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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 25) that stalls of the coming Che Kung Festival Fair would be put up for public auction on November 13.
The annual fair will be held from February 4 to 21, 2008 at Chui Tin Street Soccer Pitch in Sha Tin. The opening prices for the 44 dry goods stalls and four wet goods stalls are $2,520 and $790 respectively.
The auction will begin at 2.30pm on November 13 at the Auditorium of Sha Tin Town Hall. Dry goods stalls will be put up for auction first, followed by the wet goods stalls. Bidders must be at least 18 years old and children under six years of age will not be allowed to enter the auction venue.
Anyone can bid for more than one stall. A successful bidder is required to pay the bid price of the stall at the fall of the hammer. Bidders who use dishonoured cheques or fail to pay the sum required immediately after the auction will be sued and recovery action on the bid prices in arrears may also be taken.
Successful bidders who fail to pay the sum required immediately after the auction will forfeit their right and the stalls concerned will be put up for re-auction immediately.
Stall licensees must completely remove the stall structure and all paraphernalia, together with all refuse, debris and unsold commodities (whether damaged or otherwise), from the licensed area before 10pm on February 21.
Stall licensees should not mutilate, destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at and in the vicinity of their stalls. They may surrender those unsold flowers and plants left behind at the stall to the department at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 10pm on February 21.
For more information, interested bidders can call the FEHD's Sha Tin District Environmental Hygiene Office at 2634 0134.
Details are also available at the FEHD website: www.fehd.gov.hk.
Ends/Thursday, October 25, 2007
Issued at HKT 15:01
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