FEHD holds award discussion event of Anti-rodent Partner Awards 2026 (with images)
***************************************************************************************
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) held the award discussion event of Anti-rodent Partner Awards 2026 today (April 23). The Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong, and the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Mr Donald Ng, officiated at the event and provided awards and certificates to agents of the granted organisations and groups.
The FEHD introduced the Anti-rodent Charter (the Charter) at the end of 2024 to motivate property properties and stakeholders to improve rodent avoidance and control at source. By executing ecological management procedures and promoting citizens’ involvement, a long-lasting anti-rodent system can be slowly developed. The property facilities that have actually signed the Charter covers over 720 000 homes to date, showing the significance connected by the neighborhood to rodent avoidance and control.
To applaud facilities with impressive efficiency in rodent control, the FEHD released the Anti-rodent Partner Awards 2026 in January this year, including 4 award classifications: Outstanding Anti-rodent Partner Award, Distinguished Anti-rodent Liaison Ambassadors Award, Technology Application Award and Innovation Award. Through these awards, the FEHD intends to inspire more stakeholders to take part in rodent avoidance and control work, and improve locals’ attention and engagement towards ecological health to collectively produce a rodent-free environment. The department got over 320 elections from numerous real estate estates and neighborhood groups throughout Hong Kong, totally showing the neighborhood’s mobilisation and cohesion in combating rodent invasion.
Speaking at the event, Miss Wong stated that efficient rodent avoidance and control needs collaborations by the Government and the neighborhood. By continually enhancing ecological health, making use of innovation and enhancing public education, the danger of rodent invasion might be decreased through a multipronged technique. The FEHD is carrying out a brand-new data-driven rodent control method, making use of information from rodent activity studies to optimise the release of workforce and resources for more targeted actions, thus boosting the efficiency of rodent control work.
She stressed that rodent avoidance and control needs the joint involvement of all sectors of society and appealed for more organisations to sign up with the Charter. She likewise revealed that, beginning today, the Charter would be reached cover shopping center. Home management business, operators and owners of shopping center are welcomed to sign the Charter to extend rodent avoidance and control procedures to various sectors of the neighborhood, and collectively boost the total ecological health of Hong Kong.
A rodent avoidance and control workshop was held by the FEHD following the award discussion event to share experience with anti-rodent intermediary ambassadors in keeping track of rodent control work and presenting bottom lines relating to rodent control tools and strategies. The place likewise included exhibit boards to present the Charter and supply details on rodent avoidance and control.
The FEHD will continue to enhance cooperation with different stakeholders and raise public awareness of ecological health through promotion and education, motivating the adoption of excellent living practices to lower rodent invasion dangers at source.
For the recipients list of the Anti-rodent Partner Awards 2026 and the current details on the Charter, please check out the FEHD’s site: www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pestcontrol/anti_rodent_charter.html.