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"Shed Zai" Cloth Vendor Moved to New Location Rent Increased by 70%

2023-01-31T11:29:03.498Z


The 44-year-old "Peng Zai" Sham Shui Po Qinzhou Street Cloth Market officially closed at 5:00 p.m. today (31st). Some qualified cloth vendors were resettled by the government and moved to the temporary "Tongzhou Street" New Fabric City


The 44-year-old "Peng Zai" Sham Shui Po Qinzhou Street Cloth Market officially closed at 5:00 p.m. today (31st). Some qualified cloth vendors were resettled by the government and moved to the temporary "Tongzhou Street" New Fabric Art Market" will open tomorrow.

A stall owner said that the distance between the new site and the "shed" is only 300 meters, and the environment has been greatly improved. The pedestrian passages have been expanded and the air is more circulated than before. Rents are 70% higher than before.


Mr. Liang, the owner of the old cloth shed for more than 30 years, said that he is grateful for the government's enthusiastic help and completed the relocation.

(Photo by Lu Jiayu)

The distance between the old shack and the new site is only 300 meters, and the owner of the stall thanks the government for helping with the relocation

According to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the "Shank Zai" was completed in the 1990s with 350 stalls. Due to the need to release land for public housing development, the government refurbished Blocks 1 to 3 of the Tongzhou Street Temporary Market in 2018 as a new "Shank Zai" .

Currently, the new site has a total of 53 stalls. There are shelves for stacking the fabrics. There is enough space in the shop for the owner to cut the fabrics. Electricity, fans and lights are provided.

Mr. Liang, the owner of the old cloth shed for more than 30 years, said that he had already prepared to move a month ago.

He said that Hong Kong has an inch of land, and the distance between the old shack and the new site is only 300 meters. He thanked the government for their enthusiastic help and completed the relocation.

He also revealed that the government provided $35,000 relocation fee to qualified cloth vendors, although it could not cover the cost of purchasing new tools. He said frankly, "When the loss is small, the business (at the old location) lasts, and the rent is already cheap."

Mr. Liang praised the new fabric market environment has been greatly improved, and the air circulation is better.

(Photo by Lu Jiayu)

The air circulation in the new fabric market is as high as 40 degrees in the old shed

Mr. Leung also praised the great improvement in the environment of the new fabric market, with better air circulation. Compared with the past in the "old shack", the temperature in summer was as high as 40 degrees.

Moreover, the space has also become wider, and the corridor passage has increased from half a meter to two meters.

The government has also purchased insurance for the stalls in the new fabric art market. Compared with the past, when the "old shacks" encountered fires, candles, wind and rain, the stall owners had to bear the losses.

However, Mr. Liang pointed out that the rent range has increased. Even if the vendors who bid for the stalls in the surrounding areas are offered a 40% discount by the authorities, the rent of the new fabric market is 70% higher than that of the "old sheds". stalls, the rent must be overpaid by more than 5,000 yuan.

A new place and a new start will inevitably affect the flow of people and business. Mr. Liang is not too worried. He said that he has let it be and has accumulated many "repeat customers" in the past. His wife's tailoring skills are also favored by customers. Many students from the Polytechnic University ask her for skills.

Regarding the fact that some stalls in the new fabric art market were not provided with electricity, Mr. Liang pointed out that his new stalls were not affected, and believed that it was caused by some stall owners' communication problems.

The new business location of Tongzhou Street Temporary Market will open on February 1, with a total of 53 stalls in the venue.

The 16 stall vendors who accepted the relocation arrangement have been allowed to carry out relocation and decoration work in advance before the lease period officially takes effect.

As for the other 12 stall owners who successfully bid for stalls in the public auction for market stalls in early December last year, they will move in successively from May 1.

Sham Shui Po's "Pengzai" cloth market closed today. The food ring breaks the ban and opens to the outside world, causing dissatisfaction among cloth vendors

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2023-01-31

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