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A total of 161 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 98 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation of the Regional Traffic Day in Kowloon East yesterday (November 6).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 275 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 black spots and potential traffic accident locations in Kowloon East Region.
Another 409 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 75 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 1 813 traffic accidents involving casualties occurred in Kowloon East Region from January to October this year.
Police Report No. 126
Ends/Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:49
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