The Lands Department (LandsD) announced today (November 2) that a site, New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6575 at Kai Tak Area 4B Site 2, Kai Tak, Kowloon, in the 2018-19 Land Sale Programme will be disposed of by public tender. … read more
With the northeast monsoon successively affecting south China coastal areas, October 2018 was slightly cooler than usual in Hong Kong. The monthly mean temperature of 25.3 degrees was 0.2 degrees below the normal figure of 25.5… read more
Composer Du Yun, the first Asian woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music, will team up with librettist Royce Vavrek and international and local musicians and vocalists, to present the Asia premiere of “Angel’s Bone” in Hong Kong on November 10 and 11.
“Angel’s Bone” melds opera, chamber music, electronic music and cabaret into a searing multi-art performance, exploring the dark effects behind modern-day slavery and human trafficking and probing the twisted psyche of traffickers.
The story tells the plight of two angels who have fallen down to Earth. They are found battered and bruised from their long journey by a middle-class couple who are in the midst of a financial crisis. They set out to nurse the wounded angels back to health, but then lock them in a room, leaving them a claw foot bathtub for a shared bed, and decide to exploit the bodies of the celestial beings for wealth.
Born in Shanghai and now living in New York, Du Yun won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for the production “Angel’s Bone” in 2017 and was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2018. Hailed by the New York Times as a groundbreaking artist, she was also listed by the Washington Post as one of the top 35 female composers. Du Yun works at the intersection of orchestral, opera and chamber music, theatre, cabaret, sound installation, electronics and more.
“Angel’s Bone”, performed in English with Chinese and English surtitles, is one of the programmes of the New Vision Arts Festival (NVAF). It will be staged at 8pm on November 10 and at 3pm on November 11 at the Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium. Tickets priced at $200, $320, $440 and $560 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999.
Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the NVAF is celebrating its ninth edition this year and is being held from October 19 to November 18. For programme enquiries and discount schemes, please call 2370 1044 or visit www.newvisionfestival.gov.hk.
Police will implement special traffic arrangements this Sunday (November 4) to facilitate a public event to be held on Hong Kong Island.
The following special traffic arrangements will be implemented between 6am and 11pm:
Road closure
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1. Hollywood Road between Aberdeen Street and Arbuthnot Road;
2. Lyndhurst Terrace between Gage Street and Hollywood Road;
3. Old Bailey Street between Staunton Street and Hollywood Road;
4. Graham Street between Staunton Street and Hollywood Road;
5. Peel Street between Staunton Street and Gage Street;
6. Elgin Street between Staunton Street and Hollywood Road;
7. Vehicles exceeding nine metres in length cannot enter Lyndhurst Terrace between Wellington Street and Gage Street;
8. Vehicles exceeding nine metres in length cannot enter Hollywood Road between Lok Ku Road and Aberdeen Street; and
9. Vehicles exceeding nine meters in length on eastbound Caine Road cannot turn left to northbound Old Bailey Street.
Traffic diversions
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1. Traffic along westbound Queensway and southbound Cotton Tree Drive heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road;
2. Traffic along westbound Queensway and southbound Cotton Tree Drive heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Glenealy, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
3. Traffic along westbound Queensway and southbound Cotton Tree Drive heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via southbound Cotton Tree Drive, southbound Garden Road, westbound Robinson Road, eastbound Castle Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles exceeding nine metres in length;
4. Traffic along westbound Queen’s Road Central near D’Aguilar Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via northbound Pottinger Street, eastbound Des Voeux Road Central, northbound Pedder Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road;
5. Traffic along westbound Queen’s Road Central near D’Aguilar Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via northbound Pottinger Street, eastbound Des Voeux Road Central, northbound Pedder Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Glenealy, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
6. Traffic along northbound Wyndham Street and westbound Queen’s Road Central near D’Aguilar Street heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via westbound Queen’s Road Central, northbound Pottinger Street, eastbound Des Voeux Road Central, northbound Pedder Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, southbound Cotton Tree Drive, southbound Garden Road, westbound Robinson Road, eastbound Castle Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles except exceeding nine metres in length;
7. Traffic along northbound Aberdeen Street and westbound Wellington Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via westbound Wellington Street, westbound Bonham Strand, northbound Hillier Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, eastbound Man Kat Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central , southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road;
8. Traffic along northbound Aberdeen Street and westbound Wellington Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via westbound Wellington Street, westbound Bonham Strand, northbound Hillier Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, eastbound Man Kat Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Glenealy, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
9. Traffic along northbound Aberdeen Street and westbound Wellington Street heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via westbound Wellington Street, westbound Bonham Strand, northbound Hillier Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, eastbound Man Kat Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central , southbound Cotton Tree Drive, southbound Garden Road, westbound Robinson Road, eastbound Castle Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles exceeding nine metres in length;
10. Traffic along westbound Queen’s Road West heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
11. Traffic along westbound Queen’s Road West heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
12. Traffic along eastbound Hollywood Road heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via northbound Lok Ku Road, westbound Queen’s Road Central, northbound Morrison Street, eastbound Des Voeux Road Central, northbound Hillier Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, eastbound Man Kat Street, eastbound Connaught Road Central, southbound Cotton Tree Drive, westbound Upper Albert Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road;
13. Traffic along southbound Bonham Strand and westbound Queen’s Road Central near Morrison Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via westbound Queen’s Road West, southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
14. Traffic along southbound Bonham Strand and westbound Queen’s Road Central near Morrison Street heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via westbound Queen’s Road West, southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight;
15. Traffic along eastbound Caine Road heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via northbound Arbuthnot Road;
16. Traffic along northbound Upper Station Street heading for Wyndham Street will be diverted via eastbound Hollywood Road, northbound Lok Ku Road, westbound Queen’s Road Central, westbound Queen’s Road West, southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Arbuthnot Road, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight; and
17. Traffic along northbound Upper Station Street heading for Staunton Street will be diverted via eastbound Hollywood Road, northbound Lok Ku Road, westbound Queen’s Road Central, westbound Queen’s Road West, southbound Eastern Street, eastbound Hospital Road, eastbound Caine Road and northbound Old Bailey Street, except for vehicles exceeding 5.5 tonnes in gross weight.
Suspension of parking spaces
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All parking meters on Old Bailey Street will be suspended from 6pm on November 3 to 11pm on November 4.
All vehicles found illegally parked within the precinct will be towed away without prior notice, and may subject to multiple ticketing.
Actual implementation of the traffic arrangements will be made depending on traffic and crowd conditions in the area. Motorists are advised to exercise tolerance and patience and take heed of instructions of the Police on site. read more
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