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The group pointed out that there were 1,613 vacant stalls in Hong Kong’s markets. There were stalls in Tung Yick Market in Yuen Long that had been vacant for 27 years.

2022-06-18T11:52:17.281Z


In the past 20 years, the FEHD has closed or frozen 13 public markets with a high vacancy rate. However, some of the closed markets, such as Tsuen King Wai Market in Tsuen Wan, have been vacant for many years. Some organizations found that there are currently 1,613 vacant markets in Hong Kong.


In the past 20 years, the FEHD has closed or frozen 13 public markets with a high vacancy rate. However, some of the closed markets, such as Tsuen King Wai Market in Tsuen Wan, have been vacant for many years. Some organizations found that there are currently 1,613 vacant markets in Hong Kong. In the market stalls, the total vacancy rate is as high as 12%, and some markets have been vacant for 27 years since 1995, wasting precious land resources in vain.

The group believes that instead of leaving vacant markets empty "there is land for no one to use", the government should make good use of vacant land resources and conceive of transforming vacant markets into specialty markets, pop-up markets, etc.


The Alliance for Monitoring Public Market Development and the Community Development Front held a press conference today (18th) on the "Latest Vacancy Situation and Analysis of Public Markets".

(Photo provided by the Supervision Public Market Development Alliance)

The most outrageous Yuen Long Tung Yick Market stalls have a vacancy rate of 61%

The Alliance for Monitoring Public Market Development and the Community Development Front held a press conference today (18th) on the "Latest Vacancy Situation and Analysis of Public Markets".

They inquired with the FEHD earlier, and as of December 31, the relevant figures for rental, vacancy and freezing of public markets under the FEHD in Hong Kong, they pointed out that after 3 public auctions, the number of vacant market stalls was only 1,817. It was reduced to 1,613, and the total vacancy rate dropped by only 1.5% after the opening of bidding again after three years, so it is considered that the effect is not very effective.

Wu Tiannan, spokesman for the Alliance for Supervision of Public Market Development, said that the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has frozen stalls for many years and has not acted. In the vacant Yuen Long Tung Yick Market, the hardest hit area, there will be as many as 274 frozen stalls in 2021, with a vacancy rate of 61%, some underground. And the stalls on the first floor have been frozen since 1995.

Wu also pointed out that during the group's on-site inspection, it was found that the FEHD had not opened the stalls with better geographical locations or larger areas for leasing.

The group believes that in the face of the situation of "land is not used, and some people have no land", the government should make better use of the vacant market stalls and the land resources of the vacant market, such as the idea of ​​transforming the vacant market into a characteristic market, pop-up Bazaar.

(Photo provided by Supervision Public Market Development Alliance)

The group recommends making good use of resources to rent to grassroots start-ups

Wu Tiannan suggested that the FEHD should set up flexible leases so that those who are interested in long-term leases can retain the right to renew the leases, and those who are interested in short-term leases or start-ups at the grassroots level can also rent stalls in the form of short-term leases, so as to provide low-threshold entrepreneurial opportunities to the public. ; He added that the FEHD market currently has restrictions on the types of goods sold, and believes that market stalls should be allowed to be rezoned, no longer limited to the sale of designated types of goods, and can also be leased to non-profit-making organizations for community space use .

In addition, the group pointed out that the current procedures for applying for a market on government land are extremely complicated, and they believed that in the face of the situation of "land is not used and no land is used", the government should make better use of the vacant market stalls and the land resources of the vacant market. For example, the idea of ​​transforming vacant markets into specialty markets and pop-up markets can help grassroots entrepreneurship and promote community economy.

The Alliance for Supervision of Public Market Development, the Alliance for Supporting Grassroots Markets and other groups co-organized "Market Study Room x Tsuen Wan Small Shop Market" today (18th) in the open space opposite Nina Plaza Phase 1 in Tsuen Wan, including small markets, markets Exhibitions, market revitalization workshops, market waste recycling workshops, etc., hope to jointly conceive the use of vacant market space through on-site interaction with the public, and at the same time allow the public to participate in market activities, and explore together the need for revitalizing vacant markets into grassroots markets. feasibility.

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