The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (November 15) reminded interested parties to join auctions which will start next Tuesday (November 19) for stalls at the 2020 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs in the New Territories.
 
     The nine LNY fairs will be held at Yuen Wo Playground in Sha Tin, Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square in Tai Po, Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground in Yuen Long, Kwai Chung Sports Ground in Kwai Tsing, Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan, Tin Hau Temple Plaza in Tuen Mun, Shek Wu Hui Playground in North District, Man Yee Playground in Sai Kung and Po Hong Park in Tseung Kwan O, with a total of 711 wet goods stalls and seven fast food stalls. The auctions are scheduled from 9.30am until completion of the auction between the period of November 19 and December 9.

     Details of the auction date, venue, number of stalls and opening prices are as follows:
 
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 19 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Number of stalls: Wet goods (72)
Opening price: $2,990
 
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 21 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, G/F, Tai Wo Neighbourhood Community Centre, Tai Wo Estate, Tai Po
Number of stalls: Wet goods (50) and fast food (2)
Opening prices:
Wet goods: $1,900
Fast food: $4,570 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
 
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 27 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Yuen Long Town East Community Hall
Number of stalls: Wet goods (108) and fast food (2)
Opening prices:
Wet goods: $590
Fast food: $4,570 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
 
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 28 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Number of stalls: Wet goods (98)
Opening price: $410
 
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 29 (Friday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices
Number of stalls: Wet goods (154)
Opening price: $1,480
 
Tin Hau Temple Plaza (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: December 4 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall, Tuen Mun
Number of stalls: Wet goods (71) and fast food (1)
Opening prices:
Wet goods: $1,250
Fast food: $4,570 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
 
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: December 5 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Number of stalls: Wet goods (84)
Opening price: $600
 
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 9 (Monday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall, Sai Kung
Number of stalls: Wet goods (20)
Opening price: $320
 
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 9 (Monday)
Auction venue: Hang Hau Community Hall, Sai Kung
Number of stalls: Wet goods (54) and fast food (2)
Opening prices:
Wet goods: $700
Fast food: $3,810 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
 
     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.
     
     The Government may without cause postpone the commencement date and shorten the duration of the licensed period (including the duration for setting up stalls and business period of the fair), or suspend or cancel the LNY fair in whole or in part. The bidding price (licence fee) paid will be refunded to the affected licensee on a pro-rata basis without interest. The licensee and his employees or agents must vacate the licenced area no later than the time specified by the Government verbally (by way of press release, public announcement or other similar communications) or in writing.
     
     The FEHD reminded licensees that the stalls are solely for the purpose of selling and promoting the sale of the permitted commodities or fast food, and no other activities are allowed in the licenced area. If the FEHD considers that any activity conducted by the licensee to publicise, promote, display, show or sell any permitted commodities in the venue is unlawful, immoral or incompatible with the object of the LNY fair, the FEHD is entitled to direct the licensee to stop conducting such activity and the licensee must immediately comply with such direction.
     
     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 2020 LNY fairs such as the public notice, the locations and layouts of the fair venues, commodities allowed for sale at the fair stalls, open auction arrangements and related rules, and a sample of the licence agreement are available at the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk). For enquiries, please call the FEHD hotline at 2868 0000.

Ends/Friday, November 15, 2019
Issued at HKT 15:30

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