene improvements.
Home Affairs to play co-ordinating role
The Home Affairs Department will play a central co-ordinating role for inter-departmental efforts in district hygiene improvement, as well as community involvement and civic education.
The Secretary for Home Affairs will present quarterly progress reports to the Policy Committee led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, on the progress of Team Clean Phase II measures.
For the next six months, the Chief Secretary for Administration's Office will continue to monitor the overall implementation of Team Clean measures.
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