Leasing arrangements announced for public market stalls in September
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (August 29) that open auctions for a total of 506 stalls in 45 public markets will be held in September. Market stalls not taken at open auctions will be available to the public for renting at their upset prices on September 19 on a first-come, first-served basis.
(1) Open auctions
The types of stalls to be auctioned this time cover cooked food, frozen meat, fresh meat, fresh fish, frozen (chilled) poultry, fruits, vegetables, ready-to-eat food, food-related dry goods and wet goods, non-food related dry goods and wet goods, service trades, siu mei and lo mei, newspaper, houseware, etc. The tenancy agreement is a three-year fixed term from October 1, with no right of renewal upon expiry of the tenancy agreement. The upset prices of the monthly rent of the stalls vary depending on the sizes, locations and vacancy periods of the individual stalls. The upset prices for the stalls in an open auction will be initially fixed at 80 per cent of the open market rent (OMR) if the stalls have been vacant for over six months, and at 60 per cent of the OMR if the vacant period has been over eight months. Relevant information is available on the FEHD website.
The date of the auctions and the number of stalls are as follows:
Hong Kong Island and Islands District (1)
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Auction date: September 8 (Monday) (pm)
Number of stalls: 116
Hong Kong Island and Islands District (2)
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Auction date: September 9 (Tuesday) (am)
Number of stalls: 88
Aberdeen Market
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Auction date: September 9 (Tuesday) (pm)
Number of stalls: 12
Kowloon (1)
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Auction date: September 10 (Wednesday) (am)
Number of stalls: 72
Lai Wan Market
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Auction date: September 10 (Wednesday) (pm)
Number of stalls: two
Kowloon (2)
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Auction date: September 11 (Thursday) (am)
Number of stalls: 54
New Territories (1)
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Auction date: September 12 (Friday) (am)
Number of stalls: 85
New Territories (2)
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Auction date: September 12 (Friday) (pm)
Number of stalls: 77
The open auctions will be held at Room 410, 4/F, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Nam Cheong Offices and Vehicle Depot, 87 Yen Chow Street West, Kowloon. Limited seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The admission tickets will be issued 30 minutes prior to the commencement of each auction. Persons who want to attend the auctions must wait at the waiting area of the auction venue and produce their Hong Kong identity card or passport for registration. The registered person will then be provided with an admission ticket for the auctions. In addition, eligible bidders after verification will be issued with a bidding paddle for the auction. The FEHD has also invited representatives of the Police and the Independent Commission Against Corruption to monitor the auctions at the auction venue in order to ensure that the open auctions are conducted in an orderly and fair manner.
(2) Renting at upset prices on first-come, first-served basis
The tenancy agreement of market stalls renting on a first-come, first-served basis is a three-year fixed term from November 1, with no right of renewal upon expiry of the tenancy agreement. The upset prices of the monthly rent of the stalls vary depending on their sizes, locations, vacancy periods and the reduced upset prices from the last open auction of the individual stalls. Relevant information is available on the FEHD website after the open auction.
Members of the public who are interested in renting a market stall at its upset price should approach the following FEHD offices, as appropriate, to apply in person from 9.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm to 4.30pm on September 19 (Friday):
8/F, Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building,
225 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Room 301-302,
3/F, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Nam Cheong Offices and Vehicle Depot,
87 Yen Chow Street West, Kowloon
9/F, Kwai Hing Government Offices,
166-174 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories
4/F, Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building,
13 Chi Cheong Road, Sheung Shui, New Territories
7/F, Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Government Complex,
38 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories
Units 1201-1207 and 1220-1221, 12/F,
Tower 1, Grand Central Plaza,
138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin, New Territories
3/F, Tai Po Complex,
8 Heung Sze Wui Street, Tai Po, New Territories
3/F, Yeung Uk Road Municipal Services Building,
45 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
1/F, Tuen Mun Government Offices Building,
1 Tuen Hi Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
2/F, Yuen Long Government Offices,
2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long, New Territories
A spokesman for the FEHD said, "Bidders or applicants for the market stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. To allow more people to bid for or select the stalls and increase customer choices by enhancing the diversity in terms of the variety of stalls, there will be a restriction on the number of stalls to be rented in the same market by a single tenant. Any person who is currently a stall tenant is not allowed to bid in the first round of auction for any stall in the same market, and will only be allowed to bid for one stall in the second round of auction or to select one stall in the same market on a first-come, first-served basis. The existing tenants under the new three-year fixed-term tenancy scheme (i.e. those persons who became stall tenants through the market open auctions after August 2022) are allowed to bid for a stall in the auction or select a stall on a first-come, first-served basis in the same market, but shall vacate the current stall and return it to the FEHD before the effective date of commencement of the new tenancy agreement."
Details of the open auctions and the public market stalls concerned (including stalls for open auction at reduced upset prices) have been uploaded to the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/tidy_market/open_auction_coming.html). Details on renting public market stalls on a first-come, first-served basis will be uploaded to the FEHD website after open auctions (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/tidy_market/FCFS/index.html). Interested bidders or applicants may visit the department website or contact the respective District Environmental Hygiene Office.
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