Women have to stand in line longer to access a public toilet partly because they may take longer, but also because there are simply not enough loos and sanitary facilities in Hong Kong for women, according to a new report by the Audit Commission.

The report, released on Wednesday, detailed a range of areas in which the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) - which managed 798 public toilets with flushing systems as of June this year - had not met government guidelines.