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1. Construction companies fined for mosquito breeding

1. Construction companies fined for mosquito breeding
Hong Kong Government, 2 January 2003

Two construction companies were fined for mosquito breeding in their construction sites at the Tsuen Wan Magistracy today (January 2).

One of the companies, Fong On Construction and Engineering Company Limited, was fined $10,000. It was prosecuted for mosquito breeding following an inspection by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) to a construction site under its management at KCTL 480, 100 Kwai Luen Road, Kwai Chung on September 23 last year.

The other company, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, was fined $3,500 for a summons issued on September 24 last year for mosquito breeding in a construction site at Phase II, Tsing Yi Area 10.

Under Section 27(3) of Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, an appointed contractor of a construction site shall be guilty of an offence if larvae or pupae of mosquitoes are found in any accumulation of water in the site. The maximum fine under this law is $25,000 with a daily fine of $450.

A spokesman for the FEHD said that the department would conduct regular inspections to construction sites to prevent the outbreak of Dengue Fever. Prosecution will be taken out against site management at once for mosquito breeding.

He called on the public to report mosquito problems through the department's hotline 2868 0000.