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Police will implement crowd safety management measures and special traffic arrangements to facilitate the holding of public meeting and procession in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai and Central on Sunday (June 14).
The public order event consists of three parts, namely, the public meeting in Victoria Park (the Park), the public procession via Causeway Bay, Wan Chai and Central from the Park and another public meeting outside Legislative Council Complex.
Crowd safety management measures
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A. Arrangement for public meeting in Victoria Park
The public meeting will be held between 2pm and 3pm at the Central Lawn of the Park.
For the arrangements for participants entering the Park: Members of the public who wish to get access to the Park from Tin Hau are advised to enter through Gate 14 at Hing Fat Street; while those from Causeway Bay are advised to use Gate 7 near Great George Street or Gate 6 near Sugar Street.
On that day, the Central Lawn will be divided into four zones, namely A, B, C and D. The participants intending to await the start of the procession at the Central Lawn are required to enter the zones by following the directions given by event marshals on site.
If necessary, the Police will arrange for the participants to queue up and wait at Hing Fat Street Carpark, the public transport interchange at the ground floor of Park Towers, Great George Street and the section of Paterson Street between Kingston Street and Great George Street to ensure that they could enter the Park in a safe and orderly manner.
Police and the organiser will adopt a principle of ﷿First come, First go﷿ in order to ensure the procession can set off from the Park orderly and in sequence.
B. Setting off arrangement and starting time of the procession
According to the condition of the Letter of No Objection, the procession is to commence at 3pm or when participants for the meeting have occupied about 85 per cent of the area of the Central Lawn in the Park, whichever is earlier.
When the procession begins to set off, participants at Zone A will lead the procession to move along the South Boulevard of the Park and the passageway in between the basketball courts, then leave the Park via Gate 15, cross the road to westbound Causeway Road and start the procession. After the participants at Zone A have left the lawn, participants at Zone B, C and D will follow the arrows as indicated on Diagram A to leave the Central Lawn, and then leave the Park in sequence through Gate 15.
In anticipation of a large number of participants by the organiser, Police urged the event marshals to work with Police to facilitate the arriving crowd getting access to the venue for the meeting and the procession in order. Participants are advised to be patient and adhere to the arrangements made by the organiser and instructions given by Police on site.
C. Arrangements for the procession route
The procession moves along Causeway Road (westbound carriageway), Leighton Road (westbound carriageway), Irving Street (westbound carriageway), Pennington Street (northbound carriageway), Yee Wo Street (westbound carriageway), Hennessy Road (westbound carriageway), Queensway (westbound carriageway), across Queensway to enter into Rodney Street (southbound carriageway), via Harcourt Road (westbound carriageway), u-turn at Far East Finance Centre to Harcourt Road (eastbound carriageway), then via northern pavement of Harcourt Road, western pavement of Tim Mei Avenue, and western pavement of Legislative Council Road. The procession will then finish at the Designated Public Activity Area of the LegCo Complex. The eastbound and westbound tram lanes designated for the procession include the section in between Pennington Street and Heard Street, and the section in between Anton Street and Queensway near Justice Drive.
Taking into consideration of the safety of the participants and members of the public, as well as the right of other road users, Police will only arrange the procession to proceed along the westbound carriageways of the above procession route as well as the eastbound and westbound tramways. The eastbound carriageways of Causeway Road, Yee Wo Street, Hennessy Road and Queensway will be reserved for use by emergency vehicles and other road users.
D. Arrangements for the road crossing zones outside Sogo Department Store and at Paterson Street
The road crossing zones outside Sogo Department Store and at Paterson Street will be closed. According to experience, a huge number of procession participants jammed in the main procession departing from the Park by crossing Yee Wo Street at those two road crossing zones, thereby causing serious obstruction and delay to the main procession. It also affected the traffic flow at the eastbound carriageway which is reserved for the use by emergency vehicles, posing serious risks to public safety and public order. Thus, those two road crossing zones will be temporarily closed during the procession. Police appeal to the procession participants not to jam in the procession at these two road crossing zones.
Members of the public who wish to cross these two road crossings may use Percival Street Footbridge and Sugar Street Footbridge or the subway of MTR Causeway Bay Station. The Police will make special arrangements at the road crossing zone at Paterson Street for people who have special needs, such as the elderly and wheelchair-bound persons, to facilitate them to cross the road.
E. Arrangement for the public meeting outside the Legislative Council Complex
For the public meeting outside the Legislative Council Complex, it will be conducted between 5pm and 11pm at the Designated Public Activity Area outside the Legislative Council Complex.
Procession participants who wish to leave upon arriving at the public meeting venue may leave by proceeding along the northern pavement of Connaught Road Central and the pavements of Lung Wui Road in a eastern direction, or proceeding along the pavements of Lung Wo Road in eastern or western direction.
If the Designated Public Activity Area of the Legislative Council Complex is saturated and could not accommodate all the participants, Police and the organiser will consider arranging an additional Public Activity Area in the Tamar Park. Police will maintain close liaison with the organiser for the above arrangement.
Participants who wish to leave during the public meeting may leave the venue in various directions as indicated by the green arrows on Diagram B. Police will request the organiser to call upon participants to disperse in an orderly manner when the event ends. If the participants try to engage into illegal occupation of roads, Police will request the organiser to appeal to those related people to stop their illegal act.
Special traffic arrangements
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A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed from 1.30pm or when necessary:
- The u-turn slip road between southbound and northbound Gloucester Road (near the junction with Sugar Street);
- Sugar Street;
- Great George Street;
- Paterson Street;
- Kingston Street;
- Southbound Gloucester Road between Victoria Park Road flyover and Causeway Road; and
- Cleveland Street.
The following roads will be closed from 2.15pm or when necessary:
- Jardine's Bazaar;
- Tang Lung Street;
- Canal Road East between Russell Street and Hennessy Road;
- Canal Road West between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road;
- Wan Chai Road between Canal Road West and Morrison Hill Road; and
- Bowrington Road between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road.
The following roads will be closed from 2.30pm or when necessary:
- Westbound Causeway Road;
- Moreton Terrace;
- Shelter Street;
- The slip road leading from eastbound Yee Wo Street to westbound Causeway Road;
- Irving Street;
- Pennington Street between Keswick Street and Yee Wo Street;
- Westbound Yee Wo Street;
- Westbound Hennessy Road;
- Lee Garden Road between Kai Chiu Road and Hennessy Road;
- Kai Chiu Road;
- Yun Ping Road between Lan Fong Road and Kai Chiu Road;
- Percival Street between Lockhart Road and Hennessy Road;
- The slip road leading from eastbound Johnston Road to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Thomson Road between Johnston Road and Luard Road;
- Luard Road between Johnston Road and Hennessy Road;
- Fenwick Street between Hennessy Road and Johnston Road;
- Southbound Gloucester Road between Victoria Park flyover and Causeway Road;
- Westbound Johnston Road between Ship Street and Landale Street; and
- Eastbound Johnston Road between Landale Street and Hennessy Road.
The following roads will be closed from 3.30pm or when necessary:
- Westbound Queensway between Queen﷿s Road East and Rodney Street;
- Eastbound Queensway;
- Westbound Harcourt Road between Harcourt Garden car park exit and Cotton Tree Drive;
- Eastbound Harcourt Road between Tim Wa Avenue and Tim Mei Avenue;
- Southbound Tim Wa Avenue (except vehicles heading for the Chief Executive﷿s Office and Central Government Offices car park);
- Southbound Edinburgh Place between Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road Central;
- Rodney Street;
- Drake Street;
- Tamar Street;
- Southbound Cotton Tree Drive slip road leading to eastbound Queensway;
- Northbound Garden Road slip road leading to eastbound Queensway;
- First and second right lane of Murray Road between Lambeth Walk and Queensway;
- Eastbound Des Voeux Road Central between Pedder Street and Queensway; and
- Northbound Ice House Street between Queen﷿s Road Central and Des Voeux Road Central.
The following roads will be closed when necessary:
- Yacht Street;
- Lau Li Street between Ngan Mok Street and Hing Fat Street;
- Electric Road between Lau Sin Street and Tsing Fung Street;
- Lau Sin Street between the cul-de-sac outside Park Towers and Hing Fat Street;
- Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Sin Street;
- Northbound Tai Hang Road flyover between a slip road to Tung Lo Wan Road and westbound Gloucester Road service road; and
- Southbound Percival Street between Gloucester Road service road and Lockhart Road.
B. Traffic diversion
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 1.30pm or when necessary:
- Traffic along southbound Gloucester Road cannot turn right to the u-turn slip road leading to northbound Gloucester Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Yee Wo Street cannot turn left to Sugar Street;
- Traffic along northbound Tai Hang Road flyover cannot turn left to westbound Kingston Street;
- Traffic along southbound Victoria Park Road flyover must turn right to westbound Gloucester Road service road;
- Traffic along southbound Victoria Park Road cannot turn to Cleveland Street;
- Traffic along southbound Paterson Street must turn left to eastbound Kingston Street;
- Traffic along southbound Cleveland Street cannot turn right to westbound Kingston Street;
- Traffic along westbound Gloucester Road service road cannot turn left to Paterson Street and southbound Cleveland Street;
- Traffic along slip road leading from westbound Victoria Park Road to westbound Gloucester Road service road must turn right before the junction with Cleveland Street; and
- Traffic along southbound Victoria Park Road flyover must turn right to westbound Gloucester Road.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 2.15pm or when necessary:
- Traffic along northbound Pennington Street cannot turn left to Jardine's Bazaar;
- Traffic along westbound Hennessy Road cannot turn left to southbound Canal Road East;
- Traffic along westbound Russell Street must turn left at the junction with Canal Road East;
- Traffic along northbound Canal Road West near the junction with Sharp Street West will be diverted to the up-ramp leading to northbound Canal Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Sharp Street West will be diverted to the up-ramp leading to northbound Canal Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Sharp Street West cannot turn left to northbound Bowrington Road;
- Traffic along northbound Bowrington Road must turn right to eastbound Sharp Street West; and
- Traffic along eastbound Wan Chai Road must turn right to southbound Morrison Hill Road.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 2.30pm or when necessary:
- Traffic from westbound King's Road must turn left to southbound Tung Lo Wan Road, or turn right to northbound Hing Fat Street;
- Traffic along eastbound Tung Lo Wan Road between Moreton Terrace and southbound Tung Lo Wan Road will be re-routed to westbound;
- Traffic along westbound Tung Lo Wan Road cannot turn right to Moreton Terrace;
- Traffic along westbound Tung Lo Wan Road east of Moreton Terrace can turn to the re-routed westbound Tung Lo Wan Road;
- Traffic along southbound Tung Lo Wan Road cannot turn left to the re-routed westbound Tung Lo Wan Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Yee Wo Street cannot turn right to southbound Tung Lo Wan Road or westbound Leighton Road;
- Traffic along northbound Tung Lo Wan Road cannot enter Irving Street and must turn left to westbound Leighton Road;
- Traffic along northbound Pennington Street must turn right to Keswick Street;
- Traffic along northbound Yun Ping Road must turn left to westbound Lan Fong Road;
- Traffic along westbound Leighton Road must turn left to Wong Nai Chung Road (except franchised buses);
- Traffic along southbound Percival Street must turn left or right to Lockhart Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Lockhart Road cannot turn right to southbound Percival Street;
- Traffic along northbound Tin Lok Lane cannot turn left to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along southbound Stewart Road cannot turn right to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Johnston Road cannot turn left to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along southbound Fleming Road cannot turn right to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along northbound Fleming Road cannot turn left to westbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along southbound Fenwick Street must turn left to eastbound Hennessy Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Hennessy Road cannot turn right to southbound Fenwick Street;
- Traffic along northbound Tai Wong Street East must turn right to eastbound Johnston Road;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road cannot turn right to Thomson Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Johnston Road cannot turn left to Thomson Road;
- Traffic along eastbound Johnston Road cannot turn left to northbound Luard Road;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road cannot turn right to northbound Luard Road;
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road must turn left to southbound Ship Street;
- Traffic along northbound Lun Fat Street must turn right to eastbound Johnston Road; and
- Traffic along westbound Johnston Road must turn left to southbound Anton Street.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented from 3.30pm or when necessary:
- Traffic along westbound Queen﷿s Road East must enter southbound Justice Drive;
- Traffic along eastbound Des Voeux Road Central must turn left to northbound Pedder Street;
- Traffic along westbound Queen﷿s Road Central cannot turn right to northbound Ice House Street;
- Traffic along northbound Ice House Street must turn left to westbound Queen﷿s Road Central;
- Traffic along southbound Murray Road cannot turn left to eastbound Queensway;
- Traffic along Garden Road flyover must turn left to northbound Cotton Tree Drive;
- Traffic along westbound Harcourt Road near Harcourt Garden car park exit will be diverted to westbound Harcourt Road flyover;
- Traffic along eastbound Harcourt Road must turn right to southbound Cotton Tree Drive;
- Traffic along northbound Cotton Tree Drive will be diverted to northbound Tim Wa Avenue;
- Traffic along Lung Wo Road cannot enter Tim Wa Avenue (except vehicles heading for the Chief Executive﷿s Office and Central Government Offices car park); and
- Traffic along Lung Wo Road cannot enter southbound Edinburgh Place.
The following traffic diversions will be implemented when necessary:
- Traffic along northbound Tai Hang Road flyover must go straight to northbound Victoria Park Road flyover leading to westbound Gloucester Road;
- Traffic along westbound Gloucester Road service road cannot turn left to southbound Percival Street;
- Traffic along eastbound Causeway Road cannot turn left to northbound Hing Fat Street; and
- Traffic along westbound King's Road cannot turn right to northbound Hing Fat Street.
C. Suspension of on-street parking spaces
All metered and non-metered on-street parking spaces along Tung Lo Wan Road will be suspended from noon to 8pm.
D. Suspension of car parks
The parking spaces of Hing Fat Street Car Park (Outdoor), except the disabled parking spaces, will be suspended from 10.30am to 7pm.
During the road closure period, vehicles may not be permitted to leave or enter the car parks on the closed roads.
Any vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct of the special traffic arrangements will be towed away without prior notice.
Actual implementation of the traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
Ends/Friday, June 12, 2015
Issued at HKT 21:57
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