　　Police will implement special traffic arrangements in various districts to facilitate the public to celebrate the festive season.
Hong Kong Island
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The following arrangements will be implemented by phases on January 28, until the roads are safe for re-opening:
A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed:
From 4pm to 7am of the following day:
– Sugar Street; and
– Northbound Gloucester Road between Causeway Road and Great George Street.
From 7.30pm to 7am of the following day:
– Great George Street between Paterson Street and Gloucester Road;
– Kingston Street;
– Paterson Street; and
– Cleveland Street.
Depending on traffic and crowd conditions, the road closure area may be extended from 8pm to the following roads:
– Southbound Gloucester Road between Cleveland Street and Causeway Road;
– Northbound Gloucester Road between Gloucester Road Flyover and Victoria Park Road;
– Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Li Street, except for franchised buses and green minibuses (GMB);
– Electric Road between Yacht Street and Hing Fat Street;
– Eastbound Hennessy Road between Percival Street and Yee Wo Street, eastbound Yee Wo Street between Hennessy Road and Causeway Road, eastbound Causeway Road between Yee Wo Street and Tung Lo Wan Road, and westbound Causeway Road between Tung Lo Wan Road and Moreton Terrace, except for franchised buses, GMB and trams.
B. Pedestrian precincts
The following road sections will be designated as pedestrian precinct from noon on January 28 to 7am of the following day:
– Lockhart Road between Cannon Street and East Point Road;
– East Point Road; and
– Great George Street between East Point Road and Paterson Street.
C. Prohibition to learner drivers
Learner drivers cannot use the following roads from 4pm on January 28 to 8am of the following day:
– Leighton Road;
– Tin Lok Lane;
– Caroline Hill Road;
– Eastern Hospital Road;
– Tai Hang Road north of Lai Tak Tsuen Road;
– Tung Lo Wan Road;
– Electric Road south of Gordon Road;
– Morrison Hill Road north of Queen’s Road East;
– Hennessy Road;
– Yee Wo Street;
– Causeway Road;
– King’s Road;
– Gloucester Road Service Road;
– Hing Fat Street;
– Westbound Tin Hau Temple Road west of Cloud View Road; and
– Eastbound Wan Chai Road.
D. Suspension of parking spaces and car parks
– All on-street parking spaces on Lau Li Street between Hing Fat Street and Ngan Mok Street and disabled parking spaces on northbound Gloucester Road near Sugar Street will be suspended from 8am on January 28 to 7am of the following day;
– All on-street parking spaces on Tung Lo Wan Road will be suspended from 8pm on January 28 to 7am of the following day; and
– All parking spaces at Hing Fat Street Public Car Park will be suspended from 8am on January 28 to 7am of the following day.
All car parks within the above closed road areas will be suspended and vehicles will not be allowed to enter or exit the car parks, until the roads are safe for re-opening.
E. Suspension of public transport interchange
Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange will be suspended from 6pm on January 28.
Kowloon
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(1) Wong Tai Sin Temple
The following arrangements will be implemented from 6pm on January 28 to 7pm on January 29, from 7am to 7pm daily from January 30 to February 3, and from February 8 to February 9 to facilitate traffic and crowd control at Wong Tai Sin Temple during Lunar New Year:
A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed:
– Shatin Pass Road between Lung Cheung Road and Fung Tak Road, except for GMBs and designated vehicles; and
– The unnamed road connecting Wong Tai Sin Temple and Wong Tai Sin Road, except for designated vehicles.
B. Traffic control
All vehicles will be prohibited from parking or waiting at Wong Tai Sin Road (both directions) between Shatin Pass Road and Nga Chuk Street.
(2) Cheung Sha Wan
All metered parking spaces in Hang Cheung Street will be suspended from 8am on January 26 to 7am on January 29.
All vehicles will be prohibited from parking or waiting on Fortune Street, Hang Cheung Street and Fat Tseung Street from 10am on January 26 to 7am on January 29, except for picking up/setting off passengers and loading/unloading goods.
(3) Sham Shui Po Kwan Tai Temple
Depending on traffic and crowd conditions, the following arrangements will be implemented from 11am to noon on January 30:
A. Road closure
The following roads will be intermittently closed:
– Wong Chuk Street between Yu Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road;
– Apliu Street between Nam Cheong Street and Wong Chuk Street;
– Southbound Nam Cheong Street between Cheung Sha Wan Road and Hai Tan Street;
– Hai Tan Street between Nam Cheong Street and Boundary Street;
– Yee Kuk Street between Boundary Street and Shek Kip Mei Street; and
– Shek Kip Mei Street between Yee Kuk Street and Apliu Street.
B. Traffic diversions
Vehicles heading for southbound Nam Cheong Street and southbound Shek Kip Mei Street will be diverted via southbound Yen Chow Street and eastbound Lai Chi Kok Road.
(4) Mong Kok Fa Hui Park
A. Road closure
The third lane of southbound Tai Hang Tung Road between Tat Chee Avenue and Boundary Street will be closed from 9am on January 23 to 8am on January 29.
B. Suspension of parking spaces
The following parking spaces will be suspended from 8am on January 26 to 8am on January 29:
– Metered parking spaces on Tong Yam Street (meter no. 9607 and 9608);
– All metered and motorcycle parking spaces on Duke Street between Embankment Road and Knight Street;
– All motorcycle parking spaces on Knight Street near its junction with Duke Street;
– Metered parking space on Belfran Road (meter no. 13413); and
– All metered parking spaces on Lincoln Road between Cumberland Road and Waterloo Road.
(5) Kwun Tong Recreation Ground
A. Road closure
Kai Lim Road will be closed from 8pm on January 26 to 2am of the following day, from 3pm on January 27 to 2am of the following day, and from 3pm on January 28 to 4am of the following day.
Fuk Ning Road and Fuk Tong Road will be closed from 3pm on January 27 to 2am of the following day, and from 3pm on January 28 to 4am of the following day.
B. Suspension of parking spaces
The metered parking spaces, motorcycle parking spaces and disabled parking space on Kai Lim Road will be suspended from 8am on January 26 to 4am on January 29.
(6) Kwun Tong Hoi Bun Road
The following parking spaces will be suspended from noon on January 30 to 1am of the following day:
– All metered parking spaces on Hoi Bun Road;
– Two disabled parking spaces on eastbound Hoi Bun Road near Hoi Bun Road Park; and
– Ten motorcycle parking spaces on westbound Hoi Bun Road near Kwun Tong Promenade.
New Territories
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(1) Tsuen Wan
A. Road closure
The following roads will be closed daily from 3pm to 5am of the following day on January 27 and January 28:
– Kai Hong Close;
– Kai Chi Close;
– Hoi Pa Street between its junction with Lo Tak Court and Tai Ho Road.
B. Suspension of parking spaces
The motorcycle parking spaces at Kai Hong Close will be suspended daily from 3pm to 5am of the following day on January 27 and January 28.
(2) Sheung Shui
A. Pedestrian precincts
The following road sections will be designated as pedestrian precincts from 11am to 7pm daily on January 27 and January 28, during which all vehicles will be prohibited, except for vehicles with permit:
– San Kung Street; and
– San Hong Street between Tsun Fu Street and Fu Hing Street.
B. Road closure
To facilitate the Lunar New Year Fair at Shek Wu Hui in Sheung Shui, the following roads will be closed from 6pm on January 28 to 4am of the following day, except for vehicles with permit:
– San Lok Street, except for access to Pearl Vista;
– San Tsoi Street; and
– Fu Hing Street between San Hong Street and San Tsoi Street.
C. Suspension of parking spaces
– The metered parking spaces (meter no. 25343A/B, 25342 A/B, 25341A and 25344B) at San Hong Street will be suspended from 11am to 7pm daily on January 27 and January 28; and
– The motorcycle parking spaces on San Lok Street will be suspended from 6pm on January 28 to 4am of the following day.
(3) Tuen Mun
A. Road closure
The following roads will be intermittently closed from 6pm to 2am of the following day on January 27, and 6pm to 7am of the following day on January 28, except for vehicles with permit:
– Tin Hau Road;
– San Hop Lane;
– Hung Cheung Road from its junction with Tin Hau Road to its southern junction with San Ping Circuit;
– Southbound Hung Cheung Road between its northern and southern junction with San Ping Circuit;
– San On Street from its southern junction with Hung Cheung Road to a point about 50 metres north of the same junction; and
– Hing Wong Street from its junction with Hung Cheung Road to a point about 50 metres north of the same junction.
B. Cycle track closure
The cycle track along the western riverside of Tuen Mun River Channel between Pui To Road and Yau Oi Bridge will be closed from 6pm to 2am of the following day on January 27, and 6pm to 7am of the following day on January 28.
C. Traffic diversions
The following traffic diversions will be intermittently implemented from 6pm to 2am of the following day on January 27, and 6pm to 7am of the following day on January 28, except for vehicles with permit:
– Traffic along Yip Wong Road cannot turn to northbound Tin Hau Road;
– Traffic along southbound Tin Hau Road cannot turn to Hung Cheung Road; and
– Hung Cheung Road between its northern and southern junction with San Ping Circuit will be re-routed one-way northbound.
D. Suspension of parking spaces
The overnight on-street parking spaces on the following roads will be suspended from 6pm to 2am of the following day on January 27, and 6pm to 7am of the following day on January 28, except for vehicles with permit:
– Tin Hau Road; and
– Hung Cheung Road from its junction with Tin Hau Road to its southern junction with San Ping Circuit.
(4) Kwai Tsing
The metered parking spaces and disabled parking spaces on Ko Fong Street will be suspended from 2pm on January 28 to 8am on January 29.
(5) Tai Po
The cycle track on Ting Kok Road between Ting Tai Road and On Chee Road will be closed from 6pm on January 28 to 6am on January 29.
(6) Sha Tin
The following traffic diversions will be implemented daily from 5pm to 1am of the following day on January 27 and January 28, except for vehicles with permit:
– Fung Shun Street between Wo Che Street and Tak Hau Street will be re-routed one-way northbound. Vehicles will be diverted via eastbound Tak Hau Street, southbound Yuen Wo Road and westbound Wo Che Street; and
– Traffic along Tak Hau Street cannot go straight to Sha Tin Sports Ground Car Park.
(7) Tseung Kwan O
The parking spaces on Wan Lung Road will be suspended from 7am on January 28 to 7am on January 29.
A temporary vehicle pick-up and drop-off point will be set up at Hok Lam Lane from 7am on January 28 to 7am on January 29.
Police will continue to enforce traffic regulations during the Lunar New Year period. All vehicles parked illegally during the implementation of the above special traffic arrangements will be towed away without prior warning, and may be subject to multiple ticketing.
Police will implement the above arrangements depending on the traffic and crowd conditions in the areas. Members of the public are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site.
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