Federal government and home management market sign up with hands to avoid chikungunya fever with significant expert workshop to boost neighborhood mosquito control capability (with images)
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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and the Property Management Services Authority (PMSA) hosted a massive workshop for the residential or commercial property management sector today (August 19). The occasion intended to offer the most recent details on chikungunya fever (CF) and mosquito avoidance and control steps, even more reinforcing the neighborhood’s mosquito and illness avoidance network.
The workshop was targeted at holders of the Property Management Practitioner Licence and residential or commercial property management specialists. The Chairman of the PMSA, Dr Wong Kong-tin, provided a welcome speech, and the Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food), Ms Irene Young, likewise attended to the workshop. Medical and Health Officer of the Communicable Diseases Branch of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Dr Lui Siu-yee; and Head of the Disease Response and Education Unit of the FEHD, Ms Tsang Wing-sze, shared updates on CF, in addition to the methods and steps for mosquito avoidance and control.
In her speech, Ms Young stated, “The Environment and Ecology Bureau is highly concerned about the recent imported cases of CF. Effective mosquito control requires the collaboration not only among government departments but also among stakeholders and every member of the public. The property management industry, whose work is closely intertwined with people’s daily lives, plays a crucial role in maintaining environmental hygiene. The Government will continue to work closely with the industry on various fronts to improve living environment and hygiene standards of the properties across Hong Kong.”
The PMSA stated that the market will actively support the federal government’s mosquito control efforts and use the understanding discovered to everyday operations, consisting of reinforcing evaluations in homes, clearing stagnant water and providing mosquito avoidance details to homeowners.
The FEHD gets in touch with home management sector to work together with the Government to step up mosquito avoidance and control steps within their residential or commercial properties. These consist of:
- Enhancing promotion of mosquito avoidance and control by showing marketing posters, brochures or notifications at real estate estates, lift lobbies and popular locations to raise locals’ awareness of mosquito avoidance;
- Designating designated personnel for mosquito avoidance and control work, and perform examinations of typical locations of the home a minimum of when a week;
- Preserving ecological health, effectively deal with water-storing garbage in covered litter containers;
- Firmly cover all water containers, water tank and wells;
- Altering water in flower vases and containers with water plants a minimum of as soon as a week, and get rid of the water from dishes;
- Keeping drains pipes clear to avoid blocking, scrub and tidy drains pipes and surface area drain channels with alkaline cleaning agent a minimum of when a week;
- Making big holes in tires utilized as anti-bumping procedure and fill bamboo stumps with sand or soil in parking lot to present build-up of water;
- Leveling unequal ground surface areas, and fill essential holes on manhole covers with sand or cover them with plastic essential hole plugs or sticky tape; and
- Examining umbrella stands, holders and air-conditioner drip trays to avoid water build-up.
Around 230 home management experts went to the workshop face to face while over 2 900 individuals enjoyed the live broadcast online.