The SUN HK : Post-Lunar New Year fair clean-up ends

23 January 2023

All 15 venues used for the New Year flower fairs were restored to normal as of 6:30pm Sunday

Fifteen venues for this year’s Lunar New Year fairs were thoroughly cleaned and restored to their original state by 6:30pm Sunday, according to a statement from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.

The FEHD said that the fairs which were held for seven days from January 16 ended at about 2am yesterday, after being visited by more than 1.14 million people.

The crowd peaked on the eve of the festivities, with more than 100,000 people visiting the fair and buying flowers at Victoria Park on a single day.

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The FEHD said it was pleased to resume organizing the Lunar New Year fairs this year, after a three-year halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

To enhance safety at the fairs, the FEHD said it increased the size of the stalls, widened the passageways, and applied technology for crowd management.

Stall vendors were also helped in terms of security, illumination and refuse collection to ensure the smooth running of the fairs.

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The department adopted various waste reduction and recycling measures such as collecting general recyclables like waste paper, plastics and metals, while contractors were hired to collect bamboo sticks, wooden pallets, polyfoam and wilted or unsold flowers with reusable value.

Throughout the week-long flower fairs, 85.6 tonnes of materials with reusable value were reportedly collected in the 15 fair sites for recycling.

150 unsold pots of flowers were donated to 30 care homes and 2 hospitals

Staff of the department also gathered some 150 unsold pots of flowers and plants donated by the vendors, and delivered them to 30 residential care homes and two public hospitals to liven up the places.

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The biggest team of 170 staff members, 24 refuse collection and street cleaning vehicles were deployed to Victoria Park to tidy it up, while cleaning contractors did the work at the 14 other sites.

But not all fairs ended Sunday as the 2023 Che Kung Festival fair and the Fong Ma Po New Year Fair at Lam Tsuen in Tai Po will continue to operate until Feb. 5.

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Anyone planning to visit the two fairs may check out information beforehand, including the opening times and queuing situation at the sites at www.fehd.gov.hk.