Fangcun Town seafood

Besides row of tea shops and tea complex in Fangcun, there are equally a good choice of restautrants for your selection. My nephew George Zeng with his business partners took us to a big seafood restaurant for our lunch. Like Gaungzhou city all the seafood are swimming in the tanks f0r your selection with net, inspection by customers and then weight before taken into the kitchencook etc.

TNB using dirty trick to cheat consumers

On the 12th August I received TNB August billing by post. I was shock to that the charges was RGT 174 based on the reading of 19121 unit. Upon checking my electric meter reading it was only 18948 therefore extra 459 unit.

1. The charges for first 500 unit at 0.286 cents and there after 500 unit and above the charges was at 0.378 cents. This resulted me ended paying extra 409 unit with 82 unit at 0.386 per unit that give extra RGT31. In addition there was a delay of 7days due the reading if taken on the 5th August should less than 18948 therefore ended paying extra of RGT68.

2. The TNB meter man did come to the house to read the meter but TNB office just simply bill on the higher side.

3. I went to TNB on the 12th to lodge my complaint and the counter staff willing to issued a new bill based on the 12th reading of 18948 that I give evn thought it is supose to be lower. For this calculation of later 7 days I am paying extra in advance to TNB base on assumption that next month they come earlier than 12th Spetmeber to read the meter.
The new TNB bill based on 18948 reading given by me was only 409 unit therefore all charges base on 0.286 and the total billing was now RGT116.95 a total saving of RGT68. Just imagine how TNB could earn by using this dirty method to over charge consumers and earn huge Profit and also wanted to further increase the unit tariff charges higher claiming high cost of operation etc.


I hope our PM and Cabinet will seriousl look into this problemn. If I am not mistaken this issue was bought up and high lighjted in the press before.


My advise to all consumers.

If you receive billing by post immeadiately check and read your meter and take the matter up with TNB office nearer to your house. Don't email or call up you could get nothing done.

Left to right, Mr Lai Boon Peng, George leather partner, George Zeng my nephew and me photo taken at the Jin Pin tea wholesaler, Fangcun, Guangzhou.












Another section of the shop, I will definitely revist this Fangcun tea town to explore further during the next visit. I intend to stay 2 nights at Fangcun to find out more about the tea industry and to buy tea here due to vast variety available and it is cheaper than Malaysia half the price and better quality and new stock.

FANGCUN TEA TOWN GUANGZHOU

I was to leave for Kuala Lumpur on 28th July at 8 pm but  my nephew George Zeng came to pick me up at 9.30 am to take me to buy Chinese tea. I was taken to Fangcun tea town about 30 -45 minutes from Guangzhou city centre. I was shock to see Fangcun Avenue the main road where shops at both side sell tea, out of 10 shops 7 are tea shops. In addition there are few big complex that have a few hundred shops selling tea and tea utensils A-Z ( teapot,pitcher,lid saucer,tea cups, cup saucers, tea receptacle, pincer, tea scraper,tea scraper, tea scoop,towel wraps,tea tower,crucible, stove & kettle, tea tray) make in wood, ceramic ,bamboo etc with different design and pattern etc.
Fangcun in the early 1950 is agriculture with tea estate etc Some how it started to slowly from a wholesalers market place for agriculture products and  also produce tea. Fangcun then expand into wholesaler market place. By 1980 onward row and row of  shops selling all kind of tea grown from all over China The other industry like packing, printing and manufacturing tea untensils, tea making accessories, and packing materials boxes, containers etc added. By 1990 it was establish a as famous tea town for retailing and wholesale of tea from whole of China. There are a few tea complexes in Fangcun where buyers can get every things from A-Z.

Jing Pin Tea

Some of the purple caly YIXING tea pots display in a cabinet.












Some Pu Er tea in beautiful boxes.














Me and the master.

JING PIN TEA

My nephew George Zeng took me and Mr Lai to Jin Pin Tea a wholesaler in Fangcun located in the town area. This shop well stock with all type and kind of tea and tea accessories inclduig various type beautiful boxes /containers for storage of tea your purchase. Those beautiful containers you need to pay according to the design etc but the normal type normally it is FOC when you buy.



The manager and a master tea maker, he from master in Shaolin kung fu. he take the times to brew a few type of tea for Mr Lai and me to taste and tell us the story behind the tea etc.




























This are Pu ER tea it is of very good quality and grown wild in the mountainous area and consider organic. Some tea drinkers and retailer will buy this kind of Pu ER and keep for years and slowly sell it when the price shoot up.

A wooden water mill use by the Cuiheng villagers for getting water from the canal for the rice field. The 2 farmers will step on the wooden paddle one on each side to turn the buckets and get water from the canal.
A big bell that was display inside the memorial park.

















This a big tripod incense burner.