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Background
"D2 Place Weekend Markets" is a creative local market at D2 Place which advocates local culture and encourages

youngsters to develop creative Industries.It provides a platform for the local teenagers to sell their products, also demonstrate their ideas and creativity to the visitors.The teenagers only need to pay the low fee to rent a booth. The opening hour of the weekend market is 1pm to 9pm.There are different themes of the market every week.

Virtual to reality
One of the selling point of market is many booths are owned by online (Instagram, Facebook) shop owners.In D2 market, it combines the online business and the reality business. Actual goods are displayed to customers. The booth owners could introduce the features and interact with the customers so as to encourage new blood to enter creative industry.

Originality
Most of the products are designed by the booth owners.The originality and innovated idea are based on the personal experience and aims of the designer.New elements are being put in each weekend market as to attract people attention.

MM5-Zombie Paradise
The theme of the weekend market was “ MM5-Zombie Paradise” on 30/10-01/11 at 1pm to 9pm. In term of the interior design, there were blood-stained fingerprints on the window, a chain of blade with blood fall on the wall and staff would dress up as zombies walking around the market to scare people. Vintage style is adopted as portraits were printed and sticked on the wall.

Selling points
Fashion related to the Korean style clothes,handmade artificial leather goods,paper-made accessories with waterproof function. Exotic products could be found like Indian feature such as the indian tattoo Henna, dream-catching net which Indian use to make a wish.

For the food aspect,visitors could also purchase a lot of snacks such as the handmade cookie,bread.Also, some unique flavoring agents which people would alway use on the process of cooking food are also available in the market.

Live Band
There is also a venue for the youngsters to perform such as singing, playing in band. For example, a team of live band, songwriter Edwin Ho, Instagram singer Hong Jim Kiu and Danny were invited to sing a series of Cantonese pop music for three hours in order to entertain the visitors.

Past themes of weekend market
2015 JUNE 2015 JULY 2015 AUGUST 2015 SEPTEMBER 2015 OCTOBER
 * 1) 《Weekend Wardrobe》
 * 2) 《Alpaca Wandering Market》
 * 3) 《Kick-Off Summer Market》
 * 4) Hitchhike 《Hong Kong Market》
 * 1)  LOCOLOCO 《Let’s Party》
 * 2) 《GALAMARKET》
 * 3) 《Coolala Summer Market》
 * 4) 《Gather Market》
 * 1) 《D.D Market》
 * 2) 《STYLE ME UP!》
 * 3) 《Indie Market》
 * 4)  LOCOLOCO《Find Your Four Leaf Clover》
 * 5) 《Remember Your Canterbury Bells》
 * 1) 《Back To School》
 * 2) 《Hong Kong Handmade》
 * 3) 《The Lakeside Market》
 * 4) 《Nomad Nomad》
 * 5) 《Noah Market》
 * 1) 《Monster Unleashed》
 * 2) 《Young Entrepreneur Bazaar》
 * 3) 《Color Your Life with Art》
 * 4) 《Color Your Life with Story》
 * 5) 《MM5-Zombie Paradise》

Location
2/F,D2 Place,9 Cheung Yee Sl, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong

Transportation
Weekend market is closed to the MTR Station.Visitors could get there by taking MTR to Lai Chi Kok Station. Then getting out to the D2 exit.Visitors could also get there by bus No.44M and minibus 44A.