Commissioner for Tourism monitors tourist attractions' preparatory work for the 2024 Labour Day Golden Week of the Mainland

Tourism commissioner oversees preparations for mainland's 2024 labour day golden week

ââThe Commissioner for Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum, joined by the Travel Industry Authority, visited the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Garden Road Peak Tram Station today (April 29) to monitor the preparatory work for receiving visitors implemented by tourist attractions, including management arrangements of people and vehicle flow such as managing visitor queues, manpower of ticketing centre, coach parking as well as boarding and alighting.

ââDuring the 2024 Labour Day Golden Week of the Mainland, major tourist attractions, including the Hong Kong Disneyland, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Ngong Ping 360 and Ocean Park, will extend their opening hours as appropriate and adopt special measures through increasing manpower and close liaison with relevant government departments, stakeholders of the tourism industry, the MTR and bus companies, to cope with additional flow of people.

Breaking news: massive fire in yuen long - urgent update!

Please broadcast the following special announcement as soon as possible, and repeat it at suitable intervals:

A fire broke out at a recycling site in Pak Sha Shan Road, Yuen Long at 1.04pm today (May 16). The Fire Services Department is conducting a firefighting operation.

Members of the public who are being affected by the smoke and an unusual odour carried by the wind are advised to close their doors and windows and stay calm.