Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Email this article news.gov.hk
Lunar New Year fair stall auctions to start in late October
***********************************************************

     The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 10) that stalls at the 2013 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs will be put up for open auction starting from October 24.

     The 2013 LNY fairs are to be held at 14 locations and will be open for seven days from February 4 to 10. A total of 1,171 wet goods stalls, 817 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 16 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.

     The opening prices range from $510 to $8,750 for wet goods stalls, $600 to $11,460 for dry goods stalls, and $6,130 to $301,920 for fast food stalls.

     Apart from wet goods, dry goods and fast food stalls, eight thematic stalls will also be set up in the Victoria Park LNY Fair to sell festive commodities such as LNY food, spring couplets (Fai Chun), LNY decorations and goods, etc. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $33,550, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (October 25) for the Victoria Park LNY Fair.

     The five fairs on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon will provide 502 wet goods stalls, 524 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 11 fast food stalls. The fairs will be located at Victoria Park in Eastern District, Fa Hui Park and Cheung Sha Wan Playground in Sham Shui Po, Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin and Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground in Kwun Tong.

     The auctions for these stalls will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, from October 24 to 25, and from October 29 to November 1. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) and 2pm to 4.45pm (PM session).

     Details of the auctions and the opening prices are as follows:

Victoria Park (Eastern District)
--------------------------------
Auction date: October 24 (Wednesday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $301,920 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $161,720 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $8,750

Auction date: October 25 (Thursday)
AM session: Thematic goods and dry goods
PM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic goods $33,550 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $11,460

Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
--------------------------
Auction date: October 29 (Monday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,750
Fast food $54,320 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $23,480 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $10,470

Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
-------------------------
Auction date: October 30 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,020
Fast food $13,430
Dry goods $1,850

Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
--------------------------------------------
Auction date: October 31 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,930
Fast food $8,130
Dry goods $2,860

Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
----------------------------------------
Auction date: November 1 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $680
Fast food $6,130
Dry goods $740

     In the New Territories, 669 wet goods stalls, 293 dry goods stalls and five 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, Shek Pai Tau Playground 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. Details of the auctions for these stalls to be held at 9.30am from November 2, November 5 to 8, November 12 to 13, and November 15 are as follows:

Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
-----------------------------
Auction date: November 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $600
Wet goods $510

Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
----------------------------
Auction date: November 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,060
Wet goods $1,120
Fast food $6,130

Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
---------------------------------------
Auction date: November 5 (Monday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,060
Wet goods $960

Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
-----------------------------------------------
Auction date: November 6 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Yuen Long District Sports Association
               Jockey Club Complex
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,810
Wet goods $940
Fast food $7,360

Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
-------------------------------------
Auction date: November 7 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government
               Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,020
Wet goods $670

Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
----------------------------------------
Auction date: November 8 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,940
Wet goods $3,060
Fast Food $7,360

Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
------------------------------------
Auction date: November 12 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $11,400
Wet goods $2,370

Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
----------------------------
Auction date: November 13 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $6,130
Wet goods $4,800

Shek Pai Tau Playground (Tuen Mun)
----------------------------------
Auction date: November 15 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall,
               Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,880
Wet goods $2,010

     Bidders for LNY fair stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinary residents in Hong Kong.

     Anyone can bid for more than one stall. A bidder must pay the bid price and register in his or her own name as the licensee of the stall immediately after successfully bidding for a stall. The bidder is also required to sign at once an express warranty and a licence agreement with the FEHD, or will forfeit the rights to operate the stall.

     All fair sites will be made available three days in advance for the setting up of stalls from February 1 to 3, 2013. In the event of any unforeseeable reasons that cause a reduction of the whole fair period (including the duration for setting up and the duration of 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 February 10 (9am for the Victoria Park LNY Fair).

     Stall licensees should not mutilate, destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at or in the vicinity of the stall. They may surrender unsold flowers and plants left behind at the stall to the FEHD at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 7am on February 10 (9am for the Victoria Park LNY Fair).

     An FEHD spokesman said, "Successful bidders shall comply with all the stipulations and provisions as set out in the licence agreement. Otherwise, the department is entitled to terminate the agreement and the licensee shall immediately vacate the stall."

     Details of the 2013 LNY Fairs, such as the public notice, location and layout of the fair venues, commodities allowed for sale at the fair stalls, open auction arrangements and related rules, and samples of the licence agreement and express warranty, are available at the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk).

     For enquiries, please call the FEHD hotline 2868 0000.

Ends/Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:57

NNNN

Print this page