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+ IN THE PROCESS, 1 000 TONNES OF REFUSE ARE COLLECTED DAILY, HE SAID.
DISTRICT HYGIENE WORK, WHICH TOOK UP THE BULK OF THE RSD HEALTH INSPECTORATE'S RESOURCES, INCLUDED CONTROL OF LICENSED PREMISES, DETECTION AND ABATEMENT OF SANITARY NUISANCES, RODENT AND PEST CONTROL, WATER HYGIENE (INCLUDING SAMPLING FOR CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSES), FOOD HYGIENE, AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON LICENSED PREMISES,
+AS AT JULY 31, 1985, THERE WERE 4 743 LICENCES AND PERMITS IN FORCE FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER SERVICE OPERATIONS. THESE PREMISES ARE REGULARLY INSPECTED BY THE DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTORS, MR LI SAID.
THE RSD WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF 37 PUBLIC MARKETS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. THEY PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 4 456 STALLS. THERE ARE ALSO 4 314 LICENSED HAWKERS (1 808 FIXED PITCH AND 2 506 ITINERANT). THE NUMBER OF UNLICENSED HAWKERS WAS ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE REGION OF 2 000.
+TO KEEP HAWKERS UNDER CONTROL, THE DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE FIELD ENFORCEMENT ACTION SUCH AS ARRESTS, SEIZURES AND DISPERSION. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REORDERING AND RESITING HAWKERS INTO PURPOSE-BUILT PUBLIC MARKETS, + MR LI SAID.
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IN 1984, RSD'S MEAT INSPECTORS INSPECTED A TOTAL OF 867 667 PIG CARCASSES AND 43 963 CATTLE CARCASSES IN THE THREE PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, 1 076 APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES-PERMITS WERE PROCESSED BY ITS LICENSING SECTION WHILE THE PROSECUTION SECTION TOOK 11 536 CASES TO THE COURTS, RESULTING IN TOTAL FINES OF $3 171 073.
AT THE SAME TIME THE RSD WOULD BE REPLACING SOME OF THE EXISTING 200-LITRE METAL DRUMS USED FOR STORAGE OF REFUSE IN TRANSIT WITH PURPOSE-DESIGNED 600-LITRE RECTANGULAR PLASTIC CONTAINERS.
MR LI SAID THESE NEW RECTANGULAR CONTAINERS COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH TRADITIONAL REFUSE DRUMS AS THEY HAD A BIGGER CAPACITY AND LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY.
+BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURES, THEY CAN ALSO BE FITTED TO THE SPECIAL LIFTING DEVICE OF A REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE FOR MECHANICAL LOADING. A RESULT OF THIS IS THAT TWO LESS REFUSE LOADERS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH REFUSE COLLECTION ROUTE. IT WOULD ADD TO A TOTAL SAVINGS PER ROUTE PER YEAR OF ABOUT $98 000, + HE ADDED.
/EXTENSIVE TRIALS