- Disinfect 258 hygiene blackspots in 99 public estates

- Hose busy streets every second day instead of weekly

- Disinfect twice a week in areas where hawkers are concentrated

What the government proposes to do after public consultation:

- Publish the names of litterbugs

- Cancel the public estate tenancy of repeat litterbugs

- Ban the sale of live poultry

- Provide loans to help owners' corporations improve management of their buildings

WHAT OUR PANEL SUGGESTS

Ben Chan Kok-wah, Kwun Tung district councillor

'I think increasing the littering penalty to $1,500 will only work for a short time. Stopping the import of poultry doesn't help because there is no evidence that they are a major source of disease.

There should be a reward-and-penalty system: if people help clean the city, they should be publicly recognised or commended.'

Yip Hing-kwok, resident and chairman of Amoy Gardens Owners' Joint Committee

'It should be a priority to improve ventilation and air-conditioning at wet markets. Banning the import of poultry will create more problems like lay-offs. Terminating the tenancy of public housing estates' residents is too harsh, penalising not only the wrongdoers but also their families. Instead offenders should be made to do community service. Repeat littering offenders should be jailed for one or more days.

Because each district has its own unique hygiene problems, a unique theme to raise community involvement should be developed for each district. I think closed-circuit TVs should be used to monitor hygiene blackspots.'

Fred Li Wah-ming, Democratic Party legislator

'I believe we should strengthen the enforcement of the existing littering law instead of increasing the penalty. The cost of stopping the importation of poultry would be too high, because it would totally change the habits of local people.

Closed-circuit TV should be installed to monitor hygiene blackspots. Cutting the amount of welfare assistance to litterbugs would also deter them.'