Mong Kok Pedestrian Zone Given The Axe Over Noise

District councillors have agreed to put an end to a pedestrian zone in Mong Kok that is popular with buskers and street performers, after complaints from nearby residents over noise.

Vehicles were banned from Sai Yeung Choi Street South in 2000, with the traffic restrictions later reduced to just weekends and public holidays in 2014.

On Thursday, 15 out of 18 Yau Tsim Mong District Council members present at a council meeting voted to fully open the road to vehicles, backing a motion put forward by Business and Professionals Alliance councillors.

Democratic Party councillor James To, who is also a legislator, objected to the change. He said the government should have instead found a way to regulate the use of the street by performers.