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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 20) that stalls at the 2015 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs will be put up for open auction starting from November 3.
The LNY fairs are to be held at 15 locations and will be open for seven days from February 13 to 19, 2015. A total of 1 164 wet goods stalls, 847 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 17 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.
The opening prices range from $560 to $9,590 for wet goods stalls, $660 to $12,550 for dry goods stalls, and $6,720 to $330,650 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) and LNY decorations and goods. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $36,740, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (November 4) for the Victoria Park LNY Fair.
The six fairs on Hong Kong Island, in Islands District and in Kowloon will provide 512 wet goods stalls, 554 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 11 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 3 to 5, and from November 10 to 13. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) (the auction on November 10 starts at 10am) 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 3 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $330,650 (stall size: 7.6 metres x 4.8m)
Fast food $177,110 (stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $9,590
Auction date: November 4 (Tuesday)
AM session: Thematic goods and dry goods
PM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic goods $36,740 (stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $12,550
*for dry goods stalls No. 1 to 222
Auction date: November 5 (Wednesday)
AM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $12,550
*for dry goods stalls No. 223 to 300
Tung Chung Soccer Pitch (Lantau Island)
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Auction date: November 5 (Wednesday)
PM session: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $560
Dry goods $660
Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 10 (Monday)
AM session*: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,210
Fast food $14,710
Dry goods $2,020
* AM session scheduled from 10am to 12.30pm
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 11 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $5,200
Fast food $59,490 (stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $25,710 (stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $11,460
Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 12 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,210
Fast food $8,910
Dry goods $3,130
Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 13 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $740
Fast food $6,720
Dry goods $810
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 18, 19, 21, 24, 25 and 28 and December 2 and 3 are as follows:
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 18 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $12,480
Wet goods $2,600
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 19 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,130
Wet goods $3,350
Fast Food $8,060
Tin Hau Temple Plaza (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 21 (Friday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall, Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,150
Wet goods $2,200
Fast food $8,060
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 24 (Monday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,310
Wet goods $730
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 25 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $6,720
Wet goods $5,260
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 28 (Friday)
Auction venue: Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,980
Wet goods $1,030
Fast food $8,060
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: December 2 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,250
Wet goods $1,050
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 3 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $660
Wet goods $560
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 3 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,250
Wet goods $1,230
Fast food $6,720
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 person with 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 10 to 12, 2015. In the event of any unforeseeable reasons that cause a reduction of the whole fair period (including the duration for setting up and that 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 19 (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 19 (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 2015 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 20, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:34
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