A City A Story Photo Weekly Contest #8【MARKET】 - Not an Ordinary Market | 小城故事相片比賽#8【巿集】 - 非一般的市集

Camera 相機：Nokia 8
Location 地點：One Island East 港島東中心

This is not an ordinary market. It is located at the entrance on a 67-storey office building. There are only 2 booths, selling vegetables and fruits. Interestingly, there were quite some customers, probably leaving work from the office building, in this cold evening.

在一座六十多層高的辦公室大樓門外，有這樣的一個小市集。小市集只有兩個攤檔，擺賣着蔬菜與水果。有趣地，在這個濕冷的傍晚，還是有好幾個貌似剛下班的白領光顧這兩個攤檔。

I used to think the setup of this tiny market is just a gimmick from the property management. There are a couple supermarkets nearby, and the tradtional market is just a couple blocks away. It did not make any sense to me for having a market right at the entrance of an office building.

之前我一直在想，舉辦這樣的一個小市集，是辦公室大樓管理團隊的一個花巧吸睛市場推廣活動。明明附近已經有一兩家超級市場，走過數個路口，還有一座傳統市場。在大樓門外設立一個市集，對我來說是一件莫名其妙的事。

It turned out that it is something needed by the people working in the nearby office buildings. Indeed, many Hong Kongers need to work overtime. When they reached the markets near their homes, it could be too late for fresh vegetables and fruits. And it could be just too tiring to walk past a couple blocks to the traditional market. How nice it could be when you step out of your office and you can grap some vegetables for a quick healthy dinner back home?

然而這樣的一個市集，的確能解決部份上班族的生活所需。細心一想，香港上班族普遍都需要加班工作，不少人下班回到家附近的時候，要不市場已經關門了，要不超市只剩下不太新鮮的蔬菜。再者，大家下班後都想盡快回家休息，哪想拖着疲累的身軀多走數個路口上市場…下班一出大樓門口，就可以順道買菜回家弄個簡單而健康的晚餐，的確是貼心的安排。

Work-life balance is not easy. It takes all the different parties in the society to contribuite to achieve it. This tiny market could help only a small group of office workers here. I just hope that every Hong Konger can have their own balanced life, not just too focus in work.

工作生活平衡這回事，實在不易掌握。社會上每個成員（老闆、員工、政府、家庭…）都要出一分力，才有機會讓大家都有平衡的生活。這個小市集，或許如我最初所想，用處不大，但算是管理團隊為這個社區為這裏的上班族付出的一點善心吧？工作肯定不是生活的全部，希望每位香港人，都能夠得到他所想的平衡生活吧！

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