First-day auction results for Victoria Park Chinese New Year Fair stalls
A total of 180 wet goods stalls and four fast food stalls were all successfully let in an auction for stalls at the 2027 Victoria Park Chinese New Year Fair starting today (October 7).
Nearly 400 people attended the auction at the Assembly Hall, 2/F, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices, 19 Lai Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, from 9am to about 6.45pm today, a spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said.
The average bid price for the wet goods stalls was $15,700, with the successful bids ranging from $6,530 to $53,000. The highest bid of $53,000 was about 8.1 times the opening price of $6,530.
The auction of wet goods stalls fetched a total of $2,824,632, compared with $4,303,766 last year.
The successful bids of the four fast food stalls ranged from $150,000 to $280,000 with an average of $220,000, against an opening price of $120,470.
The auction for the 216 dry goods stalls at the 2027 Victoria Park Chinese New Year Fair, including 170 regular size dry goods stalls and 46 large size dry goods stall, will be held at 9am tomorrow (October 8) and on Friday (October 9) at the same venue.
The spokesman reminded the successful bidders to 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.
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CFS urges public not to consume batch of imported prepackaged cheese suspected to be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 7) urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged cheese imported from France due to possible contamination with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). The trade should stop using or selling the affected product immediately if they possess it.
Product details are as follows:
Product name: Camembert Bertrand Crémier 250g
Place of origin: France
Pack size: 250 grams
Use-by date: October 17, 2026
Batch number: 232511
Importer: Repertoire Culinaire Hong Kong Limited
"The CFS received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the above-mentioned product is under recall due to possible contamination with STEC. A preliminary investigation found that the above-mentioned importer had imported into Hong Kong the affected batch of the product concerned," a spokesman for the CFS said.
The importer has stopped sales, removed from shelves the affected batch of the product concerned and has initiated a recall according to the CFS's instructions. Members of the public may call its hotline at 3758 2754 during office hours with any enquiries about the recall.
"People can contract STEC-causing gastro-intestinal disease through consumption of contaminated water or undercooked and contaminated foods. Intestinal bleeding and serious complications such as hemolytic uraemic syndrome may also develop in some people," the spokesman said.
The CFS has alerted the trade to the incident, and will continue to follow up and take appropriate action. The investigation is ongoing.
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