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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 27) that stalls at the coming Lunar New Year Fairs would be put up for open auction starting November 13.
The 2007 Lunar New Year Fairs to be held at 14 locations will be open for seven days from February 12 to 18, 2007. A total of 1,207 wet goods stalls, 819 dry goods stalls and 16 fast food stalls will be put up for auction.
The opening prices range from $450 to $7,750 for wet goods stalls; $450 to $7,300 for dry goods stalls; and $3,900 to $159,850 for fast food stalls.
There will be 522 wet goods stalls, 512 dry goods stalls and 11 fast food stalls in the five fairs to be held on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon. The fairs are located at Victoria Park, Fa Hui Park, Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Morse Park and Kwun Tong Recreation Ground.
In the New Territories, 685 wet goods stalls, 307 dry goods stalls and five fast food stalls will be set up at the 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.
The auctions for Lunar New Year Fair stalls in Hong Kong and Kowloon will be held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, from November 13 to 18. The auction sessions are scheduled from 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2.15pm to 4.45pm. Details of the auctions and the opening prices are as follows:
Victoria Park
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Auction date: November 13 (Monday)
AM session: Fast food and wet goods
PM session: Wet goods
Opening price:
Fast food $159,850 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $85,620 (Stall size: 5m x 4m)
Wet goods $7,750
Auction date: November 14 (Tuesday)
AM & PM sessions: Dry goods
Opening price: $7,300
Fa Hui Park
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Auction date: November 15 (Wednesday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $4,210
Fast food $30,610 (Stall size: 7.6m x 4.8m)
Fast food $12,600 (Stall size: 5m x 3m)
Dry goods $6,670
Morse Park
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Auction date: November 16 (Thursday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,790
Fast food $8,540
Dry goods $1,380
Kwun Tong Recreation Ground
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Auction date: November 17 (Friday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,180
Fast food $4,310
Dry goods $1,820
Cheung Sha Wan Playground
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Auction date: November 18 (Saturday)
AM session: Wet goods
PM session: Fast food and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $600
Fast food $3,900
Dry goods $650
Details of the auctions for Lunar New Year Fair stalls in the New Territories to be held at 9.30am from November 22 to December 18 are as follows:
Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 22 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,770
Dry goods $7,260
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 24 (Friday)
Auction venue: Kwai Fong Community Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $480
Dry goods $1,780
Open space in front of Tin Hau Temple (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 27 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $1,780
Dry goods $1,830
Fast food $3,900
Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 29 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $600
Dry goods $960
Fast food $3,900
Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: November 30 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $720
Dry goods $1,310
Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: December 1 (Friday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $2,030
Dry goods $1,230
Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: December 4 (Monday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $450
Dry goods $450
Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: December 4 (Monday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods, dry goods and fast food
Opening price:
Wet goods $720
Dry goods $1,330
Fast food $3,900
Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: December 18 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
Stall type: Wet goods and dry goods
Opening price:
Wet goods $3,160
Dry goods $3,900
Bidders for the Lunar New Year Fair stalls must be at least 18 years old.
Anyone can bid for more than one stall. A successful bidder is required to pay the bid price of the stall at the fall of the hammer. Bidders who use dishonoured cheques or fail to pay the sum required immediately after the auction will be sued and recovery action on the bid prices in arrears may also be taken.
A successful bidder who fails to pay the sum required immediately after the auction will forfeit his or her right to the stall and the stalls concerned will be put up for re-auction immediately.
All fair sites will be made available three days in advance for the setting up of stalls from February 9 to 11.
In the event of any unforeseeable reasons that will cause a reduction of the whole fair period (including the duration for setting up and the fair), the first two days of the remaining period will be restricted to setting up of stalls by successful bidders. The bidding price paid shall 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 18.
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 the department at no charge, cost or compensation whatsoever, before 7am on February 18.
Interested bidders wishing to seek more information can call the FEHD hotline at 2868 0000.
Details are also available at the FEHD website: www.fehd.gov.hk.
Ends/Friday, October 27, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:23
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