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Lunar New Year fair stall auctions to start in early November
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      The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 24) that stalls at the 2017 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs will be put up for open auction starting from November 7.

     The LNY fairs are to be held at 15 locations and will be open for seven days from January 22 to 28, 2017. A total of 1 154 wet goods stalls, 839 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 17 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.

     The opening prices range from $610 to $10,490 for wet goods stalls, $720 to $13,710 for dry goods stalls, and $7,340 to $361,360 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. The auction for these thematic stalls, with an opening price of $40,150, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (November 8) for the Victoria Park LNY Fair.

    The six fairs on Hong Kong Island, in Islands District and in Kowloon will provide 502 wet goods stalls, 546 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 11 fast food stalls. The fairs will be located at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Tat Tung Road Garden in Tung Chung, Fa Hui Park and Cheung Sha Wan Playground in Sham Shui Po, Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong Recreation Ground.

    The auctions for stalls of the five LNY fairs in Causeway Bay, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, from November 7 to 9 and from November 14 to 17. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) and 2pm until completion of the auction (PM session).

Details of the auctions and opening prices are as follows:

Victoria Park (Causeway Bay)
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Auction date: November 7 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $361,360 (Stall size: 7.6 m x 4.8m)
Fast food $193,560 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $10,490

Auction date: November 8 (Tuesday)
Stall type: Thematic goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic goods $40,150 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $13,710
*for dry goods stall nos. 1 to 144

Auction date: November 9 (Wednesday)
Stall type: Dry goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $13,710
*for dry goods stall nos. 145 to 300

Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 14 (Monday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $5,680
Fast food $65,010 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $28,090 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $12,530

Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 15 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,410
Fast food $16,070 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $2,210

Kwun Tong Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 16 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,510
Fast food $9,730 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $3,420

Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 17 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $800
Fast food $7,340 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $890

    The auction for stalls of Tat Tung Road Garden LNY Fair in Tung Chung will be held at Rooms 1403, 1404 and 1414, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, on November 11 (Friday). The auction session is scheduled from 9.30am until completion of the auction. The opening prices of wet goods and dry goods stalls are $610 and $720 respectively.

   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 until completion on November 18, 22, 24, 28, 29, 30 and December 2 and 8, are as follows:

Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 18 (Friday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,620
Wet goods $790

Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 22 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $7,340
Wet goods $5,750

Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 24 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tin Fai Road Community Hall, Yuen Long
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,170
Wet goods $1,120
Fast food $8,800 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)

Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: November 28 (Monday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,460
Wet goods $1,140

Tin Hau Temple Plaza (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 29 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall, Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,440
Wet goods $2,400
Fast food $8,800 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)

Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 30 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Tai Wo Neighbourhood Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,330
Wet goods $3,660
Fast Food $8,800 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
 
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall, Sai Kung
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $720
Wet goods $610

Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall, Sai Kung
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,460
Wet goods $1,340
Fast food $7,340 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)

Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: December 8 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $13,640
Wet goods $2,850

    Bidders for 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 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 January 19 to 21, 2017. 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 January 28 (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 28 (9am for the Victoria Park LNY Fair).

    According to the licence agreement, except inside designated stalls, licensees shall not keep or store or use helium cylinders in the licenced area. Whereas licensees of designated stalls could keep or store or use helium cylinders in the licenced area, the quantity of helium should be such that a licence is not required pursuant to Regulation 74 of the Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations (Cap 295B), i.e. one cylinder of helium deemed to be equivalent to 5 litres of helium.

        In addition, sale of fish has been strictly prohibited at the LNY fairs since this year and aquarium fish has been deleted from the list of permitted commodities of the licence agreement.

        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 2017 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 24, 2016
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