Traffic arrangement for Ching Ming Festival on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon East
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Police today (March 15) remind grave-sweepers to make full use of public transport during the Ching Ming Festival.

"Parking facilities around cemeteries will be extremely limited and vehicles parked illegally on roads and pavements will be towed away without prior warning," a Police spokesman said.

The spokesman said that for the safety of the public, Police will divert grave-sweepers from places which are already over-crowded during the festival.

Motorists are advised to pay attention to traffic signs which will be put up around cemeteries. Police officers will be on hand to guide motorists.

The public are also urged to exercise restraint and to be courteous to the elderly and children in crowded places.

Special traffic arrangements will be implemented in the vicinity of cemeteries as follows:

Chai Wan
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A section of east bound Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road may be re-routed one-way clockwise and vehicles exceeding 10 metres in length may be prohibited to enter Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road between 8.30am and 5.30pm on March 15, 21, 22, 28, April 10, 11, 12, 13, 18 and 19.

The following special traffic arrangements will be implemented between 7am and 5.30pm on March 29 and April 5 and between 7am and 6.30pm on April 4.

The following roads will be closed:

(a) Cape Collinson Road east of Lin Shing Road except for green minibus route 18M and hearses;
(b) The slip road leading from Cape Collinson Road to the Garden of Remembrance and Crematorium except for hearses and vehicles carrying passengers to services at the Crematorium;
(c) The slip road leading to Chai Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery except for green minibus route 18M and hearses;
(d) Wan Tsui Lane; and
(e) If the situation warrants, Cape Collinson Road and Lin Shing Road will be closed except for franchised buses, green minibus route 16M and 18M, and hearses.

The following roads will be re-routed one-way:

(a) A section of Wan Tsui Road between Chai Wan Road and Fei Tsui Road will be re-routed one-way westbound;
(b) Lin Shing Road from Wan Tsui Road to Cape Collinson Road will be re-routed one-way southbound; and
(c) Cape Collinson Road from Crematorium slip road to Shek O Road will be re-routed one-way westbound.

No parking will be permitted along Cape Collinson Road, Lin Shing Road, a section of Shek O Road between Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution and Tai Tam Road, and Wan Tsui Road between 6am and 7pm.

Depending on the number of people and vehicles in the vicinity of the graveyard, taxis, public light buses and private cars may not be permitted to enter Lin Shing Road for Cape Collinson Road except for those gaining access to Wan Tsui Estate.

Taxis, public light buses and private cars will be allowed to set down passengers at the public light bus stand at Fei Tsui Road near its junction with Wan Tsui Road.

Private cars from northbound Wan Tsui Road will be prohibited from entering the car park of Hing Wah Estate (Phase I).

Depending on traffic conditions, public light buses may be prohibited from entering from Chai Wan Road to Tai Tam Road. Police will implement such arrangement without prior notice.

Public light buses will be prohibited from picking up or dropping off passengers on Wan Tsui Road between Chai Wan Road and Fei Tsui Road.

Public light bus stand at Fei Tsui Road near its junction with Wan Tsui Road will be suspended between 6.30am and 6pm on March 29, April 4 and 5.

Taxi stand at Kut Shing Street outside MTR Chai Wan Station will be suspended between 6.30am and 6pm on March 29, April 4 and 5.

The following alternative traffic arrangements will be implemented if both crowd movement and vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the cemeteries in Chai Wan area are quite congested but do not warrant the above mentioned special traffic arrangements:

(a) Cape Collinson road east of Lin Shing Road will be re-routed one-way clockwise; and
(b) The slip road leading to Chai Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery will be opened to the public and maintained one-way westbound.

In Pok Fu Lam, Consort Rise will be re-routed one-way southbound from Victoria Road to Bisney Road between 7am and 5pm on March 29, 30, April 4, 5 and they may be implemented between 8am and 4.30pm on March 28, April 10, 11, 12 and 13 if the situation warrants.

In Aberdeen, Peel Rise in the vicinity of Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery and the slip road from Shek Pai Wan Road leading to Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery will be closed between 7am and 6pm on April 4, 5 and they may be implemented between 8am and 4.30pm on March 21, 22, 28, 29, April 10, 11, 12, and 13 if the situation warrants.

Kowloon East
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In Diamond Hill, the following roads will be closed to all vehicles, except emergency vehicles, hearses and vehicles taking part in funeral processions, between 7am and 6pm on March 22, 28 and 29 April 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 13:

(a) the access road to Diamond Hill Crematorium;
(b) the access road between the Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour and the China Light and Power Sub-station;
(c) the access road adjacent to Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour leading to Sze Chen Hall of the Crematorium; and
(d) Yuk Wah Street southbound from Tsz Wan Shan Road, except for private cars and taxis pick-up and drop-off.

In addition, the following right-turn movements for all vehicles will be temporarily banned:

(a) vehicles from Fung Shing Street westbound will not be allowed to turn right onto Po Kong Village Road northbound uphill;
(b) vehicles from Po Kong Village Road northbound uphill will not be allowed to turn right onto Fung Shing Street eastbound;
(c) vehicles from Grandview Garden Carpark will not be allowed to turn right onto Po Kong Village Road southbound downhill;
(d) vehicles from Po Kong Village Road southbound downhill will not be allowed to turn right onto Grandview Garden Carpark;
(e) vehicles from Fu Shan Estate Carpark will not be allowed to turn right onto Po Kong Village Road northbound uphill; and
(f) vehicles from Po Kong Village Road northbound uphill will not be allowed to turn right onto Fu Shan Estate Carpark.

The meter parking spaces between the Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour and the China Light and Power Sub-station and the motor-cycle parking spaces at Yuk Wah Street near Yuk Hok Lane will also be suspended.

Temporary taxi stands will be designated at the following sections:

(a) the southern kerbside lane of westbound Fung Shing Street; and
(b) the southern kerbside lane of westbound Yuk Wah Street near Yuk Hok Lane.

Temporary private cars pick-up/drop-off point will be designated at Yuk Wah Street.

In Tseung Kwan O, the access road leading to the Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery will be closed to all vehicular traffic except emergency vehicles between 5.30am and 8pm on March 29 and April 4, 5, and 12.

Only emergency vehicles, hearses, vehicles taking part in funeral procession and vehicles possessing valid entry permits will be allowed to use the access road leading to the Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery between 5.30am and 6pm on March 15, 21, 22, 28, April 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26, May 1, 2 and 3.

The Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) Company will provide special bus service, Route No. 14S, which will operate between eastbound Lei Yue Mun Road east of St. Antonius Girls' College and the Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery between 7am and 5.25pm on March 15, 21, 22, 28, April 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26, May 1, 2 and 3.

Temporary pick-up and drop-off points will be designated for taxi and public light bus passengers to interchange with KMB Route 14S or walk to the cemetery:

(1) The non-restricted zone at northbound Ko Chiu Road near Ko Yee Estate;
(2) The non-restricted zone at eastbound Lei Yue Mun Road opposite Lei Yue Mun Plaza; and
(3) The non-restricted zone at westbound Lei Yue Mun Road outside Lei Yue Mun Plaza.

Apart from the periods mentioned above, road closure will be implemented at any time if the situation warrants. When the special traffic arrangements begin to take place, no vehicle will be allowed to enter or leave the cemetery.

For the safety of the public, Police would divert grave-sweepers from places which are already over-crowded. On normal days, if vehicles build up in the adjacent roads leading to the cemetery, Police may divert them to leave the area.

Police report no. 4
Issued by PPRB

Ends/Sunday, March 15, 2008
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