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A wet market (also called a public market [4] or a traditional market [5]) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabrics, kitchenwares and electronics.
In 1920, the Reclamation Street Market was opened in Hong Kong. Due to structural problems, Reclamation Street Market was removed by the government in 1953. [2] In 1957, Yau Ma Tei Street Market launched to replace the Reclamation Street Market. [3] There were fixed-pitch stalls which sold vegetables, fruits, seafood, beef, pork, and poultry.
The wet market was built at a cost of $240,000, and was opened by then assemblyman for Queenstown Lee Siew Choh. [1] The wet market was visited by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. [3] The market was closed in 2005 due to poor business caused by the demolition of nearby HDB blocks. [2] The hawkers of the market were relocated to other nearby wet ...
The market is formerly located in the Farmers Plaza basement area from 1969 to 1975, before moving into its present location located across the mall. The market was also featured by numerous chefs, food critics, TV personalities, and local government officials, such as Anthony Bourdain, Rick Bayless, Margarita Forés, [1] [2] [3] and Gordon ...
In Indonesia, practically all traditional markets are pasar pagi, open from early in the dawn to mid-day. Often the stalls are temporarily overflowing occupying nearby streets around the marketplace — which normally open for traffic in other hours of the day.
The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (Chinese: 武汉华南海鲜批发市场), [1] [2] also known as the Huanan Seafood Market [3] (Huanan means 'South China') or simply the Wuhan Wet Market [4], was a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in Central China. The market opened on 19 June ...
A typical public market, in Danao, Cebu, locally known as a "palengke" in the Philippines. A palengke (Chavacano: palenque) is a permanent wet market in the Philippines (differentiated from periodic wet markets called talipapa). [1] [2] [3] [4]
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