FarmFest 2025: Celebrate Local Agriculture and Fisheries at Mong Kok's Largest Outdoor Market!

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok

​FarmFest 2025 runs for three consecutive days from today (January 3) to January 5 at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok to showcase a variety of local agricultural and fisheries products and other goods.

Jointly organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), the Vegetable Marketing Organization and the Fish Marketing Organization (FMO), FarmFest is the largest outdoor farmers' market in Hong Kong, where local producers can directly sell their products to consumers. FarmFest houses some 420 stalls, among which more than 220 offer local produce for sale. There are also stalls selling local delicacies, organic and healthy food, and household goods.

An array of specialty agricultural and fisheries products is on sale during FarmFest, featuring premium agricultural products produced by local organic, hydroponic and accredited farms, including cherry tomatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes and hydroponic microgreens. Local fresh fisheries products cultured by local accredited fish farms, such as spiny lobsters, grey mullets, tilapia and speckled blue groupers are also available. Additionally, ready-to-cook food products (including cherry wood smoked cobia fillet, four different flavours of collagen jelly and Shanghai smoked fish) developed through co-operation and research between the industry, academia, the AFCD and the FMO, will also be available for sale at the carnival. These dishes are easy to heat up and serve, convenient and tasty.

The AFCD has been proactively promoting sustainable development of the agricultural and fisheries industries. To enable consumers to learn more about the latest developments in the industries, an agricultural zone and a fisheries zone are set up at FarmFest to demonstrate how the industries can make good use of the relevant techonologies to enhance productivity and improve the quality of local produce.

The agricultural zone introduces modern farming machinery and various cultivation technologies to enable the public to understand how modern technology can save manpower, time and manual labour, thereby enhancing farming efficiency. In respect of hydroponic cultivation technology, the Smart Illumination System for Cultivation on display can allow optimal use of space and provide the most suitable lighting for crop growth by automatically adjusting the distance between the light source and the crops according to the intensity of the light source and the height of the crops. A smart greenhouse has also been set up in the zone to demonstrate to the visitors how to monitor and control real-time environmental conditions of the greenhouse through Internet of Things (IoT) technology, which can enhance the greenhouse's operational efficiency. The AFCD staff will also demonstrate modern farm machinery and guide visitors to try operating the irrigation system of the smart greenhouse on-site. Furthermore, the agricultural zone will feature a photo-taking area with an agriculture-related three dimensional (3D) backdrop, a variety of seasonal local produce and two Agriculture Hall mascots of "The Farmily" - Ricey and Beany - for the public to take photos.

The fisheries zone exhibits new aquaculture technologies which drive fisheries into modernised and sustainable development. For example, visitors can experience the modern mariculture demonstration farm established by the AFCD at Tung Lung Chau via Virtual Reality (VR) technology, understanding the advantages of semi-submersible steel truss deep sea cages over traditional wooden fish rafts. The small-scale recirculating aquaculture system carrying local aquaculture species features the system's workflow and its functions. The public can also try to operate a drone to experience modern methods of collecting water samples and try to detect plankton in water samples using a microscope. The mascots of the Accredited Fish Farm Scheme are also at Farmfest to meet the public. The public can take photos with the inflatable props of the mascots at the photo zone in the fisheries zone.

In addition, FarmFest offers a variety of entertaining performances, including music and cultural performances and cooking demonstrations, as well as photo backdrops featuring local agricultural and fisheries industries, which are suitable for families. Admission is free. The event is open from 10am to 8pm, and a free shuttle bus service is available to and from Shek Kip Mei MTR Station Exit C.

The AFCD, in collaboration with Radio Television Hong Kong, has produced a series of short videos featuring local agricultural and fisheries products. The videos and details of FarmFest can be viewed at www.farmfest.hk (Chinese version only) or the FarmFest Facebook page at www.facebook.com/farmfesthk.

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

FarmFest 2025 opens at Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine worth about $1.9 million in anti-narcotics operation

​Hong Kong Customs on January 2 seized a total of about 4 kilograms of suspected ketamine with an estimated market value of about $1.9 million in Tai Wai.

Through risk assessment, Customs on that day inspected an air parcel, declared as clothing and arriving in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom, at a warehouse of a local consolidator company in Tai Wai. Upon inspection, Customs officers found about 4kg suspected ketamine concealed inside the parcel.

After a follow-up investigation, Customs officers conducted a controlled delivery operation yesterday (January 4) in Causeway Bay and arrested a 59-year-old male consignee. The arrested person has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. He will appear at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (January 6).

Customs will continue to step up enforcement against drug trafficking activities through intelligence analysis. The department also reminds members of the public to stay alert and not to participate in drug trafficking activities for monetary return. They must not accept hiring or delegation from another party to carry controlled items into and out of Hong Kong. They are also reminded not to carry unknown items for other people, nor to release their personal data or home address to others for receiving parcels or goods.

Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

Customs reminds members of the public to pay attention to the fact that drug trafficking is a serious criminal offence. A criminal conviction will result in grave repercussions for their future and they should not take risks in the hope that they may not be caught.

Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002/).

Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine worth about $1.9 million in anti-narcotics operation Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases