Fruit Market

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Yaumatei Fruit Market, corner of Reclamation Street and Waterloo Road

Fruit Market (Chinese: 果欄), also known as Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market (油麻地果欄), is a wholesale fruit market in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The market was founded in 1913 between Ferry Street, Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street with Shek Lung Street passing through it.

The market is a historically valuable site. It consists of several blocks of one or two storey stone buildings. Pre-World War II signboards are on the outer walls of the buildings. The market was officially known as Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market until the name was transferred to Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex in Cheung Sha Wan in 1990; however, 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.

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.

It is classified as Grade III Historic Building.^[1]

Another historical building, Yaumati Theatre is adjacent to the market, across Reclamation Street.