Central’s streets became a maze of one-way pedestrian routes on Saturday night as revellers packed the district for the finale of Hong Kong’s first citywide Halloween Month.
TYR took about 150 minutes to reach Lan Kwai Fong from Exit C of Hong Kong MTR station at around 9pm, while Exit D1 of Central station – one of the closest access points to the nightlife district – was temporarily closed until the end of MTR services.
With Halloween falling on a weekend for the first time in five years, police implemented special crowd-control and traffic arrangements across Central and Lan Kwai Fong, directing revellers along one-way pedestrian routes.
Officers monitored crowd movement along the diverted routes, using megaphones to urge people to keep moving and preventing them from walking against the designated flow.
The celebrations marked the culmination of the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s inaugural Halloween Month, a citywide programme launched on Oct. 17 and staged across districts, including Central, Kai Tak, Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui.
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