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Section 6 : Retail Facilities

1. Retailing can be defined as the selling of goods in small quantities as distinct from wholesale trading where goods are bought and sold in bulk to or from warehouse, go downs or bulk carriers.

2. The guidelines on the provision of retail facilities are summarized below :

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Types of Retail Facility	Standards
Metropolitan Centre	To serve the whole Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Regional Centre	1 for 250 000 to 1 000 000 people *
District Centre	1 for 50 000 - 250 000 people *
Local Centre	1 for 50 000 people or less *
Markets
(i) In Private Residential Area(excluding HOS/PSPS)	1 stall per 55 - 65 households or approx. 40 - 45 stalls per 10 000 population equivalent. Site area (m2/person) based on 40 - 45 stalls per 10 000 population : - Single-storey : 0.065 - 0.073 2 storey : 0.040 - 0.045 Optimum site area for one market (about 200 stalls) : - Single-storey : 3000m2 2 storey : 2000m2
(ii) In Public Housing Estates	Approximately 12% of total retail floor space and could vary according to local characteristics.
Cooked Food Stalls/Centres
(i) In Private Residential Areas (excluding HOS/PSPS areas)	No set standard
(ii) In Industrial Areas	0.06m2 net site area per worker.

Note: * subject to the findings of an expenditure based retail viability study by the developer