Public Transport Facilities 

  1. Public transport facilities specified in the Smoking (Public Health) (Designation of No Smoking Areas) Notice (Cap.371D) are designated as no smoking areas with effect from 1 September 2009. Public transport facilities are: -
    1. any area that consists of the termini of 2 or more modes of public transport and is used for effecting and facilitating interchange between them; or 

    2. any bus terminus of more than one specified route as defined in section 2 of the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap.230).

    No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in designated no smoking areas, or else will be liable to a fixed penalty of $1,500.

  2. Pursuant to the power conferred by section 3(1AB) of the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance, the Department of Health will designate all public transport facilities as no smoking areas in phases, starting with those with superstructures followed by open-air ones. For details, please refer to  Smoking (Public Health) (Designation of No Smoking Areas) Notice.

    List of Gazetted Covered PTIs
    District Name
    Central & Western
    Central & Western
    Eastern
    Southern Shum Wan Road Public Transport Interchange, Wong Chuk Hang
    Southern Tin Wan Estate Public Transport Interchange
    Kowloon City Kowloon Tong (Sulffolk Road) Public Transport Interchange
    Kwun Tong Laguna City Public Transport Interchange, Kwun Tong
    Kwun Tong Telford Plaza Transport Interchange, Kowloon Bay
    Kwun Tong Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange, Ngau Chi Wan
    Kwun Tong Choi Wan Bus Terminus, Ngau Chi Wan
    Wong Tai Sin Lok Fu Bus Terminus
    Wong Tai Sin Tsz Wan Shan (North) Bus Terminus
    Yau Tsim Mong Island Harbourview Public Transport Interchange Tai Kok Tsui 
    Yau Tsim Mong Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)  Bus Terminus
    Sha Tin Ma On Shan Town Centre Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Sha Tin Central Bus Terminus 
    Tai Po Tai Po Market Station Public Transport Interchange
    Tai Po Fu Shin Estate Bus Terminus, Tai Po
    Tai Po   Kwong Fuk Bus Terminus, Tai Po
    Tai Po Tai Wo Bus Terminus
    Sai Kung Tsui Lam Bus Terminus, Tseung Kwan O
    Islands Yat Tung Estate Public Transport Terminus, Tung Chung
    Kwai Tsing Kau Wa Keng Public Transport Interchange, Lai Chi Kok
    Kwai Tsing Kwai Fong Station Bus Terminus
    Kwai Tsing
    Kwai Tsing Cheung Hong Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi
    Kwai Tsing Cheung On Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi
    Kwai Tsing Kwai Shing (East) Bus Terminus
    Kwai Tsing Kwai Shing Central Bus Terminus
    Kwai Tsing Shek Lei (Tai Loong Street) Bus Terminus 
    Kwai Tsing Tsing Yi Estate Bus Terminus
    North Sheung Shui Bus Terminus
    North Choi Yuen Bus Terminus, Sheung Shui 
    North Tin Ping Estate Bus Terminus, Sheung Shui
    Tuen Mun Lung Mun Oasis Bus Terminus, Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun Sam Shing Bus Terminus, Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun Tuen Mun Pier Head Bus Terminus
    Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun
    Tuen Mun  Po Tin Bus Terminus, Tuen Mun
    Tsuen Wan Discovery Park Public Transport Interchange, Tsuen Wan
    Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan Station Public Transport Interchange
    Tsuen Wan Bellagio Public Transport Interchange, Tsuen Wan
    Tsuen Wan Riviera Gardens Public Transport Interchange, Tsuen Wan
    Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Town Centre Public Transport Interchange
    Yuen Long Long Ping Estate Bus Terminus, Yuen Long
    Yuen Long Tin Fu Court Bus Terminus, Tin Shui Wai
    Yuen Long Tin Yan Estate Public Transport Interchange, Tin Shui Wai

  3. Moreover, some of the public transport interchanges and bus termini fulfill the definition of "indoor public place" under the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap 371)*. Smoking has been already prohibited in these public transport facilities.

    Listed of Indoor Public Transport Interchanges and Bus Termini
    District Name 
    Central & Western
    Admiralty Station (East) Bus Terminus
    Central & western
    Central (Hong Kong Station) Public Transport Interchange
    Central & Western
    The Peak Public Transport Terminus
    Eastern
    Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) Public Transport Interchange
    Eastern
    Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange
    Eastern Shau Kei Wan Station Public Transport Interchange
    Southern Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) Public Transport Interchange
    Southern Cyberport Public Transport Interchange
    Southern Shek Pai Wan Estate Public Transport Interchange
    Kowloon City Laguna Verde Public Transport Terminus
    Kowloon City Whampoa Garden Public Transport Interchange
    Kwun Tong Kowloon Bay Public Transport Interchange
    Kwun Tong Lam Tin Station Public Transport Interchange
    Kwun Tong Ping Tin Bus & GMB Terminus
    Kwun Tong Po Tat Estate Public Transport Terminus
    Kwun Tong APM Public Transport Interchange
    Sham Shui Po Cheung Sha Wan Plaza Public Transport Interchange
    Sham Shui Po Kowloon Tong (Festival Walk) Public Transport Interchange
    Sham Shui Po Yen Chow Street Public Transport Interchange
    Sham Shui Po Hoi Lai estate Public Transport Interchange
    Wong Tai Sin
    Diamond Hill Station Public Transport Interchange
    Wong Tai Sin Tsz Wan Shan (Central) Bus Terminus
    Yau Tsim Mong Kwoloon Station Public Transport Interchange
    Yau Tsim Mong Olympic station Public Transport Interchange
    Yau Tsim Mong Park Avenue Public Transport Interchange
    Yau Tsim Mong Tsim Sha Tsui East Bus Terminus
    Yau Tsim Mong China Ferry Terminal Public Transport Interchange
    Yau Tsim Mong Langham Place Public Light Bus Terminus
    Sha Tin Wu Kai Sha Station Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Yu Chui Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Tai Wai Station Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Mei Tin Estate Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Bayshore Towers Public Transport Interchange
    Sha Tin Kam Tai Court Public Transport Interchange 
    Sai Kung Hang Hau Station Public Transport Interchange
    Sai Kung Po Lam Public Transport Interchange
    Sai Kung Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange
    Sai Kung Tseung Kwan O Station Public Transport Interchange
    Sai Kung Sheung Tak Public Transport Interchange
    Sai Kung Choi Ming Public Transport Interchange
    Islands Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus
    Kwai Tsing Kwai Chung Estate Public Transport Interchange
    Kwai Tsing Villa Esplanada Public Transport Interchange
    North Luen Wo Hui Public Transport Interchange
    Tuen Mun Tuen Mun Cetral Bus Station
    Tuen Mun Tuen Mun Station Public Transport Interchange
    Tsuen Wan Bayview Garden Bus Terminus
    Tsuen Wan Nina Tower Bus Terminus
    Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan West Station Public Transport Interchange
    Tsuen Wan Lei Muk Shue Estate Bus Terminus
    Tsuen Wan Sai Lau Kok Public Transport Interchange
    Tsuen Wan Vision City Public Light Bus Terminus
    Yuen Long Tin Heng Bus Terminus
    Yuen Long Locwood Court Public Transport Interchange
                                                                

    Please refer to the Smoking (Public Health) (Designation of No Smoking Areas) Notice (Cap. 371D) for details of designated no smoking areas in public transport facilities. The full text of the Notice can be accessed at the Bilingual Information System of the Department of Justice.(www.legislation.gov.hk)

* According to the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371), all indoor public places are no smoking areas. "Indoor" means having a ceiling or roof, or a cover that functions (whether temporarily or permanently) as a ceiling or roof; and enclosed (whether temporarily or permanently) at least up to 50% of the total area on all sides, except for any window or door, or any closeable opening that functions as a window or door. 

     
 
     
 
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Last Revision Date : 22 April 2010