An average of 6,000 complaints of nuisances caused by public housing tenants are received each year - and last year 2,400 were related to noise.
This was disclosed by the housing chief yesterday in response to a legislator's question.
More than 50 cases were caused by suspected psychiatric patients, Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands Michael Suen Ming-yeung said in a written reply.
But he said the Housing Department had no plans to recruit social workers to handle these cases.
'The cases involving psychiatric patients were referred to the Social Welfare Department for follow-up action,' he wrote.
'The Housing Department would handle such cases carefully and liaise closely with the Social Welfare Department. The existing mechanism is operating effectively.'
After noise nuisance was included under the marking scheme this year, where a tenancy will be terminated if 16 points are accumulated, 2,400 complaints were received.
