Special traffic and transport arrangements for triathlon event in Central and Wan Chai districts from this Friday to Sunday
The Transport Department (TD) today (March 12) reminded members of the public that the following special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented in phases from this Friday to Sunday (March 13 to 15) to facilitate the holding of the triathlon event in Central and Wan Chai districts.
1. Road closures
From 10am on Friday (March 13) to about 6pm on Sunday (March 15), the section of Expo Drive between Legislative Council Road and Expo Drive Central will be temporarily closed; and
From 1am to about 2pm on Saturday (March 14) and from 1am to about 6pm on Sunday (March 15), road closure and diversion measures will be implemented in the vicinities of the Central Harbourfront and Wan Chai North (Yiu Sing Street, Lung Wo Road, Lung Hop Street, Lung Tat Path, etc).
2. Public transport arrangements
To tie in with the road closure arrangements in the vicinity of the Central Harbourfront, the departures of cross-harbour bus route Nos. H1S and H2 (Central bound) and CTB route No. H3 (Stanley bound) operating via Lung Wo Road or Yiu Sing Street, will be temporarily diverted to operate via Connaught Road Central in the following time periods until the closed road is reopened to traffic:
from the first departure on Saturday (March 14) to about 2pm; and
from the first departure on Sunday (March 15) to about 6pm.
During the road closures in the Central Harbourfront, the bus stop on Man Yiu Street near Two International Finance Centre will be temporarily suspended.
Members of the public are advised to make use of public transport services as far as possible to avoid traffic congestion and unnecessary delays. During the event, the TD and the Police will closely monitor the traffic situation. The Police may adjust the traffic arrangements subject to the prevailing crowd and traffic conditions in the areas. Members of the public should pay attention to the latest traffic news through radio, television or the "HKeMobility" mobile application.
For details of the special traffic and public transport arrangements, members of the public may visit the TD website (www.td.gov.hk), its mobile application "HKeMobility" or passenger notices issued by the relevant public transport operators.
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Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for fourth quarter of 2025 and whole year of 2025
Business receipts in value terms of almost all major service industries showed increases of varying magnitudes in the fourth quarter of 2025 when compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the provisional figures of business receipts indices released today (March 12) by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD).
Comparing the fourth quarter of 2025 with the fourth quarter of 2024, double-digit increases were recorded in business receipts indices of the financing (except banking) (+34.7%), insurance (+31.9%), import/export trade (+20.1%) and banking (+16.0%) industries. On the other hand, the warehousing and storage industry recorded a decrease of 3.3% in business receipts index during the same period.
Analysed by service domain, business receipts index of the computer and information technology services domain increased by 101.8% year-on-year during the same period, while that of the tourism, convention and exhibition services domain also increased by 11.7% year-on-year.
On a seasonally adjusted quarter-to-quarter comparison, business receipts in value terms of most of the major service industries recorded increases of varying magnitudes in the fourth quarter of 2025 when compared with the third quarter of 2025. In particular, double-digit increases were recorded in business receipts indices of the financing (except banking) (+23.9%), real estate (+12.1%) and accommodation services (+10.4%) industries. On the other hand, business receipts index of the insurance industry decreased by 8.0% during the same period.
Analysed by service domain, comparing the fourth quarter of 2025 with the third quarter of 2025 on a seasonally adjusted basis, business receipts index of the tourism, convention and exhibition services domain increased by 9.3%, while that of the computer and information technology services domain also increased by 1.6%.
For 2025 as a whole, most of the major service industries recorded year-on-year increases in business receipts. Double-digit increases were recorded in business receipts indices of the financing (except banking) (+32.1%), insurance (+29.6%), import/export trade (+20.9%) and banking (+15.6%) industries. On the other hand, business receipts indices of the real estate and warehousing and storage industries decreased by 3.5% and 3.1% respectively as compared with 2024.
Analysed by services domain, business receipts index of the computer and information technology services domain increased by 85.5%, while that of the tourism, convention and exhibition services domain also increased by 6.6% during the same period.
Commentary
A Government spokesman said that business receipts of almost all service industries increased in the fourth quarter of 2025 over a year earlier. In particular, the financing (except banking), insurance, import/export trade and banking industries saw double-digit growth in their business receipts. Meanwhile, the retail and accommodation services industries saw accelerating growth in their business receipts.
Looking ahead, businesses of service industries in general are expected to expand further in the near term. The sustained growth of the global economy, the continued improvement in local consumption sentiment and the visible growth in inbound visitor arrivals should bode well for various service industries. The Government will closely monitor the development of various external uncertainties, including heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East of late and shifting trade and economic policies of individual major economies.
Further information
Table 1 presents the business receipts indices and their corresponding year-on-year rates of change in respect of selected service industries and service domains for the recent five quarters, while Table 2 shows the corresponding quarter-to-quarter rates of change in the business receipts indices for the recent five quarters based on the seasonally adjusted series.
The revised figures of business receipts indices for the fourth quarter of 2025 will be released at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/web_table.html?id=660-69001) on April 21, 2026.
Data for compiling the business receipts indices are mainly based on the Quarterly Survey of Service Industries conducted by the C&SD, supplemented by relevant data provided by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
A service domain differs from a service industry in that it comprises those economic activities which straddle different industries but are somehow related to a common theme. It may include all activities carried out by all companies in a service industry that is closely related to the domain. For a service industry that is less closely related, however, only a portion of the companies in the industry or even only part of the economic activities of the companies is related to the domain. Taking the tourism, convention and exhibition services domain as an example, it includes all services of convention and exhibition organisers, short-term accommodation services and services of travel agents, and some of the services (only those involving visitors as customers) of restaurants, retailers and transport operators.
The classification of service industries follows the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0, which is used in various economic surveys for classifying economic units into relevant industry classes.
More detailed statistics are given in the report "Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service Industries, Fourth Quarter 2025". Users can browse and download this publication at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1080006&scode=520).
For enquiries about the business receipts indices, please contact the Business Services Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel.: 3903 7274 or e-mail: business-receipts@censtatd.gov.hk).
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