WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986
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RATS PROBLEM IN PUBLIC ESTATES WILL REDUCE
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HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF REGULARLY CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS ON THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF FOOD WASTE AND REFUSE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON FRED PANG YUK-LING, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN,
MR PANG SAID THAT AS RATS WERE ATTRACTED TO WHERE FOOD WAS EASILY AVAILABLE, COOKED FOOD CENTRES IN PUBLIC ESTATES WERE REGULARLY INSPECTED TO ENSURE THAT OPERATORS KEPT THEIR PREMISES IN A HYGIENIC CONDITION AND THE COMMON AREAS OF THESE CENTRES WERE ALSO CLEANSED THOROUGHLY EVERY DAY BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
MR PANG SAID THAT WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF TENANTS, THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PEST CONTROL ADVISORY SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AND THE CONTINUING EFFORTS OF HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF, THE PROBLEM OF RATS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WILL GRADUALLY REDUCE.
+ IN ITS EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE INFESTATION OF RATS, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT LIAISES CLOSELY WITH THE PEST CONTROL ADVISORY. SECTION.OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH WHICH ASSISTS IN OFFERING ADVICE AND CO-OPERATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, + MR PANG EXPLAINED,
AS PLANTED AREAS TEND TO PROVIDE HIDING PLACES FOR RATS, MR PANG SAID THESE AREAS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE REGULARLY CLEARED AND TRIMMED, HOLES IN OPEN GROUNDS SEALED OR SCREENED, AND CHEMICAL FERTILISERS USED.
+FURTHERMORE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING SUGGESTIONS BY THE PEST CONTROL ADVISORY SECTION ON THE DESIGN OF FLOWER BEDS AND LANDSCAPED AREAS TO FURTHER INHIBIT THEIR USE BY RATS, HE ADDED.
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