Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate the Lunar New Year Cup to be held at the Hong Kong Stadium on January 28 (Saturday) and January 31 (Tuesday).

Phase I

     The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 1pm:

Road closure
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- Caroline Hill Road between Cotton Path and Leighton Road or Pennington Street; and
- If necessary, westbound Hysan Avenue between Hoi Ping Road and Sunning Road.

Traffic diversions
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- Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Stadium Path will be re-routed one way southbound;
- Eastern Hospital Road between Stadium Path and Tung Lo Wan Road will be re-routed one way northbound;
- Caroline Hill Road between Leighton Road and Link Road will have two lanes for traffic entering Caroline Hill Road from Hoi Ping Road;
- Traffic from Link Road downhill to northbound Caroline Hill Road must turn left to westbound Leighton Road;
- If necessary, Hysan Avenue between Leighton Road and Hoi Ping Road will be re-routed one way eastbound;
- If necessary, eastbound Hysan Avenue will have two lanes for traffic turning right to Hoi Ping Road;
- If necessary, traffic along westbound Hysan Avenue between Yun Ping Road and Sunning Road must turn left to Sunning Road;
- Vehicles leaving the Lee Gardens must turn left to Hysan Avenue;
- If necessary, vehicles heading for Hong Kong Stadium may have to turn right from the offside lane of eastbound Leighton Road to Caroline Hill Road; and
- If necessary, Lee Garden Road between Foo Ming Street and Lan Fong Road will be re-routed one-way northbound. Traffic along Lan Fong Road must turn right to this section of re-routed Lee Garden Road, and will be directed to Percival Street via Foo Ming Street.

Passenger alighting arrangements
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     Passengers will not be allowed to get off outside the main entrance of the Stadium and should get off at the following drop off zones:
  
- The drop off zone for taxis will be at the southern kerbside of Eastern Hospital Road near the eastern side of the Stadium main entrance; and
- The drop off zone for private cars will be at the northern kerbside of Eastern Hospital Road near the eastern side of the Stadium main entrance.

Phase II

     The following traffic arrangements will be implemented from 7pm until the crowd is dispersed:

Road closure
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- Caroline Hill Road;
- Eastern Hospital Road between Caroline Hill Road and Cotton Path;
- Cotton Path;
- If necessary, Leighton Road;
- If necessary, downhill section of northbound Link Road, except for vehicles heading for No. 1A, 3, 5 and 7 on Link Road; and
- If necessary, Hoi Ping Road.

Traffic diversions
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- Vehicles cannot enter Caroline Hill Road for Link Road at Leighton Road or Caroline Hill Road; and
- If Leighton Road is closed, traffic along westbound Causeway Road will be directed to Irving Street; traffic along eastbound Morrison Hill Road will be diverted through Canal Road West; traffic along southbound Percival Street must turn right to westbound Leighton Road; and traffic along southbound Canal Road East cannot turn left to Leighton Road.

Learner drivers prohibition
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     The following roads will be prohibited to all learner drivers between noon and 8.30pm:

- Leighton Road;
- Hysan Avenue;
- Percival Street south of Hennessy Road;
- Caroline Hill Road;
- Link Road;
- Stadium Path;
- Cotton Path;
- Eastern Hospital Road; and
- Eastern Hospital Road service road.

     In addition, learner drivers cannot enter Tung Lo Wan Road from Causeway Road.

Suspension of parking spaces
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     All on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from noon to 8.30pm:

- Stadium Path;
- Northbound Caroline Hill Road between Stadium Path and Cotton Path; and
- Hoi Ping Road.

     During the road closure period, vehicles will not be allowed to leave the car parks within the affected areas.

     Police will continue traffic enforcement action during the Lunar New Year period, including issuing fixed penalty tickets and towing away illegally parked vehicles without prior warning.

     Actual implementation of the traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the area. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.