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Dirty, stinky alleys are back
"We haven't received order to carry out regular checks to the rear lane of 18- 20 Fuk Wing Street," Mr Chan said.
A spokeswoman for the FEHD, meanwhile, declined to comment on the latest situation of the black spots.
She just said the department conducted daily cleaning at the problematic spots identified by Varsity.
But the government is being criticised
for giving priority to improve the hygiene
conditions of locations that are obvious
and have been complained by the public.
"The government will only concern about the matter when there are complaints," said Mr Tang, the Sha Tin district councillor.
One of the black spots that is more noticeable to the public and has kept clean is the rear lane of 9-13 Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok, a crowded district popular for shopping.
"Police and inspectors (from the FEHD) patrol here everyday," said a shoes hawker in Tung Choi Street.
The hawker, who only gave her name
as Ms Yu, said the uneven ground surface
was smoothed out and items abandoned
in the lane were removed.
"It is much cleaner than before. There
has been no disgusting smell since 2003,"
she said.
To improve the city's hygiene, the
chairman of the Legislative Council's
food safety and environmental hygiene
panel, Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, said the
public should play their role and be more
aware of the cleanliness problems.
"Improving hygiene conditions should be a culture of the community, and that relies on public cooperation," the lawmaker said. "After all, the public is the best inspector for the government."
Leung Lai says Fuk Wing Street is much dirtier
now.