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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 21) that stalls for the 2014 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs will be put up for open auction starting from November 4.
The LNY fairs are to be held at 15 locations and will be open for seven days from January 25 to 31, 2014. A total of 1,166 wet goods stalls, 827 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 18 fast food stalls will be up for auction.
The opening prices range from $540 to $9,190 for wet goods stalls, $630 to $12,030 for dry goods stalls, and $6,440 to $317,020 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, and more. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $35,230, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (November 5) for the Victoria Park LNY Fair.
The six fairs on Hong Kong Island, Islands District and in Kowloon will provide 514 wet goods stalls, 534 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 12 fast food stalls. The fairs will be located at Victoria Park in Eastern District, Tung Chung Soccer Pitch on Lantau Island, 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 November 4 to 6, and from November 12 to 15. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) and 2pm to 4.45pm (PM session).
Details of the auctions and opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park (Eastern District)
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Auction date: November 4 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $317,020 (Stall size: 7.6 metres x 4.8 metres)
Fast food $169,810 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $9,190
Auction date: November 5 (Tuesday)
AM session: Thematic goods and dry goods
PM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic goods $35,230 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $12,030
*for dry goods stall no. 1 to 222
Auction date: November 6 (Wednesday)
AM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $12,030
*for dry goods stall no. 223 to 300
Tung Chung Soccer Pitch (Lantau Island)
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Auction date: November 6 (Wednesday)
PM session: Fast food, wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Fast food $6,440 (Stall size: 4m x 5m)
Wet goods $540
Dry goods $630
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 12 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,990
Fast food $57,040 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $24,650 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $10,990
Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 13 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,120
Fast food $14,100
Dry goods $1,940
Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 14 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,080
Fast food $8,540
Dry goods $3,000
Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 15 (Friday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $710
Fast food $6,440
Dry goods $780
In the New Territories, 652 wet goods stalls, 293 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, Tin Hau Temple Plaza 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 on November 20, 22, 25 to 28, and December 3 and 4 are as follows:
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 20 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $6,440
Wet goods $5,040
Tin Hau Temple Plaza (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 22 (Friday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall, Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and Fast Food
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,020
Wet goods $2,110
Fast food $7,730
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 25 (Monday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,170
Wet goods $700
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: November 26 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,160
Wet goods $1,010
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 27 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $11,970
Wet goods $2,490
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 28 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,040
Wet goods $3,210
Fast Food $7,730
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 3 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,160
Wet goods $1,180
Fast food $6,440
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 3 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $630
Wet goods $540
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: December 4 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Yuen Long District Sports Association Jockey Club Complex
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,900
Wet goods $990
Fast food $7,730
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 January 22 to 24, 2014. 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 January 31 (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 January 31 (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 2014 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/Monday, October 21, 2013
Issued at HKT 19:17
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