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¡@¡@The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (November 13) that stalls of the coming Che Kung Festival Fair would be put up for public auction on November 28.
¡@¡@The annual fair will be held from January 23 to February 9, 2009, 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 28 at Wo Che Community Hall, Wo Che Estate, Sha Tin. Dry goods stalls will be auctioned 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. 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.
¡@¡@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 9.
¡@¡@Stall licensees should not mutilate, destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at or in the vicinity of their stalls. They may surrender unsold flowers and plants left behind at the stall to the department, at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 10pm on February 9.
¡@¡@For more information about the auction, please call the FEHD¡¦s Sha Tin District Environmental Hygiene Office at 2634 0134.
¡@¡@Details are also available on the FEHD website: www.fehd.gov.hk.
Ends/Thursday, November 13, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:29
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