Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC CONTROL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8

Power to place road markings

(1) The Commissioner may cause or, by permit in writing (which permit shall be
subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit and are specified
therein), permit to be placed on or near any road a road marking, and in the
case of a prescribed road marking the meaning of any such road marking shall
be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the Figure for that
marking in Schedule 2. (L.N. 22 of 1989)

(2) A prescribed road marking shall be coloured white or such other colour as
may be described in Schedule 2 and may be painted on a road or, if made of any
suitable material, embedded in a road or fixed to the surface of a road.

(3) The Commissioner may vary any lines or the direction of any arrow of a
prescribed road marking placed under this regulation to adapt the marking to
the particular circumstances of a place.

(4) A road marking may be illuminated by the incorporation of a material
capable in the hours of darkness of reflecting light.