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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 28) that stalls at the 2009 Lunar New Year fairs would be put up for open auction starting November 12.
The 2009 Lunar New Year fairs to be held at 14 locations will be open for seven days from January 20-26. A total of 1,171 wet goods stalls, 824 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 17 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.
The opening prices range from $460 to $7,840 for wet goods stalls; $540 to $8,760 for dry goods stalls; and $4,680 to $191,820 for fast food stalls.
In addition, apart from wet goods stalls, dry goods stalls and fast food stalls, eight thematic stalls will be set up in the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair, in which festive goods such as Lunar New Year food, scrolls, paintings, paper cuttings, lucky string knots and pottery can be sold. However, selling of cooked food and drinks or cooking in the stalls are not allowed. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $28,910, will take place on the first day when stalls of the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair are up for bidding.
There will be 502 wet goods stalls, 524 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 11 fast food stalls in the five fairs on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon. The fairs are located at Victoria Park, Fa Hui Park, Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Morse Park and Kwun Tong Recreation Ground.
In the New Territories, 669 wet goods stalls, 300 dry goods stalls and six fast food stalls will be set up at nine fairs.
They are located at Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung Sports Ground in Kwai Tsing, open space in front of Tin Hau Temple in Tuen Mun, Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground in Yuen Long, Shek Wu Hui Playground in North District, Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square in Tai Po, Yuen Wo Playground in Sha Tin, Man Yee Playground in Sai Kung and Po Hong Park in Tseung Kwan O.
The auctions for Lunar New Year Fair stalls in Hong Kong and Kowloon will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, on November 12 and 13, and from November 14, 17 to 19. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2.15pm to 4.45pm. Details of the auctions and the opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park
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Auction date: November 12 (Wednesday)
AM session: Fast food, thematic dry goods and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $191,820 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $102,740 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Thematic dry goods $28,910 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Wet goods $7,840
Auction date: November 13 (Thursday)
AM & PM sessions: Dry goods
Opening price: $8,760
Fa Hui Park
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Auction date: November 14 (Friday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,260
Fast food $36,730 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $15,120 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $8,000
Morse Park
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Auction date: November 17 (Monday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,810
Fast food $10,250
Dry goods $1,650
Kwun Tong Recreation Ground
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Auction date: November 18 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,620
Fast food $5,170
Dry goods $2,180
Cheung Sha Wan Playground
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Auction date: November 19 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $610
Fast food $4,680
Dry goods $660
Auctions for Lunar New Year fair stalls in the New Territories will be held from November 24 to December 15. Except auction for Sha Tsui Road Playground Lunar New Year Fair stalls which will be held at 10.30am, auctions for stalls at other fairs in the New Territories will begin at 9.30am. Details are as follows:
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 24 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,120
Dry goods $8,710
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: November 26 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $460
Dry goods $540
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: November 26 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $860
Dry goods $1,570
Fast food $4,680
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 28 (Friday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,790
Dry goods $4,680
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: December 4 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $720
Dry goods $1,150
Fast food $4,680
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: December 9 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Kwai Fong Community Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $510
Dry goods $2,140
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: December 10 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,330
Dry goods $1,480
Fast Food $4,680
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: December 11 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $730
Dry goods $1,570
Open space in front of Tin Hau Temple (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: December 15 (Monday)
Auction venue: Cultural Activities Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,800
Dry goods $2,200
Fast food $4,680
Bidders for the Lunar New Year Fair stalls must be at least 18 years old.
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. Legal proceedings will be instituted against bidders who use dishonoured cheques or fail to pay the sum required immediately after the auction and recovery action on the bid prices in arrears may also be taken.
A successful bidder who fails to pay the sum required immediately after the auction will forfeit his or her right to the stall and the stall concerned will be re-auctioned immediately.
All fair sites will be made available three days in advance for the setting up of stalls from January 17-19. In the event of any unforeseeable reasons that will cause a reduction of the whole fair period (including the duration for setting up and the fair), the first two days of the remaining period will be restricted to setting up of stalls by successful bidders and the venue will not be opened to the public. The bidding price paid will be refunded to the successful bidder on a pro-rata basis.
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 7am on January 26.
Stall licensees should not mutilate, destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at or in the vicinity of the stall. They may surrender those unsold flowers and plants left behind at the stall to the department at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 7am on January 26.
For more information about the auctions, please can call the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department hotline 2868 0000.
Details are also available from tomorrow (October 29) on the department website: www.fehd.gov.hk.
Ends/Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:25
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