The physical security provisions are going into place around the Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), where the WTO talks will be held.

It looks very different today to how it was on Saturday.

The HKCEC has been surrounded by a metal fence around three metres high. Around the main car entrance, some points on the fence have been concreted into the road and it is reinforced with water-filled barricades. The water-filled barricades and the metal fences block off access around the sides of the HKCEC. Still, some parts of the building around the front are protected only with netting.

Several small grey navy-type ships sat in the harbour around the HKCEC.

Divers with helmets were going into the water this morning. On Saturday I saw the police check manholes with mirrors, then seal them.

This morning, I was able to walk inside what will soon be the restricted area in the HKCEC. Inside, tens of plastic shields were being unloaded from a white van. Apart from a few police, photographers and four tourists, it was quiet.

The police vans have had their windows shielded with metal caging for the last few days. Even a mobile police canteen was protected.

Many over-passes, including those over Gloucester Road, have had netting hung across the open areas to stop anything being thrown onto the road. The netting is made of thin nylon, and probably easily cut. Christmas decorations are hung along the netting.