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A total of 156 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 158 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (September 9).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 184 officers from Traffic Kowloon East, District Traffic Teams of Wong Tai Sin, Sau Mau Ping and Kwun Tong were deployed to enforce regulations at traffic accident blacksites and the potential traffic accident locations in Kowloon East Region.
Another 153 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 205 pedestrians and 46 drivers were verbally warned for jaywalking and other minor traffic offences.
Pamphlets and leaflets on road safety message were also distributed to road users.
Statistics revealed that there were 1,252 traffic accidents with persons injured in Kowloon East Region from January to August this year.
Police Report No. 2
Ends/Thursday, September 10, 2009
Issued at HKT 10:39
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