“Sensitive” lampposts | 16 streetlights bearing 89/64 combinations, at least 11 “switched off”
「敏感」燈柱｜16 支89、64組合路燈 最少 11 支「已熄滅」
The Collective reported last Thursday (the 7th) that the “8964 streetlights” near Tin Tin Road in Yuen Long had disappeared, although the geospatial information map had not been updated. According to the “Streetlight Location Data” on the government’s open data platform that day, Hong Kong still had eight other streetlights whose numbers contained “8964” and seven whose numbers contained “6489”, spread across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and the outlying islands. One day later (the 8th), “8964” and “6489” streetlights could no longer be found on either the data platform or the “Geospatial Information Map”; all streetlights at the original locations had been renumbered. To determine whether all the “8964” and “6489” streetlights had disappeared, reporters recently visited various districts and inspected the remaining streetlights, excluding the “6489” streetlight at Yin Hing Monastery on Lantau Island. They found that, of the 15 streetlights, at least four had still not been renumbered as of November 10, while the other 11 “64” streetlights had all disappeared and been “renovated” into other numbers. Why did the government delete the old numbers online in advance of “renovating” the streetlights? Could this pose a danger to members of the public using streetlight locations when calling an ambulance or seeking help? What was the reason for the sudden disappearance of the large number of “64” streetlights? The Highways Department did not directly answer the queries in its reply tonight (the 12th), reiterating that renumbering may be considered when streetlight poles are renovated or beautified.
《集誌社》上周四（7日）報道元朗馬田路附近的 「8964 路燈」消失，但地理資訊地圖未更新；根據當日政府開放數據平台上的「街燈位置資料」，全港還有另外 8 支編號有「8964」的路燈、以及 7 支編號有「6489」的路燈，遍布港、九、新界、離島各區。一日後（8日），在數據平台和「地理資訊地圖」上，突然完全搜查不到「8964」和「6489」路燈，原有位置的路燈全為「重新編號」。 為確認「8964」和「6489」路燈是否已全部消失，除大嶼山延慶寺「6489」路燈外，記者日前走訪各區、觀察其餘路燈現況，發現 15 支路燈中，最少有 4 支在 11 月10 日仍未被重新編號，其餘 11 支 「64」路燈則全部消失、被「翻新」為其他編號。 為何政府會在「翻新」路燈前「偷步」在網上刪除舊編號？此舉會否為使用路燈定位的公眾，在召喚救護者或求助時帶來危險？大批「64」路燈突被消失原因為何？路政署今晚（12日）回覆沒直接回應查詢，重申翻新／美化燈柱時會考慮重新編號。