Halloween crowd plans revealed as 25,000 revellers expected in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong

Halloween crowd plans revealed as 25,000 revellers expected in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong

About 25,000 revellers are expected to celebrate Halloween in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong nightlife area on Thursday, police have said, with the force stepping up safety measures including installing more surveillance cameras and using crowd counting technology for the first time. In an annual crowd control plan for the popular event in Central, assistant…

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Halloween crowd plans revealed as 25,000 revellers expected in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong

Halloween crowd plans revealed as 25,000 revellers expected in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong

About 25,000 revellers are expected to celebrate Halloween in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong nightlife area on Thursday, police have said, with the force stepping up safety measures including installing more surveillance cameras and using crowd counting technology for the first time. In an annual crowd control plan for the popular event in Central, assistant…

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Exclusive | Facial recognition coming to CCTVs at Hong Kong’s party hub Lan Kwai Fong: police chief

Exclusive | Facial recognition coming to CCTVs at Hong Kong’s party hub Lan Kwai Fong: police chief

Hong Kong’s first set of 50 surveillance cameras installed by police at party district Lan Kwai Fong will have crowd counting capabilities for the coming Halloween festivities, with facial recognition technology to be added next year, the city’s police chief has revealed. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee told the Post in an exclusive interview…

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