Police Announce Traffic and Safety Measures for Link Hong Kong Open 2026 at Fanling Golf Course

Crowd safety management measures and special traffic arrangements for Hong Kong Open

The Police announced today (October 21) that in order to facilitate the holding of the Link Hong Kong Open 2026 from October 22 to 25 at the Fanling Golf Course, crowd safety management measures and special traffic arrangements will be implemented in the North District during the event.

A. Crowd safety management measures

In anticipation of a large number of spectators at the event, the Police will implement crowd safety management measures in the Fanling Golf Course area depending on the prevailing situation, to maintain public order and safety.

Members of the public are advised to exercise patience and tolerance, follow the instructions given by police officers on site, and pay attention to directional signs and announcements.

B. Temporary traffic arrangements

The following temporary traffic arrangements will be implemented from October 22 to 25 when the traffic on Fan Kam Road is congested:

In the morning:

- All vehicles on Fanling Highway (westbound) will be banned from travelling onto Fan Kam Road (southbound) via Tai Tau Leng Roundabout;

- All vehicles on Po Shek Wu Road (southbound) will be banned from travelling onto Fan Kam Road (southbound) via Tai Tau Leng Roundabout;

- All vehicles on Castle Peak Road (Kwu Tung Section) (eastbound) will be banned from right turning onto Fan Kam Road (southbound);

- All vehicles on Po Kin Road (westbound) will be banned from left turning onto Fan Kam Road (southbound); and

- All vehicles on Fan Kam Road (northbound) will be banned from right turning onto Po Kin Road (eastbound).

All affected vehicles will be diverted to Tai Tau Leng Roundabout, Fanling Highway (westbound), Pak Shek Au Roundabout, Fanling Highway (eastbound) and Tai Tau Leng Roundabout to Fan Kam Road (southbound).

In the afternoon:

- All vehicles on Fan Kam Road (northbound) heading to Tai Tau Leng Roundabout will be diverted via Po Kin Road (eastbound).

Police vehicles, emergency vehicles, franchised buses, green minibuses, taxis, dedicated vehicles arranged by the organiser and vehicles permitted by police on site will not be affected by the above temporary traffic arrangements.

To facilitate spectators going to Fanling Golf Course, the organiser will provide shuttle bus services plying between Hong Kong Golf Club, Fanling, and Sheung Shui Station and designated locations in urban areas from October 22 to 25. Pick-up and drop-off points of the shuttle bus services will be set up at the general lay-bys on Po Kin Road (westbound) near Fan Kam Road. For details of the shuttle bus services, please refer to the organiser’s website (www.thehongkongopen.com).

Members of the public are advised to make use of public transport or shuttle bus services to access the aforementioned areas during the event. Motorists are advised to avoid the abovementioned roads to ensure smooth vehicular traffic movements. The Police will implement the special arrangements subject to the prevailing traffic and crowd conditions.

Crowd safety management measures and special traffic arrangements for Hong Kong Open Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs detects three smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels with goods worth about $23.6 million seized

Hong Kong Customs detected three suspected smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels in October. Large batches of suspected smuggled goods with a total estimated market value of about $23.6 million were seized.

Through intelligence analysis and risk assessment, Customs discovered that criminals intended to use ocean-going vessels to smuggle goods. Customs thus formulated enforcement operations.

In the first case, three suspicious containers scheduled to depart from Hong Kong to Malaysia via ocean-going vessels were selected for inspection. Upon examination, Customs officers found large batches of suspected smuggled goods, including over 11 000 hair curlers, hair dryers, hair straighteners and hair brushes from the three containers, which were declared as carrying parts of vacuum cleaners.

In the other two cases, two suspicious containers scheduled to depart from Hong Kong to Australia via ocean-going vessels were selected for inspection. Upon examination, Customs officers found large batches of suspected smuggled goods, including about 2.4 million suspected illicit cigarettes, as well as electronic products, household products and cosmetic products from the two containers, which were declared as containing plastic films, mattresses and storage racks; and ceramic ornaments, trolleys and mattresses respectively.

Investigations on the three cases are ongoing. The likelihood of arrests is not ruled out.

Being a government department primarily responsible for tackling smuggling activities, Customs has long been combating various smuggling activities at the forefront. Customs will keep up its enforcement action and continue to fiercely combat sea smuggling activities through proactive risk management and intelligence-based enforcement strategies, and carry out targeted anti-smuggling operations at suitable times to disrupt relevant crimes.

Smuggling is a serious offence. Under the Import and Export Ordinance, any person found guilty of importing or exporting unmanifested cargo is liable to a maximum fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years upon conviction.

Members of the public may report any suspected smuggling activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account(crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Hong Kong Customs detects three smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels with goods worth about $23.6 million seized Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs detects three smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels with goods worth about $23.6 million seized Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs detects three smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels with goods worth about $23.6 million seized Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases