Road signs in Hong Kong

Road signs near Chek Lap Kok airport

Road signs in Hong Kong are standardised road signs similar to those used in other nations but with certain distinctions. Like Singapore, road signs in Hong Kong closely follow those used in the United Kingdom. Signs usually use the Transport Medium typeface also used in the United Kingdom, Though some signs on recently completed expressways use Transport Heavy. Road signs created in 10s of the 21st century often irregularly use Arial Narrow or Helvetica with or without a modified 'l', where on older signs and the newest signs, Transport Medium is used. Signs showing street names are usually done in Helvetica but the newest design returns to Transport Medium.

Hong Kong's traffic signs use English and Traditional Chinese, the official languages in Hong Kong.

Regulatory signs

Stop
No entry
All vehicles prohibited in both directions
No motor vehicles
No motor vehicles except cycles
No motorcycles
No buses
No left turn
No right turn
No U-turn
No bicycles
No overtaking
No stopping

Warning signs

Traffic signals ahead
Bend to left ahead
Bend to right ahead
Double bend ahead, first to left
Double bend ahead, first to right
Cross roads ahead
Side road to left ahead
Side road to right ahead
Other dangers ahead

Information signs

Expressway begins
Expressway ends

Image gallery

Latest road signs with Transport typeface 2015

Traffic signs

Signs	Warning sign Regulatory sign Prohibitory traffic sign Mandatory sign Special regulation sign Stop sign Yield sign Crossbuck Dead End sign One-way traffic Speed limit (by country) Advisory speed limit Information sign Direction, position, or indication sign Variable-message sign Bilingual sign Driver location signs Logo sign Priority to the right

By comparison	Comparison of European road signs Comparison of MUTCD-influenced traffic signs

By country	Argentina Australia Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Canada Chile China Colombia Czech Republic Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Malaysia Mauritius Mexico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Poland Singapore South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom Scotland Wales United States Zimbabwe

Lights	Traffic light Traffic-light signalling and operation Traffic light control and coordination

Typefaces	Alfabeto Normale (IT) Austria (AT) Caractères (FR) Clarendon (US) Clearview (US/CA/ID/PH) DIN 1451 (DE) Drogowskaz (PL) Highway Gothic (global) Frutiger (Europe) Hangil (KR) Motorway (Europe) NPS Rawlinson Roadway (US) Panno (KR) SNV (CH) Tern (Europe) Trafikkalfabetet (NO) Transport (UK) Tratex (SE)

Conventions	Geneva Convention on Road Traffic Vienna Convention on Road Traffic Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (US) Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (UK)

Road signs in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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