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Street. It was classified as a Grade 2
historic building by the Antiquities
Advisory Board in 2009, covering an
area of roughly 14,000 square metres.
Jacky says there are unwritten rules
about the fruit market operation.
“Vendors can place fruit boxes on
one of the two traffic lanes of Recla-
mation Road and Waterloo Road after
9 p.m.,” he says.
“Since some wholesale custom-
ers order a large amount of fruit, this
(placing fruit boxes on traffic lanes) is
convenient for them to collect their
fruit,” he adds.
Over the years, Jacky has built a
close tie with the customers. “There
are loyal customers who have been
buying fruit from our stall for many
An old vendor is taking a “cigarette break”
between bundles of fruit boxes.
In between towers of fruit boxes, a vendor crosses the road with his electric pallet jack.
