Special Traffic and Transport Arrangements for the Public Procession

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT NOTICE

SPECIAL TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC PROCESSION BY HONG KONG CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS ON 4 DECEMBER 2005

Notice is hereby given that the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented subject to the crowd and traffic conditions of the Public Procession on 4 December 2005:

I. SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS

A. ROAD CLOSURE AND TRAFFIC DIVERSION

The following road closure and associated traffic diversion will be implemented in phases, depending on the crowd congregation situation, by the Police where necessary:

(i) From about 1.00 p.m.

ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Gloucester Road northbound between the U-turn under Tai Hang Road flyover and Kingston Street; (b) Sugar Street; (c) Great George Street; (d) Paterson Street between Kingston Street and Great George Street; (e) Kingston Street westbound between Gloucester Road and Paterson Street; (f) Jardine’s Bazaar; (g) Tang Lung Street; (h) Canal Road East between Russell Street and Hennessy Road; (i) Canal Road West between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road; (j) Wan Chai Road between Canal Road West and Morrsion Hill Road; and (k) Bowrington Road between Sharp Street West and Hennessy Road.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

(a) Traffic along Gloucester Road southbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Gloucester Road northbound via the U-turn loop; (b) Traffic along Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Sugar Street; (c) Traffic along Tai Hang Road Flyover northbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Kingston Street westbound; (d) Traffic along Paterson Street southbound will be diverted to turn left onto Kingston Street eastbound; (e) Traffic along Cleveland Street southbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Kingston Street westbound; (f) Traffic along Pennington Street will be prohibited from turning left onto Jardine’s Bazaar; (g) Traffic along Hennessy Road westbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Canal Road East southbound; (h) Traffic along Russell Street westbound will be diverted to turn left onto Canal Road East; (i) Traffic along Canal Road West near its the junction with Sharp Street West will be diverted onto the up ramp leading to Canal Road Flyover northbound; (j) Traffic along Sharp Street West will be diverted onto the up ramp leading to Canal Road Flyover northbound; (k) Traffic along Sharp Street West will be prohibited from turning left onto Bowrington Road; (l) Traffic along Bowrington Road will be diverted to turn right onto Sharp Street West; and (m) Traffic along Wan Chai Road eastbound will be diverted to turn right onto Morrison Hill Road southbound.

The followings will be implemented at any time as necessary:

(n) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Cleveland Street; (o) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Paterson Street; (p) Traffic along the slip road leading from Victoria Park Road westbound to Gloucester Road service road will be diverted to turn right before the junction with Cleveland Street.

(ii) From about 1.30 p.m.

ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Gloucester Road southbound between Causeway Bay Flyover and

2 Causeway Road; (b) Cleveland Street; (c) Kingston Street eastbound between Paterson Street and Gloucester Road; (d) Paterson Street between Gloucester Road and Kingston Street.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

(a) Traffic along Causeway Bay flyover southbound must turn right onto Gloucester Road service road.

(iii) From about 2.00 p.m.

ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Causeway Road westbound; (b) Moreton Terrace; (c) Shelter Street; (d) Slip road leading from Yee Wo Street eastbound to Leighton Road westbound; (e) Irving Street; (f) Yee Wo Street westbound; (g) Hennessy Road westbound; (h) Lee Garden Road between Kai Chiu Road and Hennessy Road; (i) Kai Chiu Road; (j) Yun Ping Road between Lan Fong Road and Kai Chiu Road; (k) Percival Street between Lockhart Road and Hennessy Road; (l) Slip road leading from Johnston Road eastbound to Hennessy Road westbound; (m)Luard Road between Johnston Road and Hennessy Road; (n) Thomson Road between Johnston Road and Luard Road; (o) Eastern Hospital Road northbound between St. Paul’s Hospital and Tung Lo Wan Road; (p) Keswick Street; (q) Pennington Street; and (r) Hysan Avenue westbound between Yun Ping Road and Leighton Road.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

3 (a) Traffic along King’s Road westbound must turn left onto Tung Lo Wan Road southbound, or turn right into Hing Fat Street northbound; (b) Traffic along Tung Lo Wan Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Moreton Terrace; (c) Section of Tung Lo Wan Road eastbound between Eastern Hospital Road and Moreton Terrace will be re-routed one-way westbound. Vehicular traffic will only be allowed under Police direction at scene; (d) Traffic along the above-mentioned Tung Lo Wan Road must turn left, either heading to Ka Ning Path or Eastern Hospital Road, except franchised buses and green minibuses; (e) Traffic along the slip road leading from Tai Hang Road northbound to the abovementioned Tung Lo Wan Road, except buses, GMB and vehicles over 7 metres in length, must turn left onto this section of Tung Lo Wan Road (re-routed one-way westbound); (f) Traffic along Yee Wo Street eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Tung Lo Wan Road southbound or Leighton Road westbound; (g) Traffic along Yun Ping Road northbound will be diverted to turn left onto Lan Fong Road westbound; (h) Traffic from Hennessy Centre Carpark on Kai Chiu Road will be diverted to turn left onto Lee Garden Road southbound and turn right onto Foo Ming Street; (i) Traffic along Percival Street southbound will be diverted to turn right onto Lockhart Road westbound; (j) Traffic along Lockhart Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Percival Street southbound; (k) Traffic along Leighton Road westbound will be diverted to turn left onto Wong Nai Chung Road except franchised bus and green minibuses; (l) Traffic along Tai Wong Street East northbound will be diverted to turn left or right onto Johnston Road before the junction with Luard Road; (m) Traffic along Johnston Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Luard Road northbound; (n) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Thomson Road western junction; (o) Traffic along Johnston Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Thomson Road (western junction); (p) Traffic along Fenwick Street southbound will be diverted to turn left onto Hennessy Road eastbound; (q) Traffic along Caroline Hill Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Eastern Hospital Road;

4 (r) Vehilces from St. Paul’s Hospital will be diverted to turn right onto Eastern Hospital Road southbound; (s) Vehilces along Cotton Path , except for access to St. Paul’s Hospital, will be diverted to turn right onto Eastern Hospital Road; (t) Traffic along Leighton Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Pennington Street and will be diverted to turn left onto Yun Ping Road; and (u) Traffic along Leighton Road eastbound near Percival Street will be diverted onto Hysan Avenue.

(iv) From about 2.30 p.m.

ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Anton Street; and (b) Fenwick Street between Hennessy Road and Johnston Road.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

(a) Traffic along Tin Lok Lane northbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Hennessy Road westbound; (b) Traffic along Stewart Road southbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Hennessy Road westbound; (c) Traffic along Fleming Road southbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Hennessy Road westbound; (d) Traffic along Fleming Road northbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Hennessy Road westbound; (e) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Luard Road northbound; (f) Traffic along Johnston Road westbound will be diverted to turn left onto Ship Street southbound; and (g) Traffic along Landale Street northbound will be diverted to turn right into Johnston Road eastbound. (h) Traffic along Hennessy Road eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Fenwick Street.

(v) From about 3.30 p.m. and as necessary

5 ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Queensway westbound; (b) Slip road leading from Justice Drive northbound to Queensway westbound; (c) Slip road leading from Cotton Tree Drive flyover southbound to Queensway westbound; (d) Garden Road between Garden Road flyover and Queensway; (e) Queen’s Road Central between Queensway and Pedder Street; (f) Bank Street; (g) Des Voeux Road Central westbound between Queensway and Pedder Street; (h) Ice House Street between Lower Albert Road and Des Voeux Road Central; (i) Duddell Street; and (j) Lower Albert Road between Garden Road and Ice House Street.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

(a) Traffic along Justice Drive northbound will be diverted onto Justice Drive Flyover only; (b) Traffic along Queen’s Road East westbound will be diverted to turn left onto the Justice Drive; (c) Traffic along Queensway eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Cotton Tree Drive southbound; (d) Traffic along Queensway eastbound will be prohibited from turning right onto Queen’s Road East eastbound; (e) Traffic along Cotton Tree Drive flyover southbound will be prohibited from turning right to the down ramp (outside the Bank of China Tower) leading to Queensway westbound; (f) Traffic along Garden Road northbound will be diverted to Garden Road flyover. (g) Traffic along Garden Road northbound, except heading to Hong Kong Central Hospital, will be prohibited from turning left onto Lower Albert Road westbound; (h) Traffic along Glenealy northbound, except heading to Hong Kong Central Hospital, will be prohibited from turning right into Lower Albert Road eastbound; and (i) Traffic along Wyndham Street eastbound, except heading to Hong Kong Central Hospital, must turn left before the junction with Glenealy and Lower Albert Road.

(vi) At any time and as necessary

6 ROAD CLOSURE

(a) Yacht Street; (b) Lau Li Street between Ngan Mok Street and Hing Fat Street; (c) Electric Road between Lau Sin Street and Tsing Fung Street; and (d) Lau Sin Street between the cul-de-sac outside Park Towers and Hing Fat Street; (e) Hing Fat Street between Causeway Road and Lau Sin Street; (f) Tai Hang Road flyover northbound between slip road to Tung Lo Wan Road and Victoria Park Road westbound; and /or (g) Percival Street southbound between Gloucester Road Service Road and Lockhart Road.

TRAFFIC DIVERSION

(a) Traffic along Tai Hang Road northbound will be diverted onto the flyover leading to Gloucester Road westbound; (b) Traffic along Gloucester Road service road westbound will be prohibited from turning left onto Percival Street southbound; (c) Traffic along Causeway Road eastbound is prohibited from turning left onto Hing Fat Street northbound; and / or (d) Traffic along King’s Road westbound is prohibited from turning right onto Hing Fat Street northbound.

B. TEMPORARY CANCELLATION OF PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT AT LEE GARDEN ROAD

The pedestrian precinct at Lee Garden Road between Kai Chiu Road and Foo Ming Street will be temporarily cancelled from 12.00 noon to 7.00 p.m.

II. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

A. SUSPENSION OF BUS TERMINUS

7 The public transport interchange at Tin Hau MTR station may be suspended with effect from 2.00 p.m.. During the period of suspension, the following temporary arrangements will be implemented:

Bus Route Temporary bus terminus

CTB E11 Whitfield Road NWFB 15B XHT 914, 968

B. BUS DIVERSION

The following transport arrangements will be implemented in phases with effect from about 1.30 p.m., depending on the crowd congregation situation and associated road closure measures being implemented by the Police, until the road closure is uplifted:

(i) From about 1.30 p.m.

8 Bus Route Direction Diversion before resuming original routeing

NWFB 2 To Eastern Via Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street and District King’s Road.

NWFB 19 To North Point Via Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street and King’s Road.

XHT 102, To Eastern Via Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street and 106 District King’s Road.

XHT 307 To Tai Po Via Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road, Hing Fat Street and Island Eastern Corridor.

Bus Route Direction Diversion before resuming original routeing

NWFB 19 To Happy Valley Via Tung Lo Wan Road, Leighton Road and Wong Nai Chung Road.

NWFB 2A, 8 To Wan Chai Via Tsing Fung Street flyover, Gloucester Road service road, Gloucester Road, flyover, Harbour Road and Fleming Road.

XHT 914 To Nam Cheong Via Gordon Road, Electric Road, Tin Chong Street, King’s Road, Tung Lo Wan Road, Leighton Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road, Connaught Road Central, Jubilee Street and Des Voeux Road Central.

To Causeway Bay Via Hennessy Road, Yee Wo Street, Causeway (Whitfield Road) Road, Hing Fat Street, Gordon Road and Electric Road.

NWFB 23A To Central Via Tai Hang Road, flyover, Gloucester Road northbound, flyover, Gloucester Road westbound, Harcourt Road, Cotton Tree Drive flyover, Kennedy Road, Upper Albert Road and Caine Road.

To Lai Tak Tsuen Via Garden Road, flyover, Cotton Tree Drive, Queensway, Hennessy Road, Marsh Road, Hung Hing Road, Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street, King’s Road, Tung Lo Wan Road and Tai Hang Road flyover.

74 C. SUSPENSION OF BUS STOPS

All bus stops along the procession route will be temporarily suspended in phases during the road closure period from about 1.30 p.m. until the crowd is dispersed and the area reverts to normal operation.

D. GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES (“GMB”)

Unless otherwise specified, the following GMB diversions will be implemented in phases with effect from about 1.00 p.m., depending on the crowd congregation situation and associated road closure measures being implemented by Police, until the road closure is uplifted:

75 GMB Route Direction Diversion before resuming original routeing

1, 1A, 2, 3 To Central via Garden Road, flyover, Cotton Tree Drive slip road, Lambeth Walk, Chater Road, Jackson Road and Connaught Road Central.

4A To Causeway Bay via Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai Road, Fleming Road, Thomson Road, Johnston Road, Burrows Street, Wan Chai Road, Morrison Hill Road, Sharp Street West, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road, flyover, Gloucester Road service road, Canal Road East, Lockhart Road and Cannon Street.

To Aberdeen via Cannon Street, Gloucester Road service road, Canal Road flyover, Canal Road East, Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai Road, Fleming Road, Thomson Road, Johnston Road, Burrows Street and Wan Chai Road.

4B To Wan Chai via Wan Chai Road, Fleming Road, Thomson Road, Johnston Road, Burrows Street and Wan Chai Road.

4C To Causeway Bay via Morrison Hill Road, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road, flyover, Gloucester Road service road, Canal Road East, Lockhart Road and Cannon Street.

5 To Causeway Bay via Morrison Hill Road, Sharp Street West, Canal Road West, Canal Road flyover, Victoria Park Road, flyover, Gloucester Road service road, Canal Road East, Lockhart Road and Cannon Street.

8 To Central via Caine Road, Upper Albert Road, Garden Road, flyover, Cotton Tree Drive slip road, Lambeth Walk, Chater Road, Jackson Road, Connaught Road Central and Edinburgh Place.

22S To Central via Caine Road, Upper Albert Road, Garden Road, flyover, Cotton Tree Drive slip road, Lambeth Walk, Chater Road, Jackson Road, Connaught Road Central, Connaught Place, Man Yiu Street and Man Kwong Street.

24M To convert to a via Tai Wong Street East, Johnston Road, Lee circular route Tung Street and Queen’s Road East.

80 E. SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STANDS AND TAXI STANDS

(a) All public light bus stands, taxi stands and taxi pick-up/set-down points (except otherwise stated) along the closed roads will be suspended from about 1.00 p.m. until the crowd is dispersed and the area reverts to normal operation.

(b) The taxi stand at Yun Ping Road will be suspended from 2:00 p.m. until the crowd is dispersed and the area reverts to normal operation.

F. SUSPENSION OF CAR PARKS

During the road closure period, vehicles will not be allowed to enter nor leave the following public/private car parks until the crowd is dispersed and the area reverts to normal operation:

From 1.00 p.m. (a) Park Lane Hotel; (b) In Square; and (c) Hang Lung Centre.

From 2.00 p.m. (d) Hennessy Centre, (e) The open-air car park in Tang Lung Street, (f) On Lok Lane, (g) CNT Tower, (h) Cheuk Nang 21st Century Plaza, (i) Shanghai Industrial Investment Building, (j) Caroline Centre, and (k) Guangdong Tours Centre.

From 3.30 p.m. (l) Cheung Kong Centre, (m)Bank of China Tower, (n) Standard Chartered Bank Building, and (o) The alley next to 9 Queen’s Road Central.

81 G. SUSPENSION OF ON-STREET PARKING SPACES

(a) All on-street parking spaces, including motorcycle and disabled parking spaces, at the following locations will be suspended from 1.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. on 4 December 2005:

(i) Tung Lo Wan Road; (ii) Sunning Road; (iii) Hoi Ping Road; (iv) Sun Wui Road; and (v) Gloucester Road service road.

(b) All parking spaces, except disabled parking spaces, in Hing Fat Street public car park will be suspended from 10.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. on 4 December 2005.

Appropriate traffic aids will be erected to guide motorists and notices will be displayed by public transport operators to advise passengers of the above arrangements. Actual implementation of the road closure, traffic and public transport diversions will be made by the Police at the time depending on conditions in the areas. Members of the public are advised to use public transport services and avoid driving to the affected areas. Motorists should exercise tolerance and patience in cases of traffic congestion and take heed of instructions of the Police.

Alan WONG Commissioner for Transport