The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (December 6) that 54 Lunar New Year (LNY) fair stalls which were not taken at auctions held earlier would be available to the public for renting at their upset prices from December 13 to 19, on a first-come, first-served basis.

     ​The LNY fairs will be held from February 4 to 10, 2024. Locations and prices of these 54 dry-goods stalls are as follows: 
 

Fair	Number of stalls	Let out price per one stall
Victoria Park (Causeway Bay)	27	$8,540
Tat Tung Road Garden (Tung Chung)	12	$450
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)	15	$7,800

     The number of remaining stalls may be subject to change and the actual number of stalls available for renting will be released on December 13, 2023.

     ​People who are interested in renting a stall should approach the following FEHD offices, as appropriate, to apply in person from 9.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm to 4.30pm during the abovementioned renting period:
 

Fair venues	Address of handling office	Telephone number
Victoria Park (Causeway Bay)	8/F, Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building, 225 Hennessy Road,Wan Chai, Hong Kong	2879 5706
Tat Tung Road Garden (Tung Chung)	Room 626, 6/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong	2852 4549
Fa Hui Park (Sham Shui Po)	Room 301-302, 3/F, FEHD Nam Cheong Offices and Vehicle Depot, 87 Yen Chow Street West, Kowloon	2309 2086

     Applicants must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. Each applicant may select only one stall at a time. Successful applicants shall comply with all the stipulations and provisions as set out in the licence agreement. An FEHD spokesman stressed that the public should not assign, sublet, transfer or otherwise part with any of the benefits or obligations of the licence agreement of the LNY fair stalls. Otherwise, the department is entitled to terminate the agreement and the licensee shall immediately vacate the stall.
      
     The fair sites will be made available to the licensees three days in advance of the fairs (from February 1 to 3, 2024) for the setting up of stalls. In the event of any unforeseeable incident that will result in shortening of the whole licence period (including the duration for setting up stalls and the business period of the fair), the Government has the right to postpone the commencement date and shorten the duration of the period. The let out price (licence fee) paid will be refunded to the licensee on a pro-rata basis without interest.
      
     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 10, 2024.
      
     The FEHD reminded licensees that the stalls are solely for the purpose of selling and promoting the sale of the permitted commodities, and no other activities are allowed in the licensed 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, contrary to the interest of national security, 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.

     Stall licensees should not destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at or in the vicinity of the stall. 
      
     According to the licence agreement, except inside designated stalls, licensees shall not keep, store or use helium cylinders in the licenced area. Whereas licensees of the designated stalls could keep, store or use helium cylinders in the licenced area, the quantity of helium should be such that a licence is not required pursuant to the Dangerous Goods (Application and Exemption) Regulation 2012 (Cap. 295E), i.e. equivalent to 150 litres of helium. Sales of floating LED glowing balloons and aquarium fish by stall licensees are prohibited at the LNY fairs.

     Public notices and details of the renting of 2024 LNY fair remaining stalls on a first-come, first-served basis are available at  the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk) or call the FEHD hotline at 2868 0000. 

Ends/Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Issued at HKT 17:25

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