More than 350 parties apply for flea market stalls

MALE, June 28 (HNS) -- More than 350 parties have applied for stalls from the annual flea market organized by Maldives National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. However, there are still 50 more slots available even though participation deadline passed on Wednesday, an official from MNCCI told Haveeru on Thursday. "We still plan to give stalls until all the 400 stalls are occupied," he said. But this means that parties which apply for stalls after the deadline can now do so with a Rf300 fine. Last year, the flea market, termed "Night Market", was expected to have generated about Rf29 million in sales. This year's flea market will be held from July 27 to August 5 on Boduthakurufaanu Magu on Male's southern coast.