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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 14) that stalls at the 2010 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs would be put up for open auction starting from October 28.
The 2010 LNY fairs to be held at 14 locations will be open for seven days from February 8 to 14. 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 $7,820 for wet goods stalls; $540 to $8,740 for dry goods stalls; and $4,670 to $230,180 for fast food stalls.
Apart from wet goods stalls, dry goods stalls and fast food stalls, eight thematic stalls will also be set up in the Victoria Park LNY Fair for sale of festive commodities such as LNY food/goods, spring couplets (fai chun), drawings, paper cuttings, fortune string knots and crockery, etc.. However, selling of cooked food and drinks or cooking in the stalls is not allowed. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $28,850, will take place on the second day when stalls of the Victoria Park LNY Fair will be up for bidding.
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, 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, on October 28 and 29, and from November 2 to 5 respectively. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4.45pm.
Details of the auctions and the opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park (Eastern)
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Auction date: October 28 (Wednesday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $230,180 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $123,290 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $7,820
Auction date: October 29 (Thursday)
AM session: Thematic dry goods and dry goods
PM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic dry goods $28,850 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $8,740
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 2 (Monday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,250
Fast food $41,420 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $18,140 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $7,980
Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 3 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,810
Fast food $10,230
Dry goods $1,650
Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 4 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,620
Fast food $6,200
Dry goods $2,180
Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 5 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $610
Fast food $4,670
Dry goods $660
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, the 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. Details of the auctions for these stalls to be held at 9.30am from November 9 to December 23 are as follows:
Open space in front of Tin Hau Temple (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 9 (Monday)
Auction venue: Cultural Activities Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,200
Wet goods $1,800
Fast food $5,620
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: November 11 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $540
Wet goods $460
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: November 11 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,570
Wet goods $860
Fast food $4,670
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 24 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $4,670
Wet goods $3,780
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 25 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $8,690
Wet goods $2,120
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 26 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Kwai Fong Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,300
Wet goods $510
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: December 3 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,570
Wet goods $730
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: December 10 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,380
Wet goods $720
Fast food $5,620
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: December 23 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,480
Wet goods $2,330
Fast Food $5,620
A bidder for the LNY fair stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily resident in Hong Kong.
Anyone can bid for more than one stall. A successful bidder must pay the bid price of the stall immediately after the auction or will forfeit the 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 February 5 to 7. In the event of any unforeseeable reasons that cause a reduction of the whole fair period (including the duration for setting up and 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 14.
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 14.
For more information about the auctions, please call the FEHD hotline 2868 0000.
Details will also be available on the department website: www.fehd.gov.hk .
Ends/Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:18
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