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Christmas season always gets sparkles up with a range of events in Hong Kong, especially, the busy and crowded Tsim Sha Shui area.
Therefore police have reported that this year, over 260,000 spectators are anticipated to gather at Hong Kong’s busy Tsim Sha Shui this Christmas Eve where adequate traffic and crowd control measures would be maintained with police planning to temporarily block some roads.
The acting chief inspector of the enforcement and control division, Wan Kam-fung said “Last year, we had about 264,000 tourists gathering at Tsim Sha Tsui to celebrate Christmas, “We estimate that the number will be about the same this year.”
Police have directed that roads in all directions of Lan Kwai Fong at Central, West Kowloon Cultural District and any other known crowded route for spectators merriments will be barricaded on Christmas Eve also.
In the Tsim Sha Tsui area, police will maintain two stages of crowd control measures. First, Salisbury Road, Chatham Road, Nathan Road, Kowloon Park Drive and the surrounding areas will be closed to traffic at 6 pm on Christmas Eve. Secondly, the eastbound and westbound sections of Salisbury Road, as well as the northbound section of Kowloon Park Drive between Canton Road and Salisbury Road, including the Star Ferry Bus Terminus. More nearby roads in the area would be considered to close if needed, police said.
Police said that on the Hong Kong side over the harbour, the roads that would be closed around Lan Kwai Fong area are Wing Wah Lane, Wo On Lane, D’Aguilar Street and part of Wellington Street starting from 2 pm on Christmas Eve. However, if the crowds increase, Lyndhurst Terrace, Queen’s Road Central, Stanley Street, another part of Wellington Street, and Wyndham Street may also be barricaded, police added.
Police said further that “Members of the public are urged not to bring or discharge aerosol spray in the vicinity as it may be hazardous to people nearby", “Parents are advised not to bring children into the area.”
香港警方宣布聖誕節期間對觀眾採取特別人群控制措施
香港的聖誕節總是舉辦各種活動，特別是在繁忙擁擠的尖沙水區。
因此警方報告，今年平安夜預計將有超過26萬名觀眾聚集在香港繁忙的尖沙水，屆時將維持足夠的交通和人群控制措施，警方計劃暫時封鎖部分道路。
代理執法及管制科總督察尹錦峰表 示： “去年約有26.4萬名遊客聚集尖沙咀慶祝聖誕節，預計今年數字會相似。”
警方已指示，中環蘭桂坊、西九文化區各個方向的道路，以及任何其他已知的供觀眾狂歡的擁擠路線，也將在平安夜封鎖。
在尖沙咀地區，警方將維持兩階段的人潮管制措施。 首先，梳士巴利道、漆鹹道、彌敦道、九龍公園徑及週邊地區將於平安夜下午6時封閉交通。 其次，梳士巴利道東行與西行路段，以及介乎廣東道與梳士巴利道之間的九龍公園徑北行路段，包括天星碼頭巴士總站。 警方表示，如果需要，該地區更多附近的道路將被考慮關閉。
警方表示，在海港的香港一側，蘭桂坊一帶的榮華裡、和安里、德己立街及部分威靈頓街將於平安夜下午2時起封閉。 不過，警方補充說，如果人群增加，擺花街、皇后大道中、赤柱街、威靈頓街的另一部分以及雲鹹街也可能會被封鎖。
警方進一步表示， “敦促公眾不要在附近攜帶或排放氣溶膠噴霧，因為這可能對附近的人造成危險”， “建議家長不要帶孩子進入該地區。”
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