Hong Kong authorities issued 300 verbal warnings to visitors on Sharp Island during the first day of China's Labour Day "golden week" holiday. Around 3,000 people flocked to the Unesco Global Geopark, exceeding expectations and prompting additional staff deployment. The warnings were part of managing the unexpectedly high visitor numbers.

Hong Kong authorities issued 300 verbal warnings to people visiting Sharp Island on the first day of mainland China’s Labour Day “golden week” holiday, when thousands flocked to see attractions in the city’s Unesco Global Geopark. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said on Saturday that the number of visitors to Sharp Island a day earlier had “exceeded expectations”, with about 3,000 visitors making the trip, prompting additional frontline staff to be deployed. Hong Kong’s...