Hong Kong Park Rules
I thought the US was pretty good at regulating potentially fun things to the point of not being fun. However, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in Hong Kong, is a global leader in making parks not fun. Let's take a look at all the banned activities as we enter Victoria Park. From left to right.
1. No walking on grass or no shoes on grass.
2. Not sure. Either no carrying large items, or no weighing things with a big scale.
3. No holding and/or picking flowers.
4. No dogs.
5. This is a toss up. Either no feeding birds or no arguing with chickens.
6. This one could be interesting. I want to say it's no urinating, but I've never seen a non-contiguous stream of urine like that before, nor have I seen it collect on the ground in distinct spheres. It would help greatly if the source of said stream was shown, but the red strik-thru quite inconveniently hides the exact origin. A 2nd interpretation is no tapping eggs with a crooked cane.
7. No lying down or no sleeping.
8. Not a clue. Could be no graffiti or no drawing squiggly lines. Maybe it's a jump rope? Or it's intentionally ambiguous so police can bust someone they don't like and make up an offence.
9. No bicycles.
10. No skateboards.
11. Finally an icon with no red line thru it. Looks like a man throwing something in a trash can. Throwing stuff away in a garbage can is allowed! I would not have known otherwise. None of the icons ban littering though, do they?
12. The allowed activities list was short lived. Alas, a red strike thru appears again. This time we may not use remote control cars.
Let's see. What can we do? We can walk on the paved areas in the allowed direction. Yes, for the benefit of runners, the running path has a designated direction. Sitting on benches was also quite popular among park visitors. I'd like to think that since this sign was so specific, everything else not listed must therefore be okay. Guns, rollerblades, those kinds of fun things.
1. No walking on grass or no shoes on grass.
2. Not sure. Either no carrying large items, or no weighing things with a big scale.
3. No holding and/or picking flowers.
4. No dogs.
5. This is a toss up. Either no feeding birds or no arguing with chickens.
6. This one could be interesting. I want to say it's no urinating, but I've never seen a non-contiguous stream of urine like that before, nor have I seen it collect on the ground in distinct spheres. It would help greatly if the source of said stream was shown, but the red strik-thru quite inconveniently hides the exact origin. A 2nd interpretation is no tapping eggs with a crooked cane.
7. No lying down or no sleeping.
8. Not a clue. Could be no graffiti or no drawing squiggly lines. Maybe it's a jump rope? Or it's intentionally ambiguous so police can bust someone they don't like and make up an offence.
9. No bicycles.
10. No skateboards.
11. Finally an icon with no red line thru it. Looks like a man throwing something in a trash can. Throwing stuff away in a garbage can is allowed! I would not have known otherwise. None of the icons ban littering though, do they?
12. The allowed activities list was short lived. Alas, a red strike thru appears again. This time we may not use remote control cars.
Let's see. What can we do? We can walk on the paved areas in the allowed direction. Yes, for the benefit of runners, the running path has a designated direction. Sitting on benches was also quite popular among park visitors. I'd like to think that since this sign was so specific, everything else not listed must therefore be okay. Guns, rollerblades, those kinds of fun things.
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