Hong Kong to boost cross-border traffic arrangements for National Day celebrations

Hong Kong authorities will boost cross-border traffic arrangements to improve crowd dispersion after the fireworks on National Day to avoid a repeat of the chaos when thousands of mainland Chinese tourists were stuck in the city following the show on New Year’s Eve last year.

Authorities expected about 330,000 spectators on both sides of Victoria Harbour on October 1.

A temporary bus stop on Wui Man Road, next to the West Kowloon terminus for the high speed rail, will be created for buses going to the Huanggang border crossing from 9pm next Tuesday.

Ho Chun-hin, chief inspector of enforcement and control division of traffic Kowloon West, said on Thursday that visitors who needed to cross the border after watching the fireworks should have plenty of time to do so.

“The biggest difference between this coming fireworks show and the New Year’s Eve fireworks show is that this one ends at 9.30pm,” Ho said.