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Written by: McKay
2020-11-10 21:41
Last update date: 2020-11-10 22:45
At the beginning of this year, the Lunar New Year Fair was affected by the anti-revision demonstrations. There were no dry goods stalls, only wet goods stalls and fast food stalls.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic broke out after the New Year. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (10th) said that taking off the mask and eating will increase the risk of virus transmission. Therefore, there will be no fast food stalls in the Lunar New Year Fair next year, and people who enter the market will have no money.
As for the Lunar New Year Fair stalls, public bidding will start next Tuesday (17th), with the reserve price ranging from RMB 320 to RMB 5,440.
The FEHD stated that it will continue to closely monitor the development of the epidemic, adjust the arrangements for the Lunar New Year Fair, and announce the guidelines for social distancing measures implemented in the flower markets about one month before the Lunar New Year Fair; if the epidemic is rapid in a short time Deterioration, does not rule out the need to adjust the size of the New Year Fair, or even cancel the New Year Fair.
A large number of students participated in the preparation of stalls in the Lunar New Year Fair over the years, but the authorities cancelled the dry goods stalls for the second year in a row.
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The reserve price of the stall is the same as last year, half of 2019
The New Year’s Eve is sad, and citizens who are interested in setting up stalls at the New Year’s Eve should pay attention to the fact that the public auction for the stalls of the New Year’s Fair in 2021 will begin next Tuesday (17th).
According to the FEHD, due to the downward pressure on the economy brought about by the epidemic, the reserve bidding price for stalls has been frozen at last year's level, which is half of the bidding reserve price in 2019. The reserve price for the stalls ranges from RMB 320 to RMB 5,440.
This year’s Lunar New Year’s Eve does not have a cooked food stall due to epidemic prevention.
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People must take their temperature when entering the Lunar New Year Festival
However, in response to the epidemic, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department considered that taking off the mask and eating would increase the risk of virus transmission, so there will be no fast food stalls this year.
At the same time, in order to alleviate the overcrowded situation of the past year's festival, the government will provide a larger area of wet goods stalls to focus on selling annual flowers to meet the operational needs of selling annual flowers.
In addition, the FEHD will, in accordance with the advice of the Centre for Health Protection, require visitors to take their body temperature before entering the venue and wear masks at all times. Stall owners must provide hand sanitizers at their stalls for customers to use, and must provide their staff contact list. To prepare for medical follow-up when a confirmed case occurs.
The cooked food stalls at the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair are the focus of bidding every year, but this year they will no longer.
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Bidding at Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair next Tuesday and Wednesday
There are six Lunar New Year Fairs on Hong Kong Island, Outlying Islands and Kowloon District this year. They are located in Causeway Bay Victoria Park, Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Garden, Sham Shui Po Flower Market Park, Kwun Tong Recreation Ground in Kwun Tong District, Wong Tai Sin Morse Park and Sham Shui Po Cheung Sha Wan The playground has a total of 395 stalls.
The auction for the stalls at the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday (17th and 18th) in the auditorium on the second floor of the Lai Chi Kok Government Offices.
Bids for stalls at the Garden Lunar New Year Fair in Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung were held in rooms 1403, 1404 and 1414 of the Harbour Building on the 19th of this month.
Sham Shui Po Flower Market Park, Kwun Tong Recreation Ground in Kwun Tong District, Wong Tai Sin Morse Park, and Sham Shui Po Cheung Sha Wan Recreation Ground's Lunar New Year Fair stalls will be bid on the 21st, 23rd to 25th of this month in Lai Chi Kok respectively Held in the Auditorium of the Government Offices.
There are nine Lunar New Year fairs in the New Territories. The locations are Kwai Tsing Kwai Chung Sports Ground, Tsuen Wan Sha Tsui Road Playground, Tai Po Tin Hau Temple Feng Shui Plaza, North District Shek Wu Hui Playground, Tuen Mun Tin Hau Temple Plaza, Sai Kung Wan Yi Playground, Tseung Kwan O Po Hong Park, Sha Tin Yuen Wo Recreation Ground and Yuen Long Tung Tau Industrial Park Recreation Area have a total of 626 stalls.
The bidding for these booths will be held from 26th to December 9th of this month, from 9:30 am to the end of the bidding.
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Guidelines on social distancing measures announced about one month before the New Year’s Eve
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department stated that the stalls can only sell and promote permitted products and cannot use the permitted scope for any other activities.
If the FEHD considers that the licensee’s activities in the venue to promote, promote, display, display or sell permitted commodities are illegal, unethical, or not in line with the purpose of the Lunar New Year Fair, it has the right to instruct the relevant Activities, and the licensee must immediately follow the instructions of the Department.
Recently, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has rebounded. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department stated that it will continue to monitor the development of the epidemic closely, adjust the arrangements of the Lunar New Year Fair, and announce the guidelines for social distancing measures implemented in the flower markets about one month before the Lunar New Year Fair.
The spokesman said that the government has tried its best to organize the Lunar New Year Flower Market where feasible. Interested parties should fully consider the relevant arrangements announced by the government before participating in the open bidding. If the epidemic situation deteriorates rapidly in a short period of time, the need to adjust The scale of the night market, and even the cancellation of the New Year Fair, will be processed in accordance with the relevant terms of the license agreement signed with the licensee to handle the refund of the royalty.
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