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The 15th National Games (NG) Athletics (Marathon) Competition will be held on November 15. National Games Coordination Office (Hong Kong) Head Yeung Tak-keung, representatives from Police and the Transport Department held a press conference today to brief the media on the relevant arrangements. The event will be the first cross-boundary marathon in the history of the NG, spanning across Hong Kong and Shenzhen by making use of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge as the track. Setting off from the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, the races will enter Hong Kong via the Shenzhen Bay Port, run along the Shenzhen Bay Bridge and Kong Sham Western Highway Viaduct, then turn back to the Shenzhen Bay Port through the same route, and finally end at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. The men's group will depart at 7am and the women's group at 7.30am. The athletes will enter the Hong Kong section upon completion of approximately 2km of race route. Both groups are expected to spend around two hours in the Hong Kong section. On the event day, the arrangements, including temporary traffic control measures and clearance arrangements at boundary control points, will be implemented. Arrival and departure clearance services at the Shenzhen Bay Port will be suspended and passengers and vehicles will be prohibited from entering the port from 2am to 11am. Travellers should choose other control points to Shenzhen. Temporary control measures will be implemented on Shenzhen Bay Bridge, Kong Sham Western Highway and Ha Tsuen Interchange from 2am to 11am. During the temporary control period, the Shenzhen Bay Bridge, the Kong Sham Western Highway and Ha Tsuen Interchange will be closed to all vehicular traffic from eastbound and westbound of Yuen Long Highway and Ha Tsuen Road. Regarding public transport arrangements, cross-boundary coach services running between Hong Kong and the Mainland via Shenzhen Bay Port as well as local public transport services serving Shenzhen Bay Port will be suspended during the implementation of the temporary control at the Shenzhen Bay Port, the Shenzhen Bay Bridge and the Kong Sham Western Highway on the event day. Moreover, the 15th NG triathlon event will be held on November 15 and 16 at the Central Harbourfront and Victoria Harbour. The event comprises the men's individual, women's individual and mixed relay events. A total of around 90 athletes from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau will compete in the events. The starting point of the races will be located at the waterfront of the Wan Chai Temporary Promenade. Athletes will first complete the swimming segment, followed by the cycling segment, and finally the running segment. The athletes will run through a number of Hong Kong landmarks during the races. The cycling route will pass through the business district in Central, such as the Central Government Offices, the Legislative Council Complex, and the Hong Kong Observation Wheel. The running route will mainly loop around the Central Harbourfront Promenade, with the finish line located at the Central Harbourfront Event Space. From November 12 to 16, special traffic and transport arrangements will be implemented in phases on the road sections in Central and Wan Chai districts. The restricted zones will be set up at waters off Wanchai during the competition.
At
midnight
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 21 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 67 per cent
The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory21 degrees ;
King's Park20 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang21 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling20 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan20 degrees ;
Tai Po20 degrees ;
Sha Tin20 degrees ;
Tuen Mun21 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O20 degrees ;
Sai Kung21 degrees ;
Cheung Chau20 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok21 degrees ;
Tsing Yi21 degrees ;
Shek Kong20 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon19 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley20 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park21 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan20 degrees ;
Kowloon City20 degrees ;
Happy Valley21 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin20 degrees ;
Stanley21 degrees ;
Kwun Tong20 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po20 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park21 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park21 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk19 degrees .
Here is the information on Tropical Storm Fung-wong at 11 p.m. yesterday:
Location: 22.5 degrees north, 121.2 degrees east.
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 10, Weeks 39 - 43 (September 21 – October 25, 2025)
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