The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department announced today that the 2025 Lunar New Year fairs will be held at 15 locations from January 23 to 7am on January 29. About 1,500 wet goods, dry goods and fast food stalls will be set up. Admission will stop 15 minutes prior to the closing time every day.

The department said that the fair venues will be monitored using innovational and technological measures, and crowd control will be implemented as necessary.

Footfall of the 15 fairs will be displayed on the department’s website - a green light indicates that just a few people are at the fair site, an amber light signals that a venue is slightly crowded, while a red light shows the venue is very crowded.

In addition to general recyclables, the department will arrange for contractors to collect bamboo sticks, wooden pallets, polyfoam and wilted or unsold flowers. Unsold pots of flowers and plants donated by vendors will also be sent to elderly homes, care homes and public hospitals.