Lunar New Year fair stalls auctions to start on November 15
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (November 1) that stalls at the 2011 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs would be put up for open auction starting from November 15.
The 2011 LNY fairs to be held at 14 locations will be open for seven days from January 28 to February 3. 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 $470 to $8,000 for wet goods stalls; $550 to $10,490 for dry goods stalls; and $5,600 to $276,220 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 for selling festive commodities such as LNY food, spring couplets (Fai Chun) and LNY decorative goods 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 $30,690, will take place in the AM session of the second auction day (November 16) of the Victoria Park LNY Fair.
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 in Sham Shui Po, Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground in Kwun Tong and Cheung Sha Wan Playground in Sham Shui Po.
The auctions for these stalls will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, from November 15 to 17, and from November 22 to 24 respectively. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9am to 12.30pm (AM session) and 2pm to 4.45pm (PM session).
Details of the auctions and the opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park (Eastern)
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Auction date: November 15 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $276,220 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $147,950 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $8,000
Auction date: November 16 (Tuesday)
AM session: Thematic dry goods and dry goods
PM session: Dry goods
Opening price:
Thematic dry goods $30,690 (Stall size: 6m x 1.5m)
Dry goods $10,490
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 17 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,350
Fast food $49,700 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $21,480 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $9,580
Morse Park (Wong Tai Sin)
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Auction date: November 22 (Monday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,850
Fast food $12,280
Dry goods $1,690
Hong Ning Road Recreation Ground (Kwun Tong)
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Auction date: November 23 (Tuesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,680
Fast food $7,440
Dry goods $2,620
Cheung Sha Wan Playground (Sham Shui Po)
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Auction date: November 24 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $620
Fast food $5,600
Dry goods $680
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, 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 25 to December 22 are as follows:
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 25 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $5,600
Wet goods $4,400
Open space in front of Tin Hau Temple (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 26 (Friday)
Auction venue: Cultural Activities Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,640
Wet goods $1,840
Fast food $6,740
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 29 (Monday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,780
Wet goods $2,800
Fast Food $6,740
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: December 2 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,880
Wet goods $880
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: December 6 (Monday)
Auction venue: Kwai Fong Community Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,760
Wet goods $610
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 7 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $550
Wet goods $470
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 7 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,880
Wet goods $1,030
Fast food $5,600
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: December 13 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $10,430
Wet goods $2,170
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: December 22 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,660
Wet goods $860
Fast food $6,740
A bidder for the LNY fair stalls must be at least 18 years old and an ordinary 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 January 25 to 27. 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 3 (9am for 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 those unsold flowers and plants left behind at the stall to FEHD at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 7am on February 3 (9am for Victoria Park LNY Fair).
For more information about the auctions, please call the FEHD hotline 2868 0000.
Details have been uploaded to the department website: www.fehd.gov.hk.
Ends/Monday, November 1, 2010
Issued at HKT 19:23
