Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC CONTROL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 33

Light signal crossing

(1) Light signals may be used for the purpose of indicating to pedestrians the
period during which they may or may not cross a carriageway.

(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1) such light signals shall be of the
size, colour and type specified in Schedule 3 and shall be used in conjunction
with the light signals prescribed by regulation 16.

(3) A light signal prescribed by this regulation shall be so designed that-

   (a)  the red figure in Figure No. 701 in Schedule 3 (referred to in
this regulation as "the red signal") is internally illuminated by a steady
light; and

   (b)  the green figure in Figure No. 701 in Schedule 3 (referred to
in this regulation as "the green signal") is internally illuminated at times
by a steady light and at times by an intermittent light.

(4) The significance of a light signal prescribed by this regulation shall be
as follows-

   (a)  the red signal when illuminated by a steady light shall indicate to a
        pedestrian that he shall not cross or start to cross the carriageway
        at the crossing;

   (b)  the green signal when illuminated by a steady light shall indicate to
        a pedestrian that he may cross the carriageway at the crossing; and

   (c)  the green signal when illuminated by an intermittent light shall
        indicate-

        (i)    to a pedestrian who is already on the crossing that he shall
               proceed to pass over the crossing with reasonable speed; and

        (ii)   to a pedestrian who is not already on the crossing that he
               shall not start to cross the carriageway at the crossing.

(5) For the purpose of this regulation the parts of a road on each side of a
pedestrian refuge or central reservation shall each be treated as a separate
carriageway.

(6) Subject to a direction given by a police officer in uniform or traffic
warden in uniform every pedestrian at a light signal crossing shall comply
with any indication referred to in subregulation (4)(a) and

   (c)  .