XN000022-1986-10-19 — Page 14

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GOING TO WATCH THE DISPLAY ARE URGED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND NOT TO CONGREGATE IN ANY PARTICULAR AREA TO AVOID CONGESTION.

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ON HONG KONG ISLAND, PART OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO USE IT TO SEE THE FIREWORKS.

IN CENTRAL, THE NORMAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT RULES WILL APPLY FROM 7 AM TO MIDNIGHT. THIS INVOLVES THE CLOSURE OF CHATER ROAD BETWEEN PEDDER STREET AND JACKSON ROAD AND ICE HOUSE STREET BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

FROM 6 PM ALL UPHILL VEHICLES WILL BE BARRED FROM PEAK ROAD BEYOND MAGAZINE GAP ROAD EXCEPT FOR BUSES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS' VEHICLES WITH SPECIAL PERMITS.

FROM 6.30 PM EDINBURGH PLACE EAST, FENWICK PIER STREET, AND ROADS IN AND AROUND THE WAN CHAI WATERFRONT AREA AS FAR AS CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE CLOSED AS WILL THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WEST OF HEALTHY STREET.

CHUN YEUNG STREET AND ELECTRIC ROAD SOUTH OF YACHT STREET WILL ALSO BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 6.30 PM AND WHITFIELD ROAD AND WATSON ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO THE END OF THE DISPLAY TO FACILITATE CROWD MOVEMENT.

IN THE TSIM SHA TSUI AREA, ALL ROADS SOUTH OF GRANVILLE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED OR RE-ROUTED UNTIL THE CROWDS HAVE DISPERSED. THESE WILL INCLUDE KOWLOON PARK DRIVE, PEKING ROAD, CANTON ROAD BETWEEN HAIPHONG AND SALISBURY ROADS AND GRANVILLE ROAD BETWEEN CHATHAM ROAD AND SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD.

FROM 7 PM ROAD CLOSURES WILL AFFECT NATHAN ROAD SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN GRANVILLE AND SALISBURY ROADS, HAIPHONG ROAD BETWEEN LOCK ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD, ASHLEY ROAD SOUTH OF PEKING ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN MODY AND SALISBURY ROADS, MODY LANE AND SALISBURY ROAD BETWEEN THE STAR FERRY AND SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD.

THERE WILL ALSO BE TRAFFIC RE-ROUTE INGS ON MOST OF THE ROADS IN THE AREA.

TO ENSURE A SMOOTH FLOW OF CROWDS ALL TSIM SHA TSUI ENTRANCES OF THE MASS TRANS IT RAILWAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CAMERON ROAD ENTRANCE WILL BE USED FOR OUTGOING PASSENGERS ONLY TWO HOURS BEFORE THE FIREWORKS START AT 8 PM.

ENTRANCE TO MOST MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WILL EFFECTIVELY BE BANNED AFTER 6.30 PM. MOTORISTS PARKING BEFORE THIS SHOULD NOTE THAT THEIR CARS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE UNTIL AFTER THE ROADS ARE OPENED AGAIN.

EARLIER IN DAY THERE WILL BE SOME TRAFFIC HOLD-UPS AS THE QUEEN DRIVES FROM HMS TAMAR TO SHA TIN AND BETWEEN LUNG HANG HOUSING ESTATE, NEW TOWN PLAZA, SHA TIN RECREATION GROUND AND THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE.