East Dam Po Pin Chau trail booking to manage holiday crowds

To better manage holiday crowds at the High Island Reservoir East Dam in Sai Kung, a trial reservation system will be introduced at its Geo Trail-Po Pin Chau Section on weekends, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day Golden Week, from September 5 to October 7.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department says the trial system applies only to the Po Pin Chau Section, and no reservation is required for entry to other areas of the East Dam.

Reservations during the trial period will be free of charge and on a first-come, first-served basis.

A quota of 500 people is in place for each of the two-hour sessions.

The reservation system will open at 11am Monday for bookings.

Reservations will require real-name registration via a designated travel booking platform.

Each person may reserve up to five spots.

Authorities also address concerns over possible scalping.

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Country Parks ESTHER TO: "That is why we are using Klook becaue Klook has the risk management system, so they could detect suspicious activities such as suspicious IP or VPN so that is why we use that and that will help using bot system to use it."