Have you had any problems with public open space?
On January 12, I went to the ground-floor open area of Times Square, Causeway Bay, to conduct a 'Free Hugs' event with two friends.
At exactly 2pm I held up my 'Free Hugs' sign.
Within 10 seconds, even before I had hugged anyone, a security guard ran up to me and indicated that I had to stop.
I said: 'Why? I'm not selling anything and I'm not disturbing anyone.' But he insisted that I could not hold up my sign or hug anyone, and he pointed repeatedly at the ground, saying, 'Times Square, Times Square'. I took that to mean he was saying it was private property. He then pointed at me and pointed across the street, implying that if I wanted to hold up my sign and hug people, I had to move away from Times Square. So I did, and over the next two hours I hugged 50 wonderful people.
Now that I know that the open area of Times Square is indeed public space, I'll go back there with my sign one day soon and see what happens.