Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market

Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
Traditional Chinese	油麻地果欄
Simplified Chinese	油麻地果栏
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yóumádì Guǒlán
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Yàuh màah déi gwó lāan
Jyutping	Jau4 maa4 dei62 gwo2 laan41

Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market
油麻地果欄
	Yaumatei Fruit Market, corner of Reclamation Street and Waterloo Road.
General information
Type	Marketplace
Location	Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Address	202 Reclamation Street
Country	Hong Kong
Opened	1913;108 years ago
Designations	Grade II Historic Building

Last updated July 05, 2021

Fruit Market, also known as Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market and Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market, is a wholesale fruit market in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Etymology

It is known as gwo laan (果欄) in Cantonese. gwo (果) means fruit while laan (欄) means wholesale market, derived from railing and enclosed area.

History

The market was founded in 1913 between Ferry Street, Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street with Shek Lung Street passing through it. The name of the market was originally Government Vegetables Market (政府蔬菜市場) which sold fruit and vegetables. Fish traders joined in the 1930s. With the opening of Cheung Sha Wan Vegetables Wholesaling Market (長沙灣蔬菜批發市場) and Cheung Sha Wan Fishery Wholesaling Market (長沙灣魚類批發市場) in Cheung Sha Wan in 1965, the vegetables and fish stalls moved out. From then on the market has operated as a specialist fruit wholesaling market.^[1] The market was then officially known as Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market until the name was transferred to Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex in 1990.^{[ citation needed ]}

Features

The market is a historically valuable site and is classified as a Grade II Historic Building since 2009.^[2] It consists of several blocks of one or two storey brick and stone buildings.^[1] Pre-World War II signboards are on the outer walls of the buildings.

Another historical building, Yau Ma Tei Theatre is adjacent to the market, across Reclamation Street.

Market operation

Many wholesalers still operate in the market. The busiest hours are 4 to 6 o'clock in the morning. Lorries and carts deliver boxes of fruit in and out of the market.

Transportation

Yau Ma Tei station Exit B2
KMB Route 10 and Citybus Route 20

In popular culture

Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market is used as a backdrop for 2018 TVB drama series Apple-Colada .

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References

1 2 Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. See pp 115-116
↑ List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as at 22 March 2018), see No. 271, online: aab.gov.hk/...

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[grade_II-1] 1 2 Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. See pp 115-116

[2] List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as at 22 March 2018), see No. 271, online: aab.gov.hk/...

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