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Fun-filled family carnivals will continue at West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade on three Sunday afternoons (April 29, May 13 and 27). Admission is free.
Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the carnivals will have a variety of programmes including bouncing games, games stalls, a cycling performance, variety show and clown performance. There will be a car show on May 13. Visitors can also enjoy cycling by using the bicycle rental facilities recently arranged by the department at the promenade.
Free shuttle bus services between Kowloon Park (Austin Road entrance) and West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade will be arranged on the three Sundays. Buses will depart from Kowloon Park to West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade every 15 minutes from 12.30pm to 4pm. They will depart from West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade to Kowloon Park at 15-minute intervals from 12.45pm to 5.30pm.
For enquiries on the carnivals, please call 2302 1762.
The promenade is open from 6am to 11pm daily. West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade has two entrances - the eastern one at the junction of Austin Road West and Nga Cheung Road, Tsim Sha Tsui and the western one at the Kowloon-side exit of Western Harbour Crossing. The promenade is equipped with a metered carpark which provides 30 private car parking spaces and two coach parking spaces near the eastern entrance of the promenade. Visitors may also get there by the following ways:
- To take KMB No. 8 which runs between Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier and Kowloon MTR Station or green mini-bus No. 77M running between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Kowloon MTR Station which will stop in Austin Road West near the access road leading to the promenade's eastern entrance. It then takes about 10 minutes’ walk to arrive at the promenade;
- To take the MTR to Kowloon Station from which is a five minutes' walk to the promenade's western entrance;
- To arrive the public transport interchange near Kowloon MTR Station for Bus No. 8, 11, 203E, 215X, 207A and 281A, and green mini-bus No. 26, 74 and 77M, and then walk for about five minutes to reach the western entrance; or
- To take the cross harbour tunnel buses of route numbers 904, 905, 914, 934, 935, 948 968, 970 etc. to alight at the bus stops at Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza and walk for about five minutes to get to the promenade.
Ends/Thursday, April 26, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:51
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