Auctions for Lunar New Year fair stalls in the New Territories to start next Friday
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     The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) reminds members of the public that auctions for Lunar New Year (LNY) fair stalls in the New Territories will start next Friday (November 2).

     A total of 669 wet goods stalls, 293 dry goods stalls and five fast food stalls will be set up at nine fairs at Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung Sports Ground in Kwai Tsing, Shek Pai Tau Playground 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.

     Auctions for these stalls will be held at 9.30am. Details are as follows:

Man Yee Playground (Sai Kung)
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Auction date: November 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $600
Wet goods $510

Po Hong Park (Tseung Kwan O)
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Auction date: November 2 (Friday)
Auction venue: Sai Kung Jockey Club Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,060
Wet goods $1,120
Fast food $6,130

Shek Wu Hui Playground (North District)
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Auction date: November 5 (Monday)
Auction venue: Luen Wo Hui Community Hall, Fanling
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,060
Wet goods $960

Tung Tau Industrial Area Playground (Yuen Long)
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Auction date: November 6 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Yuen Long District Sports Association
               Jockey Club Complex
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,810
Wet goods $940
Fast food $7,360

Kwai Chung Sports Ground (Kwai Tsing)
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Auction date: November 7 (Wednesday)
Auction venue: Assembly Hall, Lai Chi Kok Government
               Offices
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $3,020
Wet goods $670

Tin Hau Temple Fung Shui Square (Tai Po)
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Auction date: November 8 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tai Po Community Centre
Stall type: Dry goods, wet goods and fast food
Opening price:
Dry goods $1,940
Wet goods $3,060
Fast Food $7,360

Sha Tsui Road Playground (Tsuen Wan)
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Auction date: November 12 (Monday)
Auction venue: Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $11,400
Wet goods $2,370

Yuen Wo Playground (Sha Tin)
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Auction date: November 13 (Tuesday)
Auction venue: Wo Che Community Hall, Sha Tin
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $6,130
Wet goods $4,800

Shek Pai Tau Playground (Tuen Mun)
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Auction date: November 15 (Thursday)
Auction venue: Tseng Choi Street Community Hall,
               Tuen Mun
Stall type: Dry goods and wet goods
Opening price:
Dry goods $2,880
Wet goods $2,010

     Bidders for LNY fair stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinary residents in Hong Kong.

     Anyone can bid for more than one stall. A bidder must pay the bid price and register in 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 an express warranty and a licence agreement with the FEHD, or will forfeit the rights to operate the stall.

     An FEHD spokesman said that 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 2013 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 and express warranty, are available on the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk).

     For enquiries, please call the FEHD hotline 2868 0000.

Ends/Friday, October 26, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:31

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