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(a) Police will deploy officers to assist the public meeting according to
the date, time and location as stated the notification you submitted
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on 12th July 2019 and the amended notifications you submitted on
16th, 17th and 18th July 2019. Any changes in date, time or
location of the public meeting may affect the Police deployment
that has been arranged for the public meeting and Police ability to
provide emergency services to the public, thereby affecting public
safety and public order. For this reason, the public meeting is to
be held on Sunday, 21st July 2019 according to the following time
and location:
Time
Start at 3:00 p.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.; but when the participants of
the public meeting, awaiting the start of the public procession, have
occupied about 85% of No.1-6 Football Pitch, Victoria Park, the
public procession has to set off from Victoria Park (whichever is
earlier)
Venue
No.1-6 Football Pitch and Central Lawn, Victoria Park*
(b) In your amended notifications submitted on 17th and 18th July 2019,
you proposed to hold the public procession from No.1-6 Football
Pitch and Central Lawn, Victoria Park to Chater Road Pedestrian
Precinct between 3:30 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. on 21st July 2019 and
the notified number of participants is 50,000.
Time
Start at 3:30 p.m. or when the participants of the public meeting,
awaiting the start of the public procession, have occupied about
85% of No.1-6 Football Pitch, Victoria Park, the public procession
has to set off from Victoria Park (whichever is earlier), and end at
9:00 p.m.
Route
No.1-6 Football Pitch and Central Lawn, Victoria Park (starting
point) → South Boulevard, Victoria Park → cross basketball
courts, Victoria Park → via Gate No. 15 & 16 of the Victoria
Park → cross Causeway Road → Causeway Road (westbound
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carriageway) → Leighton Road (westbound carriageway) →
Irving Street (westbound carriageway) → Pennington Street
(northbound carriageway) → Yee Wo Street (westbound
carriageway) → Hennessy Road (westbound carriageway) →
Luard Road (northbound carriageway) → Luard Road
(northbound carriageway) junction with Johnston Road (finishing
point);
Conditions imposed upon the number of participants, the leading vehicle and
behaviour of the participants of public meeting / procession
(i) In order to maintain public safety, public order and protect the
rights and freedom of others, you shall provide sufficient marshals
to appeal the participants to proceed in a safe manner and follow
the instructions given by the Police throughout the public meeting /
procession. You shall also prevent participants to bring along
with them any oversize object or sharp object for the purpose of
demonstration. Moreover, you shall provide details of the contact
person with whom the Police can liaise with if discussion is
required. Besides, the marshals should make best endeavours to
ensure that no dangerous situation occurs arising from
overcrowding during the public meeting / procession. For this
reason, you are required to arrange 100 marshals as mentioned in
the amended notification you submitted on 17th July 2019 to
provide assistance throughout the public meeting / procession;
(j) During the public meeting / procession, Police will implement tidal
flow measure to control the crowd inside the Victoria Park as the
Gate 14 of Victoria Park is one of the main access for the public.
For this reason, the public procession shall cooperate with the
Police and comply with instructions given by the Police with due
regard to the prevailing crowd situation while crossing the
basketball courts of Victoria Park, and, if necessary, give way to
the people who are entering the Victoria Park;
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(k) You shall appeal to the participants that they should not engage in
any activities of fund-raising, for examples, flag-selling,
exchanging of badges, tokens or similar articles for obtaining
money without any public subscription permit; and no participant
is allowed to hawk in any street for any purpose without temporary
hawker licence;
(o) Since there will be other large scale public events to be held in
Hong Kong Island on 21st July 2019, in order to maintain public
safety, public order and ensure the safety of your participants, you
shall comply with instructions given by the Police, to disperse the
public meetings/procession earlier where necessary.
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Annex
Notes to Organizers
The possible gathering of dissidents due to the nature of the event, and which may
lead to breach of peace or other unlawful activities. Organizers shall take reasonable
and appropriate measures to ensure the event is conducted in lawful and orderly
manner.
Role
1. Assist the organizer to maintain order during the event; and
2. Take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of the participants.
General Requirements
1. The marshals should be clearly identified by coloured coats, vests, caps or
arm-bands;
2. Be conversant with facilities and layout of the venue, and the activities to be
conducted;
3. Be conversant with the conditions imposed, if any, by the Police under the Public
Order Ordinance (Cap. 245);
4. Be equipped with communication device and/or loudhailer as far as practicable;
5. Inform the Police an appeal to those related people not to do anything illegal if it
is anticipated that public order or public safety may be jeopardised;
6. Priority should be to given to take care of young persons, the elderly, the
disabled or anyone in need, if necessary;
7. Assign a ‘head marshal’ who will be a contact person and maintain close liaison
with the Police;
8. Comply with all lawful orders given by the Police;
9. Control the volume of any amplification device so that it would not exceed the
tolerable level of a reasonable person;
10. Assist the Police to manage the crowd; and
11. Assist the organiser to clean up the venue upon conclusion of the event.
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(III) Arrangement of the pedestrian crossing outside SOGO Department Store
and Paterson Street
The organizer of public meeting/public procession should take note of the followings,
whenever applicable:
1. The organizer should apply to other organizations for permission to use locations
or premises under their administration.
2. The organizer or, if he is not present, a person nominated by him to act in his
place, should with due diligence appeal to all participants to comply forthwith
with any direction given to them by any police officer, and obey the existing
laws and regulations, in particular:
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Bonfires: Under Section 4(14) of the Summary Offences Ordinance, Cap.
228, any person shall not wantonly or negligently make any bonfire to the
damage or danger of any person;
Road Traffic: Any person shall observe the provisions of the Road Traffic
Ordinance, Cap. 374, Public Bus Services Ordinance, Cap 230 and the
related subsidiary legislation (e.g. No passenger shall stand on the upper
deck of a bus while the bus is moving) at all times;
Vehicles: Under the provisions of the Road Traffic Ordinance, Cap 374 and
the related subsidiary legislation, all vehicles participating in the event
should be roadworthy;
Fund Raising: Any person shall not conduct any fund raising, flag selling or
exchange for donations of badges, tokens or similar articles unless with a
permit from either the Director of Social Welfare or the Secretary for Home
Affairs under Section 4(17) of the Summary Offences Ordinance, Cap. 228;
Hawking: Under Section 83B of the Public Health and Municipal Services
Ordinance, Cap. 228, any person shall not hawk unless with a licence issued
by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department under the Hawker
Regulation under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap.
132AI,;
Noise: Under Section 5 of the Noise Control Ordinance, Cap. 400, any
person who at any time in any domestic premises or public place plays or
operates any musical or other instrument; or uses any loud-speaker,
megaphone, or other device or instrument for magnifying sound, the noise
of which is a source of annoyance to any person commits an offence;
Posters: Under Section 104A of the Public Health and Municipal Services
Ordinance, Cap. 132, no bill or poster shall be displayed or affixed on any
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private land, except with the written permission of the owner or occupier
thereof; or on any Government land, except with the written permission of
the Authority;
Drone: Under Section 48 of Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995, Cap.
448C, a person shall not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft
to endanger any person or property; and
Graffiti: Under Section 8(b) of the Summary Offences Ordinance, Cap. 228,
any person shall not without the consent of the owner or occupier writes
upon, soils, defaces or marks any building, wall, fence or paling with chalk
or paint or in any other way whatsoever; or wilfully breaks, destroys or
damages any part of any building, wall, fence or paling, or any fixture or
appendage thereof.
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