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A wet market (also called a public market [4] or a traditional market [5]) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabrics, kitchenwares and electronics.
Since the 1990s, wet markets in large cities have been predominantly moved into modern indoor facilities. Wildlife is not commonly sold in wet markets in China, but poorly-regulated wet markets have been linked to the spread of zoonotic diseases, including the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, 2013 avian influenza outbreak, and the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Nevertheless, there is also a related traditional market called pasar malam (lit. 'night market'). The difference between pasar pagi and pasar malam is in its operating hours. Pasar pagi opens early in the morning from dawn to noon every day, approximately from 04:00 to 12:00.
In 1920, the Reclamation Street Market was opened in Hong Kong. Due to structural problems, Reclamation Street Market was removed by the government in 1953. [2] In 1957, Yau Ma Tei Street Market launched to replace the Reclamation Street Market. [3] There were fixed-pitch stalls which sold vegetables, fruits, seafood, beef, pork, and poultry.
A typical public market, in Danao, Cebu, locally known as a "palengke" in the Philippines. A palengke (Chavacano: palenque) is a permanent wet market in the Philippines (differentiated from periodic wet markets called talipapa). [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (Chinese: 武汉华南海鲜批发市场), [1] [2] simply known as the Huanan Seafood Market [3] (Huanan means 'South China'), was a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in Central China. The market opened on 19 June 2002.
Jacob Folger Meat Market in Toledo, Ohio, approximately 1885. A meat market is, traditionally, a marketplace where meat is sold, often by a butcher. It is a specialized wet market. The term is sometimes used to refer to a meat retail store or butcher's shop, in particular in North America.
The wet market was built at a cost of $240,000, and was opened by then assemblyman for Queenstown Lee Siew Choh. [1] The wet market was visited by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. [3] The market was closed in 2005 due to poor business caused by the demolition of nearby HDB blocks. [2] The hawkers of the market were relocated to other nearby wet ...