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A total of 162 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 106 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (July 7).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 256 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 276 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 38 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 989 traffic accidents with person injured had occurred in Kowloon East Region from January to June this year.
Police Report No. 7
Issued by PPRB
Ends/Friday, July 8, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:12
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