Committee of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council voted on 21 November 2013 to restrict the pedestrianisation to weekends and public holidays only, citing complaints from local residents. A survey conducted by the Home Affairs Department found that 80 per cent of residents and shop owners wanted to limit pedestrianisation, while most people questioned on the street wanted to keep the weekday pedestrianisation. In spite of criticism, the pedestrianisation hours were reduced to weekends only with effect from January 2014. The section of the street between Argyle Street and Dundas Street was closed to motorised traffic from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturdays, and noon to 10:00 pm on Sundays and public holidays. Retail rents on the street subsequently dropped. The noise of street performers has increasingly become a point of contention at Sai Yeung Choi Street South, as at certain other locations in Hong Kong (e.g. Tuen Mun Park). As such public singing and dancing is common in Mainland Chinese squares and parks, Hong Kong media have called the phenomenon an example of the "mainlandisation" of Hong Kong. The "often-off-key singing blasting from the loudspeakers" is considered excessively loud and lacking in artistic merit. A study commissioned by the Liberal Party found that noise levels on Saturday nights reached 101.5 decibels. In 2017, authorities received more than 1,200 complaints about the performers, who are not managed by any licensing or regulatory system. In response to pressure from residents and businesses, the Yau Tsim Mong District Council voted in May 2018 to temporarily suspend the pedestrianisation scheme, and the pedestrian zone ceased to exist at 10pm on 29 July 2018. Sai Yeung Choi Street North Starting from Playing Field Road, it runs north, crossing Boundary Street into New Kowloon and terminates slight beyond Poplar Street. This street is largely residential and more quiet than the other street in the south. A much shorter, separated section of this street is to the north, between Sai Yeung Choi Lane and St. Francis' Church, separated by a hill slope. Transportation Mong Kok station (Exits B2, B3, D2, D3, E2) Prince Edward station (Exits A, B2) See also List of streets and roads in Hong Kong References Mong Kok Roads in Kowloon