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A total of 183 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 117 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (June 14).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 231 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 potential traffic accident locations in Kowloon East Region.
Another 211 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 51 pedestrians 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 835 traffic accidents with person injured had occurred in Kowloon East Region from January to May 2011.
Police Report No. 6
Ends/Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:22
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