Yesterday (18th) a large number of people poured into Tai O to enjoy the lanterns, and police officers were required to be present at the scene to maintain order.
Zhang Minfang, a master of Lantern Festival, said today (19th) that the original intention of the event was to hope that everyone would be happy, but it was only a spontaneous private activity, lacking manpower and financial resources, and it was difficult to control the flow of people. He was worried that people would be trampled on, and frankly felt discouraged. .
She revealed that the police will also be present tonight to maintain order. Volunteers will also be present to assist and will post instructions, hoping to help ease the flow of people. She once again reminded the public that the lights will no longer be lit on Mid-Autumn Festival and the day following Mid-Autumn Festival. , No need to go to Tai O specially.
Some residents of Tai O said that the original intention of the event was good but "good intentions do bad things" because the streets of Tai O are narrow and it is difficult to walk with a large number of tourists "checking in".
Another resident said that he was trapped at Dayong Bridge for more than ten minutes last night, unable to walk, and said that the situation was dangerous. In the event of an accident, there would be "nothing to leave, nothing to leave."
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The latest decision of the organizers of the Root Jue event is that the "Tai O Water Village Lantern Festival" originally scheduled for September 11-30 will not be held on the Mid-Autumn Festival (21st), the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival (22nd), and September 27 and 28. Light on the day.
Zhang Minfang said that the original intention of the event was to hope that everyone would be happy, but there was too much crowds yesterday, especially many tourists stopped on the Tai Chung Bridge to take pictures, which affected the lives of residents and eventually required police officers to be present to maintain order.
She confessed that she was worried about the trampling of people in Lan Kwai Fong that year. "It's a big wok to block the bridge... The worst is that a bridge can do it. If there is something wrong with the ambulance, the ambulance will come in. If Some people fall into the sea, and we don’t even know a little bit of it.”
The master wants the government to be responsible for organizing the event
Zhang Minfang also pointed out that the activities were spontaneous by the people, and they bluntly lacked manpower and financial resources to control the flow of people. They believed that the government should be responsible for activities involving such a large flow of people. He frankly felt discouraged at the moment.
She said that the police will be there tonight, there will also be volunteers to assist, and instructions will be posted to remind visitors to "up left and right down".
She also believes that the government should issue a resident certificate to give residents priority to ride home instead of waiting for the bus with tourists.
Mr. Kan, a resident of Tai O, was on the Tai Chung Bridge at about 7 o’clock last night. He was trapped for more than ten minutes on the bridge that he usually crossed in less than a minute. When I was born, I hadn't seen anything like that when I was a few years old." He said frankly that he felt the situation was quite dangerous at the time. Fortunately, no accident happened.
Mr. Jian sells calligraphy and painting in Tai O, but in order not to affect the elderly in the store and do not want visitors to stay outside the store, he said that he deliberately put sundries outside the store and pulled down the iron gate.
Another 80-year-old neighbour said, "No one cares about tourists." However, a large number of tourists are blocking the streets and stopping to eat and take pictures from time to time. As a result, it is difficult to walk.
Regarding the Lantern Festival, he believes that "good intentions do bad things" and "tourists do not care about locals." Different measures should be taken to control the flow of people.
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