Public market stalls on Hong Kong Island and in Islands District for rent at upset prices from October 7 to 9
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 2) that 70 market stalls in 13 public markets on Hong Kong Island and in the Islands District which were not taken at open auctions held earlier would be available to the public for renting at their upset prices from October 7 to 9, on trial a first-come, first-served basis.
The rent of the 70 stalls will be set at the upset price of the most recent open auction. In open auctions, the upset prices for the stalls 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 vacancy has been over eight months.
The retail commodities allowed for sale in these stalls cover cooked food, frozen meat, fresh meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, ready-to-eat food, food-related dry goods and wet goods, non-food related dry goods and wet goods, etc. The tenancy agreement is a three-year fixed term starting from November 1, with no right of renewal upon expiry. The monthly rent of the stalls varies 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.
Members of the public who are interested in renting a market stall should approach the Hawkers and Markets Section (Hong Kong and Islands) Office of the FEHD, 8/F, Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building, 225 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai (Tel: 2879 5706) to apply in person from 9.30am to 12.30pm or 2.30pm to 4.30pm during the abovementioned renting period.
A spokesman for the FEHD said, "Applicants for the market stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. To allow more people to 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 that can be rented in the same market by a single tenant. Any person who is currently a stall tenant is allowed to select one stall in the same market. 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 select a stall in the same market, but must vacate and return the current stall to the FEHD before the effective date of commencement of the new tenancy agreement. The terms and conditions of renting market stalls on a first-come, first-served basis have been uploaded to the FEHD website, detailing qualifications of the applicants listed."
Details of renting public market stalls on Hong Kong Island and in Islands District on a first-come, first-served basis have been uploaded to the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/tidy_market/FCFS/index.html). Interested applicants may visit the department website or contact the respective District Environmental Hygiene Office.
