FEHD enhances enforcement, promotion and education to rigorously fight leaking ac system (with image)
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A representative for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) stated today (May 5) that with the regular usage of air conditioning unit in summer season, the ecological health problems triggered by leaking air conditioning unit are anticipated to be more noteworthy, impacting pedestrians and waiting transit travelers in specific. To this end, the FEHD will perform massive operations from May to September to deal with leaking air conditioning unit. Targeting more than 300 leaking blackspots throughout the area, the third-generation AI Dripping Air Conditioner Investigation System will be released to step up enforcement with a targeted technique, focusing particularly on minimizing annoyances to pedestrians and waiting guests. The operations intend to even more improve enforcement efficiency and enhance ecological health.
The FEHD will completely embrace the third-generation Dripping Air Conditioner Investigation System with AI functions in all districts from this summertime. Geared up with high-precision visual image acknowledgment innovation, the system can immediately spot leaking places and properly determine sources, considerably reducing the time needed for observation and proof collection. It can run successfully regardless of low-light conditions throughout night-time or morning hours, conquering the restraints on enforcement postured by the problems of determining leaking sources throughout particular hours. The system’s ingenious innovation is acknowledged worldwide and has actually made it the Bronze Award in the classification of Engineering and Robotics – Optical Sensing and Spatial Intelligence at the Edison Awards 2026 this April.
In preparation for the upcoming summertime, the FEHD has actually proactively intensified promotion and education efforts to improve public awareness and cultivate a sense of duty relating to leaking a/c. Over the previous 2 weeks (April 16 to 30), FEHD officers performed a series of promotion activities throughout numerous districts, consisting of carefully communicating with District Offices, District Councils (DCs), and regional committees to motivate the general public to deal with and act on the issue of leaking air conditioning system through neighborhood networks, and the involvement of numerous DCs and district organisations in associated promotion activities and work. The FEHD likewise actively teamed up with home management business to help with the circulation of advertising brochures and the screen of posters in structure facilities and real estate estates. Furthermore, the FEHD established marketing cubicles at popular public areas and on streets with high pedestrian circulations to promote public understanding of appropriate air conditioning unit upkeep and preventive steps versus leaking, and to prompt homeowner to proactively and immediately inspect and fix their ac system. Throughout the duration, about 15 000 associated brochures and posters were dispersed throughout about 390 structures and real estate estates. The department will continually share useful details on avoiding leaking ac system to the public through online platforms and thematic web pages.
The spokesperson worried that, in accordance with the general public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132), an individual will be guilty of an offense if he enables his a/c unit to release water in such a way regarding be a health problem to others. If a problem is shown, the FEHD will release a Nuisance Notice to need the owner or occupier of the appropriate properties to stop the annoyance within a given duration. An individual who stops working to comply might be prosecuted and, upon conviction, is responsible to an optimum charge of a fine of $25,000, and an everyday fine of $450 as long as the annoyance continues.
The FEHD contacts members of the general public to inspect their a/c frequently. If water leaking is identified, they ought to expeditiously solve the issue to prevent triggering a problem to others. To learn more on leaking a/c unit, please describe the brochure on the FEHD site (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/library/aircon/Pamphlet_water_dripping_from_air_conditioner.pdf).