Fenwick is closing on Thursday
Deffo official. They did not get their licence renewed because of complaints by the usual do-gooders and residents.
Guess they will be directing the girls and customers to Traffik (which they also own). But tbh, there's nothing like Fenwick.
God knows where all the Fenwick girls are gonna go or do. Especially the Colombians. N2 is packed and Galaxy, Laguna etc are shite with low rent punters.
Hope it reopens soon albeit probably in a different guise. The authorities are mad. Why try and kill the scene when it brings in business men and tourists especially in this climate!
And the 'normal' Wan Chai bars who complain. Why the heck do they think people got to Wan Chai? They are benifitting from the girly scene otherwise we would all stick to LKF!
Madness!
Didn't want to miss the last night1
Made a special stop in HK today, just so that I can hit Fenwick one last time before it closes....
Going to meet up with another gent' from ISG to "honor" the institution. I can't help but wonder what will happen this weekend when all the punters for the rugby tourney hit town and find Fenwick closed......maybe they should put the riot police on alert.....
Hope to have some more info in the morning, after "she" leaves......
Fenwicks to close - it's official
Sleazy antics finally catch up with Fenwick's
SCMP today
Fenwick the Dock, one of the city's most notorious late-night discos, will close tomorrow morning, just as the biggest drinking weekend of the year gets under way.
Police opposed a renewal of the disco's licence with the Liquor Licensing Board due to "ongoing incidents". Last drinks will be called sometime early tomorrow morning, meaning the disco will not profit from the thirsty Rugby Sevens crowd.
A source from the Lockhart Road disco said they would appeal against the decision because more than 40 workers stood to lose their jobs.
"It is very hard on us that we have to close just one day before the three biggest business days of the entire year," the source said.
Word of mouth has made Fenwick's, as it is known, famous not only in Hong Kong but across Asia. The cavernous disco has been packed seven nights a week since July 2002, much to the envy of other bar and disco owners in the area.
Wan Chai district police commander Blake Hancock said the timing of the closure, before the Sevens, was entirely coincidental.
"The licence came up for renewal recently and police objected to that renewal based on a number of ongoing issues to do with the management of the premises," he said.
Police had been bringing certain problems to the attention of management over a "prolonged period".
"The Liquor Licensing Board, after looking at our submission, agreed the licence should not be reviewed based on the premises' recent history," Mr Hancock said.
He said police had not singled out Fenwick's.
"Wan Chai is known as a bar area and we have more than 800 liquor licences in the district, so obviously we have a rolling programme of visits. If in that process it becomes apparent that there are issues in relation to certain places, then we try to deal with them."
In July 2006, the South China Morning Post (SEHK: 0583, announcements, news) revealed that South American woman were openly selling cocaine in the disco. Police responded with a crackdown.
However, allegations of cocaine dealing and regular police patrols did little damage to its popularity.
The key to Fenwick's success in a crowded marketplace was a good live band, 6am closing, and plenty of women from around the world angling for extra money from "Tequila rock'n'rolls" - drinks bought for them by male patrons. The women are believed to keep half the money for each of the drinks.
The father and son who own Fenwick's have opened the Traffik Bar & Disco on the third floor of a building in nearby Luard Road, but it is only accessible by a small lift.
Fenwick's played host to many boozy after-parties and was popular with a cross-section of men, from bankers to teachers and sailors.
Antics at the disco have frequently been mentioned on Hong Kong-specific blogs and were often the basis of in-jokes among the expatriate community.
One regular said Fenwick's was a Hong Kong institution and would be missed. "Everyone who came to town wanted to go there. A place on the third floor may not work."
Paul Buxton, owner of Bulldogs bar, said it was a shame the disco was closing. "It's terrible in this market for 40-odd staff to be losing their jobs."
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