23 Sep 2016 / Hong Kong - Central Harbour, off Wan Chai
A fireworks display will take place in the Central Harbour, in an area off Wan Chai, at 2100 hours on Saturday, 1 October 2016 (“the event day”).
The Fireworks will be discharged from three barges. A closed area will be established around the barges between 1400 hours and about 2300 hours on the event day.
The Closed Area will be closed to all marine traffic, except craft directly involved in the fireworks display, Government launches and vessels with special permission from the Director of Marine (to be collectively called excepted vessels) during the aforesaid period.
A Restricted Area will be established in the Central Harbour from 2000 hours to about 2215 hours on the event day.
To minimize head-on encounters of vessels after the fireworks display, the Restricted Area will be lifted in stages by lifting the WCL at about 2200 hours. The ECL will be lifted later depending on the traffic condition in the Central Harbour. It is anticipated that the Restricted Area will be completely lifted at about 2215 hours on the event day.
Vessels intending to navigate in the Central Harbour after the fireworks display should pay special attention to the establishment of three Buffer Zones at Kowloon Public Pier, Kwun Tong Public Pier, Central Piers 9 and 10 and the associated marine traffic control measures.
In the event of inclement weather and emergency, the fireworks display may be postponed to the fallback date of Sunday, 2 October 2016, at 2100 hours, with the same control measures as aforementioned.
Vessels approaching the Restricted Area before or during the fireworks display and vessels leaving their viewing positions after the display must proceed at a safe speed, which should not generally exceed 5 knots. Every vessel must at all times maintain a proper lookout, and take measures to avoid obscuring the view of any person keeping a lookout, including switching off the cabin lights. Searchlights must not be used as they may interfere with the proper lookout on or with the safe operation of other vessels.
For information about operations in Hong Kong contact GAC Hong Kong at [email protected].
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