FEHD’s Lunar New Year fairs concluded successfully (with photos)

     The 2025 Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs concluded successfully at 7am today (January 29). The fairs were held at 15 locations for seven days from January 23, attracting about 2.3 million visitors. Yesterday (January 28) was the peak, with more than 215 000 visitors in the LNY Fair at Victoria Park on a single day.

     A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that, thanks to the stall licensees' co-operation with the management measures, the fair sites have been kept clean, safe and orderly. The department is pleased to see members of the public actively support and enjoy the fairs which operation has been smooth in general with normal power supply.

     This year, the FEHD has applied innovative technological measures to monitor the venues for implementation of crowd control as necessary. The footfall of individual LNY fairs was displayed on the FEHD website with a view to enabling the public to know about the crowd conditions at the fairs early. The FEHD has also offered assistance to stall licensees in various aspects such as security, illumination and refuse collection to ensure the smooth operation of the LNY fairs.

     The department adopted various waste reduction and recycling measures. In addition to collecting general recyclables such as waste paper, plastics and metals at the fairs, the department also arranged for contractors to collect bamboo sticks, wooden pallets, polyfoam and wilted or unsold flowers, all of which have reusable value. From the opening of the LNY fair sites up to the site clearance operation today, about 107 tonnes of materials with reusable value were collected from the 15 LNY fair sites to enhance resource recycling. Furthermore, food waste recycling was practised in the LNY fairs with fast food stalls.

     Moreover, the FEHD also gathered some 1 600 unsold pots of flowers and plants donated by licensees at the fairs. These were delivered to 242 elderly homes/residential care homes for persons with disabilities and five public hospitals by 21 volunteer teams comprising FEHD staff members.

     With the LNY fairs concluded successfully, the department deployed about 250 staff members and 48 refuse collection vehicles and street washing vehicles to clean the Victoria Park venue. The other 14 LNY fair sites were cleaned up by the department's cleansing contractors. All site clearance work was completed at about 6pm. After thorough cleaning, the venues were restored to their original state.

     Despite the conclusion of LNY fairs, the Che Kung Festival Fair and the Fong Ma Po New Year Fair at Lam Tsuen in Tai Po will be held until February 12. The spokesman reminded members of the public planning to visit the two fairs that they may browse information, including the opening hours of the fairs, on the FEHD's webpage in advance.