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Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, says some
fruit vendors do not want to turn the
market into a tourist spot.
“Most fruit vendors think that
their main customers are not tourists
but people who live in the neighbour-
hood,” says Wu, who was also a dis-
trict councilor in Yau Ma Tei for the
past year.
Also she thinks the redevelopment
plan will not solve traffic and noise
problems in the district.
“Their (fruit vendors’) pallet jacks
always occupy traffic lanes, which
causes traffic jams,” she says, adding
that the relocation will simply shift
the traffic problems to another place.
Wu says there is a need to strike a
balance between conservation and de-
velopment. “(The government) does
not necessarily have to destroy some-
thing old in order to develop the city,”
she says. Fruit vendors are searching for their stocks stack by stack
after losing track of them with the canvas.
Edited by Kelly Yu
Sub-edited by Isaiah Hui

“

This is like copying

Japan’s Shinsaibashi

and pasting it into

Hong Kong. People

will not come once

the original spirit is

gone.

”
A vendor offers big green grapes as free samples for customers.