Kweilin Street Night Market (Chinese: 桂林夜市) is a commercial and social activity in which unlicensed hawkers set up their mobile food stores and stalls to sell local street foods and groceries in Kweilin Street (桂林街), Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.[1]
Typically, the street provides various goods and meets residents' needs with stores, shops and restaurants. Yet, during the first to third days of Chinese New Year, which are public holidays in Hong Kong,[2] shops in Kweilin Street would be closed and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) officers who are supposed to crack down on those unlicensed hawkers would go off duty.[3] Hawkers seize the opportunity to develop their businesses there, attracting large amounts of locals. However, the night market is controlled by the Hong Kong government due to safety, traffic and noise problems.