Police will implement special traffic arrangements on February 23 and 24 to facilitate a sports event to be held in Central.

Road closure
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     The general pick-up/drop-off and loading/unloading area on Lung Wo Road north of Star Ferry Multi-Storey Car Park will be closed from 3pm on February 23 to 3pm the following day.
     
     The following roads will be closed from 1am to 10.30am on February 24:

– Part of the fast lane of Man Po Street;
– Yiu Sing Street;
– Lung Wo Road between Yiu Sing Street and Road P2;
– Road A2;
– Eastbound Road P2 between Road D11 and Expo Drive;
– Part of the fast lane of westbound Road P2;
– Northbound Road D11;
– Legislative Council Road, except for vehicles heading to Legislative Council Complex; and
– The slow lane of eastbound Lung Wui Road.

     The following roads will be closed from 1am to 12 noon on February 24:

– Part of the slow lane of southbound Man Yiu Street; and
– Lung Wo Road between Man Yiu Street and Yiu Sing Street.

Traffic diversions
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     In connection with the above road closures, the following traffic diversions will be implemented:

– Traffic along southbound Man Yiu Street or eastbound Man Cheung Street cannot enter eastbound Lung Wo Road; and traffic along southbound Man Yiu Street or eastbound Man Po Street cannot enter eastbound Yiu Sing Street.  Affected vehicles will be diverted via southbound Man Yiu Street, eastbound Connaught Place, southbound Connaught Place, eastbound Connaught Road Central, eastbound Harcourt Road, northbound Tim Mei Avenue and eastbound Lung Wui Road; and
– Traffic along northbound Edinburgh Place east of City Hall, northbound Legislative Council Road or westbound Road P2 cannot enter westbound Lung Wo Road; and traffic along eastbound Lung Wui Road or westbound Fenwick Pier Street cannot enter northbound D11 Road.  Affected vehicles will be diverted via eastbound Connaught Road Central or southbound Fenwick Pier Street, eastbound Harcourt Road, eastbound Gloucester Road, northbound Fenwick Street, westbound Fenwick Pier Street, flyover, westbound Harcourt Road, westbound Connaught Road Central and northbound Man Yiu Street.

Suspension of parking spaces
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     All motorcycle parking spaces at the general pick-up/drop-off and loading/unloading area on Lung Wo Road north of Star Ferry Multi-Storey Car Park will be suspended.

     Any vehicles found illegally parked within the precincts mentioned above will be towed away without prior warning.

     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.

     Hong Kong Customs yesterday (February 21) conducted an operation to combat the sale of counterfeit wheel rims. Three shops were raided and a total of 44 suspected counterfeit wheel rims with an estimated market value of about $34,000 were seized.

     Customs earlier received information alleging that suspected counterfeit wheel rims were put on sale through a social network platform. Through the big data analytics system, it was discovered that the shops concerned solicited business via a "cross-platform, multiple accounts" approach on different Internet platforms.

     Following an investigation with the assistance of trademark owners, Customs officers yesterday conducted online test purchase operations and took enforcement action at three shops in Tuen Mun, Yau Tong and To Kwa Wan where the above-mentioned suspected counterfeit goods were seized.

     During the operation, three male shop owners, aged 32 to 53, were arrested. 

     Investigation is ongoing.

     Selling counterfeit goods is a serious crime and offenders will face criminal liability. Customs reminds traders to be cautious in merchandising. Customs also appeals to consumers to procure items at reputable shops and to check with trademark owners or their authorised agents if the authenticity of a product is in doubt.

     Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any goods with a forged trademark commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

     Members of the public may report any suspected infringing activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).

  

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (February 22) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H7N2 avian influenza in Letsemeng Local Municipality in South Africa, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the area with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.

     A CFS spokesman said Hong Kong currently has an established protocol with South Africa for import of poultry meat but not for poultry eggs. No poultry meat was imported from South Africa last year.

     "The CFS has contacted the South African authorities over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) and its Committees will hold 17 open meetings and a closed meeting during the week from February 25 to March 1 in the LegCo Complex. Details of the meetings are available in the meeting schedule attached.
 
     The information in the meeting schedule is subject to change.  Please refer to the "LegCo Calendar" on the LegCo Website (www.legco.gov.hk) for the latest details of meetings.
 
     Members of the public are welcome to observe open meetings of LegCo and its Committees.  Interested individuals and groups are advised to make advance booking of seats by calling the LegCo Secretariat at 3919 3399 during office hours.  Members of the public can also listen to or watch all open meetings via the "Webcast" system on the LegCo Website.

     Police will implement special traffic arrangements this Sunday (February 24) to facilitate a public order event to be held on Hong Kong Island.

     The following roads will be intermittently closed from 10.30am until the crowd has dispersed and traffic resumes normal:

– Eastbound Lung Wo Road;
– Eastbound Road P2;
– Eastbound Convention Avenue;
– Eastbound Hung Hing Road;
– Southbound Wan Shing Street;
– Eastbound Victoria Park Road;
– Eastbound Gordon Road;
– Eastbound Electric Road;
– Eastbound Java Road;
– Northbound Hoi Yu Street; and
– Southbound Hoi Chak Steet.

     Vehicles may not be permitted to access or leave car parks along the route during the road closure period.

     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.