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Written by: Ling Yide
2020-01-01 13:16
Last updated: 2020-01-01 13:29The FDC marched on January 1, and earlier received a notice of no objection from the police. The parade starts from Victoria Park Central Lawn and ends at the pedestrian zone on Chater Road, Central. This morning (1st) Police set up on the parade route. Police vehicles at Percival Street and Gloucester Road arrived. As for the section outside Victoria Park, there are riot police officers and multiple police cars on alert. Police have set up roadblocks in Kowloon and the New Territories to stop roads and check for excessive traffic. At the entrance of the West Tunnel towards Hong Kong, a number of police cars were parked on multiple lanes, and a large number of riot police were on the road. Only the slow line was allowed to pass. The traffic on the scene was very congested.
On the eve of the parade on January 1, in addition to the deployment on Hong Kong Island, the police also set up roadblocks on different highways and inspected passing vehicles. According to the online pictures, the police also set up roadblocks to check vehicles on Tuen Mun Highway towards Ting Kau, the location opposite to the West Tunnel, Tolo Harbour and Lion Rock Tunnel Highway. At about 1 pm, police officers set up roadblocks to check vehicles on Yuen Long Highway, via Tai Tong towards Tuen Mun.
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