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A total of 183 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 156 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (October 21).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7 am and 11 pm yesterday and 249 officers from Traffic Kowloon East, District Traffic Teams of Wong Tai Sin, Sau Mau Ping and Kwun Tong were deployed to enforce regulations at the traffic accident blacksites and the potential traffic accident locations in Kowloon East Region.
Another 201 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 366 pedestrians and 103 drivers were verbally warned for committing jaywalking and other minor traffic offences.
Meanwhile, pamphlets and leaflets on road safety message were also distributed to the road users.
Statistics revealed that a total of 1,614 traffic accidents had occurred in Kowloon East Region from January to September this year.
Police Report No. 4
Ends/Saturday, October 22, 2005
Issued at HKT 09:22
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