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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1983
SHA TIN AND TAI WAI MARKET STALLS FOR AUCTION
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FIVE STALLS AT SHA TIN MARKET AND 21 STALLS AT TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET WILL BE PUT UP FOR PUBLIC AUCTION ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 18).
THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL IN LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE UPSET MONTHLY RENTAL OF THE TWO FISH STALLS AT SHA TIN MARKET IS $5 000 EACH, WHILE THE RENTAL FOR THE THREE DRY GOODS AND WET GOODS STALLS RANGE FROM $2 300 TO $2 400.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS FOR THESE STALLS MAY START THEIR BUSINESS ON JUNE 1 ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AT TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET, THE UPSET PRICE FOR THE 20 WET GOODS AND DRY GOODS STALLS IS BETWEEN $1 250 AND $1 400 AND THE REMAINING ICE STALL IS $1 500.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS FOR THE ABOVE STALLS MAY ALSO START BUSINESS ON JUNE 1, BUT THEIR CONTRACTS WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER TWO YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN DISCLOSED THAT ALL STALL HOLDERS AT TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET WILL HAVE THE TOP PRIORITY IN TAKING UP THE IR STALLS ON A NEW TENANCY CONTRACT AT AN ADJACENT PERMANENT MARKET WHICH WILL SOON BE BUILT.
THE TAI WAI PERMANENT MARKET WILL BE LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH AN AREA OF 4 500 SQUARE METRES.
ON COMPLETION IN EARLY 1985, THE PERMANENT MARKET WILL ACCOMMODATE 140 MINI-STALLS AND 63 MARKET STALLS FOR SALE OF FISH, MEAT, POULTRY, SIU MEI AND LO MEI AND NEWSPAPERS.
PEOPLE WISHING TO BID FOR STALLS AT SHA TIN MARKET OR TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET MUST BE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, AND MUST BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS EACH TO THE AUCTION VENUE.
FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION OF THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, TEL. 0-623467.