Allowable Trades

A

• Antiques, works of art, handicrafts, curios, stamps, and coins
• Aquarium fishes (freshwater/ marine) and accessories*
• Art galleries
• Art schools
• Astrology, palmistry, and other fortune telling services

B

• Bags, luggages, and acccessories
• Baking equipment/ ingredients
• Banks
• Barbecued/ minced meat
• Barber shops
• Beauty salons
• Bicycles, tricycles, and accessories (no repairing and installation)
• Books
• Boutiques
• Bridal shops and accessories

C

• Cake shops (retailing only with no baking)
• Cameras and other photographic goods
• Carpets
• Children’s apparel/ products
• Children’s playgroup
• Chinese medical halls
• Clinics
• Clocks and watches
• Coffee powder/ tea
• Comics libraries
• Commercial schools
• Compact discs, VCDs, DVDs, and cassette tapes
• Computer schools
• Computer spare parts, accessories and software (no repairing and servicing)
• Confectionery and biscuits*
• Convenience stores
• Cosmetics and toiletries
• Costume jewellery
• Curtains and upholstery

D

• Dancing schools
• Dental clinics
• Dressmaking institutions
• Dried preserved food
• Driving schools

E

• Electrical appliances
• Employment agencies
• Enrichment centres

F

• Flowers, plants, and accessories
• Fruits (cut/ whole)
• Furniture (mattresses and cushion)

G

• Garments
• Gifts/ handicrafts and fancy goods
• Goldsmith and jewellery
• Grooming centres for pets/ pet spas*

H

• Hair/ beauty schools
• Hairdressing salons
• Hardware (e.g. do-it-yourself materials, chains, chignons and axes)
• Health food
• Household goods

L

• Launderette (collection of goods to be washed/ cleaned elsewhere)
• Lights and accessories

M

• Magazines and newsvendors
• Maid agencies
• Minimarts/ provision shops (no sale of market produce goods and no food handling/ preparation at the premises)
• Money exchange
• Music schools
• Musical instruments and accessories

O

• Office equipment
• Optical goods and eyewear

P

• Paint*
• Pet food and accessories
• Pet shops and accessories*
• Pharmacies and medical equipment
• Photo frames
• Photocopying/ laminating/ studios
• Photocopying

R

• Real estate agencies

S

• Second-hand goods
• Sewing and clothing accessories (e.g. buttons, threads, laces and zips)
• Shoes/ footwear
• Showroom for interior design/ renovation materials/ furnishings
• Signboards and promotional materials
• Speech and drama schools
• Sports/ athletic goods, equipment, and other recreational goods
• Stationery
• Student care centres

T

• Tailor/ dressmaking shops
• Telecommunication equipment/ handphones and accessories
• Textiles
• Titbits/ preserved fruits/ candies
• Toys and games
• Traditional Chinese medicine/ Chinese physicians/ Chinese physiotherapy
• Travel agencies/ ticketing agencies
• Tuition centres

V

• Video libraries

W

• Wine and accessories