Fruit Market (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 historically valuable building. It is composed of serveral blocks of one or two storey stone building. Pre-World War II signboards are on the outer walls of the building. The market was officially Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market which moved to Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex in Cheung Sha Wan in 1990 but many wholesalers are still operated in the market. The busiest hours are 4 to 6 o'clock in the morning. Lorries and carts keep delivery boxes of fruit in and out of the market. Yau Ma Tei, also Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti or Yaumati (Chinese: 油麻地; pinyin: ), is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong district, in the south of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lóng; lit. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 8 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Cheung Sha Wan (長沙灣) is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... This article is about the year. ...

It is known as ko lan (果欄) in Cantonese. ko (果) means fruit while lan (欄) means wholesale market, derived from railing and enclosed area.

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

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• An introduction by The Film Services Office
• Aerial image from Google Map