Police will implement special traffic arrangements to facilitate the holding of the Flag Raising Ceremony on July 1 in Wan Chai North, Central and Tin Hau.

A. Road closure

     The following roads will be closed, except for vehicles with permit:

(a) From 7.30am to 11.40am on June 29 and from 0.01am on June 30 to noon on July 1:

– Expo Drive;
– Expo Drive Central;
– Expo Drive East; and
– The slip road leading from Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel to Expo Drive.

(b) From 0.01am on June 30 to noon on July 1:

– Eastbound Lung Wo Road between the Wan Chai portal of Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel and Fleming Road.

(c) From 7.15am to 8.30am on June 30:

– Lung Wo Road between Edinburgh Place and Tim Wa Avenue.

(d) From 5.30am to noon on July 1:

– Westbound Lung Wo Road between the Wan Chai portal of Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel and Fleming Road; and  
– Lung Tat Path.

(e) From 6.45am to 7.15am on July 1:

– Tung Lo Wan Road between Causeway Road and Lin Fa Kung Street West.

B. Traffic diversions

     In connection with the road closure as mentioned above, the following traffic diversions will be implemented:

(a) From 7.30am to 11.40am on June 29 and from 0.01am on June 30 to noon on July 1:

– Traffic from Central heading for Wan Chai will be diverted via Man Po Street, eastbound Yiu Sing Street and eastbound Lung Wo Road.

(b) From 0.01am on June 30 to noon on July 1:

– Traffic along eastbound Lung Wo Road heading for Fleming Road and Hung Hing Road must turn right to southbound Lung Hop Street, and vehicles heading for Island Eastern Corridor must enter eastbound Central-Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel; and
– Traffic turning right from northbound Lung Hop Street can only enter eastbound Central–Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel via eastbound Lung Wo Road.

(c) From 7.15am to 8.30am on June 30:
– Traffic along eastbound Lung Wo Road will be diverted to southbound Edinburgh Place; and
– Traffic along westbound Lung Wo Road will be diverted to southbound Tim Wa Avenue.

(d) From 5.30am to noon on July 1:

     Traffic along westbound Hung Hing Road heading for westbound Lung Wo Road must turn left to southbound Fleming Road, via northbound Fleming Road, westbound Harbour Road, Fenwick Pier Street roundabout, westbound Fenwick Pier Street and northbound Lung Hop Street.

(e) From 6.45am to 7.15 am on July 1：

     Traffic along westbound King's Road will be diverted to westbound Causeway Road.

C. Suspension of parking spaces and pick-up/drop-off area

– The metered parking spaces and pick-up/drop-off areas at Expo Drive and Expo Drive East will be suspended from 7.30am to 11.40am on June 29 and from 0.01am on June 30 to noon on July 1; and
– All metered, motorcycle and disabled parking spaces on Tung Lo Wan Road between Causeway Road and Lin Fa Kung Street West will be suspended from 10pm on June 30 to 7.30am on July 1.

     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.  

     Actual implementation of 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.

     A man who went missing in Wong Tai Sin has been located.

     Cheung Man-kit Noctis, aged 24, went missing after he was last seen outside Sau Yuen House, Chuk Yuen South Estate, on June 1 afternoon. His family made a report to Police on June 25.

     The man turned up at police station to cancel the missing person report today (June 28). He sustained no injuries and no suspicious circumstances were detected.

     Presented by the Music Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the 2024 Hong Kong Youth Music Camp Concerts, entitled "Summer Music Viva", will be held at 3pm on July 28 at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and 7.30pm on August 4 at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall. Around 400 young musicians and choristers who participated in the 2024 Hong Kong Youth Music Camp will perform a Chinese and Western music repertoire in these concerts respectively to showcase the achievements of their training in the Music Camp. The concerts are one of the International Arts Carnival (IAC) summer programmes.

     Six camp resident musicians, including Resident Conductor of the China National Traditional Orchestra, Mr Yuan Bei; Professor of Music and Director of Bands, Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, the United States, Dr Mike Fansler; Professor of Orchestra Conducting, National University of Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Professor Gustavo Fontana; Artistic Director of the Raffles Singers and the Amoris Singers, Singapore, Mr Toh Ban-sheng; Resident Conductor of Ding Yi Music Company, Singapore, Mr Dedric Wong; and Viola Professor of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, Professor Ho Wing, will conduct at the concerts. Music Office Instructor Mr Leung Ka-lok will also perform as a pipa soloist at the first concert.

     The first concert will be performed by the Chinese Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra. Programme highlights include Zhang Zhao's expressive pipa concerto "Song of Heaven and Earth", Wang Yunfei's majestic "Grand Tide", Clark's infectious "Enduring Traveler", Reed's Spanish-infused "El Camino Real" and DvoÅ™ák's masterpiece "Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88", which showcases the composer's fascination with Czech folk music.

     The Choir, Junior String Orchestra and Junior Chinese Orchestra will perform an array of fascinating music pieces in the second concert. Highlights include Stopford's harmonious and sacred "Ave Regina Caelorum", Fauré's delicate "Cantique de Jean Racine", Britten's distinctively characterised "Simple Symphony for String Orchestra, Op. 4", Wang Chenwei's uplifting "Dauntless", which encourages young people to embrace challenges, and Kwan Nai-chung's "Scenes from Childhood", a Music Office-commissioned work that depicts Kwan's amusing childhood experiences.
 
     The Hong Kong Youth Music Camp is a major annual summer activity held by the Music Office, providing diversified training to young musicians in a relaxed setting.  
　　　
     Tickets of the concerts priced at $65, $85 and $105 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries, please call 2796 7523 or 3842 7784 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/traineesevents/musicnconcert/2024hkymcc.html.
 
     For details of other IAC programmes, please visit www.hkiac.gov.hk.

     The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope", at its Space Theatre from July 1 (Monday). British primatologist Dr Jane Goodall dedicated her life to protecting the Earth's ecosystem. The show will allow audiences to follow Dr Goodall's research and her ecosystem conservation efforts in locations such as Canada, the United States, Europe and Africa. It aims to raise audiences' awareness of natural ecology conservation and inspire them to contribute to the maintenance of Earth's ecology.
      
     In the show, audiences will follow Dr Goodall as she travels all over the world, including a visit to a mining town in Canada where they will see a lifeless land being transformed into a lush green oasis. Audiences will also witness how the Blackfeet Nation in the United States help the endangered American Bison return and thrive in the grasslands stretching from Mexico to northern Canada. They will also travel to Europe to participate in a project aimed at reviving the migratory habits of the Northern Bald Ibis. Dr Goodall has been promoting environmental protection globally. She had planted the 10 millionth tree in Sudbury, Canada, and introduced to the public mechanical trees invented by scientists that help collect carbon dioxide from the air to slow down the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
      
     The 45-minute show will be screened until March 14, 2025. Screening times are 5pm on weekdays and 11am, 3.30pm and 8pm on weekends and public holidays respectively. Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are now available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For details of the show, please visit hk.space.museum/en/web/spm/shows/dome-show/jane-goodall.html, or call 2721 0226 for enquiries.
      
     The Hong Kong Space Museum, located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).

        

     The Commissioner for Labour today (June 28) gave notices in the Gazette under section 16(1A) and/or section 18(2) of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Ordinance (Chapter 380) for cases with ex gratia payments from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund made to employees.  

     For details of the notices, please refer to Government Notice Numbers from 3701 to 3735 on the website of the eGazette of the Government Logistics Department.