Lunar New Year fair stall auctions to start early this month
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The LNY fairs are to be held at 15 locations and will be open for seven days from February 10 to 16, 2018. A total of 1 154 wet goods stalls, 854 dry goods stalls, eight thematic stalls and 17 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.
The opening prices range from $620 to $10,650 for wet goods stalls, $730 to $13,920 for dry goods stalls, and $7,450 to $366,780 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 $40,750, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (November 7) 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, 561 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 LNY fair stalls in Causeway Bay, and the four fairs in Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, from November 6 to 8 and Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices, 19 Lai Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, from November 14 to 17 respectively. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) and 2pm until completion of the auction (PM session).
The auction for stalls at Tat Tung Road Garden LNY Fair in Tung Chung will be held at Rooms 1413 and 1414, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, on November 10 (Friday). The auction session is scheduled from 9.30am until completion of the auction.
Details of the auctions and opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park (Causeway Bay)
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Auction date: November 6 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $366,780 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $196,460 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $10,650
Auction date: November 7 (Tuesday)
Stall type: Thematic goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic goods $40,750 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $13,920
*for dry goods stall Nos. 1 to 144
Auction date: November 8 (Wednesday)
Stall type: Dry goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $13,920
*for dry goods stall Nos. 145 to 300
Tat Tung Road Garden (Tung Chung)
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Auction date: November 10 (Friday)
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $620
Dry goods $730
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 14 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $5,770
Fast food $65,990 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $28,510 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $12,720
Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 15 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,450
Fast food $16,310 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $2,240
Kwun Tong Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 16 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,560
Fast food $9,880 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $3,470
Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 17 (Friday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $810
Fast food $7,450 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Dry goods $900
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 Kwai Chung Sports Ground in Kwai Tsing, Yuen Wo Playground in Sha Tin, Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground in Yuen Long, Shek Wu Hui Playground in North District, Tin Hau Temple Plaza in Tuen Mun, Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square in Tai Po, Man Yee Playground in Sai Kung, Po Hong Park in Tseung Kwan O and Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan. Details of the auctions for these stalls, to be held at 9.30am until completion on November 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30 and December 1, are as follows:
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 20 (Monday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,670
Wet goods $800
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 21 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $7,450
Wet goods $5,840
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 23 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tin Fai Road Community Hall, Yuen Long
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,200
Wet goods $1,140
Fast food $8,930 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: November 24 (Friday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,500
Wet goods $1,160
Tin Hau Temple Plaza (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 27 (Monday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall, Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,490
Wet goods $2,440
Fast food $8,930 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 28 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,360
Wet goods $3,710
Fast Food $8,930 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: November 30 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $730
Wet goods $620
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: November 30 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,500
Wet goods $1,360
Fast food $7,450 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: December 1 (Friday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $13,840
Wet goods $2,890
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 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 7 to 9, 2018. In the event of any unforeseeable incident that will cause reduction of the whole licence period (including the duration for setting up and the fair), the Government will have a right to postpone the commencement date and shorten the duration of the period. The bidding price (licence fee) paid will be refunded to the successful bidder on a pro-rata basis without interest payment.
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 16 (9am for the Victoria Park LNY Fair).
Stall licensees should not destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at and 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 16 (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 2016 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 2018 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 are available at the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk). For enquiries, please call the FEHD hotline 2868 0000.
Ends/Thursday, November 2, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:35
Issued at HKT 16:35
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