The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (October 16) that stalls at the 2027 Che Kung Festival (CKF) Fair will be put up for open auction on October 30 (Friday).
A spokesman for the FEHD said that the annual CKF Fair will be held for 18 consecutive days from February 3 to 20, 2027, at Chui Tin Street Soccer Pitch in Sha Tin. A total of 48 dry goods stalls will be put up for auction, with an upset price of $2,770.
The open auction will be held at the Assembly Hall, 2/F, Lai Chi Kok Government Offices, 19 Lai Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, on October 30 starting from 9am until the completion of the auction.
Bidders for the CKF Fair stalls must be at least 18 years old and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong. Bidders can bid for more than one stall. A bidder must pay the bid price and register in person with his/her own name as the licensee of the stall immediately after successfully bidding for a stall. The bidder is also required to sign at once a licence agreement with the FEHD; otherwise, he/she will forfeit the rights to operate the stall.
The CKF Fair site will be made available to the licensees two days in advance of the fair (February 1 and 2, 2027) for the setting up of stalls. In the event of any unforeseeable incident that will cause a reduction of the whole licence period (including the duration for setting up stalls and the business period of the fair), the Government has the right to postpone the commencement date and shorten the duration of the period. The bidding price (licence fee) paid will be refunded to the successful bidder on a pro-rata basis without interest.
The FEHD reminds licensees that the stalls are solely for the purpose of selling and promoting the sale of the permitted commodities, and no other activities are allowed in the licensed area. If the FEHD considers that any activity conducted by the licensee to publicise, promote, display, show, sell or gift any permitted commodities in the venue is unlawful, contrary to the interest of national security, immoral or incompatible with the object of the CKF Fair, the FEHD is entitled to direct the licensee to stop conducting such activity and the licensee must immediately comply with such direction.
Stall licensees must not destroy, damage or abandon any unsold commodities at or in the vicinity of the stall. They must completely remove the stall structure and all paraphernalia, together with all refuse, debris and unsold commodities (whether damaged or otherwise), from the licensed area before 10pm on February 20, 2027.
According to the licence agreement, licensees must not keep, store or use any compressed helium cylinders in the licenced area. Sales of floating LED glowing balloons and aquarium fish by stall licensees are prohibited at the CKF Fair.
In addition, as stated in the licence agreement, the height of dry goods stalls must not exceed 3 metres from ground level. Also, each corner and anchor point of the marquee (if any) shall be securely fastened using appropriate ballast weights, such as sandbags or purpose-designed marquee water weights. During the period when the Strong Monsoon Signal is in force or is to be issued, the licensee shall immediately inspect the stall and adopt reinforcement measures as necessary.
Successful bidders shall 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.
Details of the 2027 CKF Fair, such as the public notice, the location and layout of the fair venue, commodities allowed for sale at the fair stalls, open auction arrangements and related rules, as well as a sample of the licence agreement, are available on the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk). Interested bidders may visit the website or contact the FEHD's Sha Tin District Environmental Hygiene Office (2634 0134) for enquires.