Operation to promote road safety in New Territories South
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     Police Traffic New Territories South (NTS) yesterday (October 27) concluded a road safety operation codenamed ¡§Treelife¡¨ aiming to remind pedestrians and drivers of the importance of road safety through enforcement actions.

     Launched in early October, the operation included enforcement by officers from Traffic NTS and various districts to promote ¡§public transport safety¡¨, ¡§cycling safety¡¨ and ¡§pedestrian safety¡¨ respectively. During the operation, 377 summonses, 418 fixed penalty tickets and 138 verbal warnings were issued to road users.

     Police will continue to take various enforcement actions to improve road safety.

Police Report No. 289

Ends/Friday, October 28, 2011
Issued at HKT 23:27

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