Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day 
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    A total of 42 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 185 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (January 30).

     The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 200 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 35 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.

     A total of 140 pedestrians were verbally warned for jaywalking, and 130 drivers were warned over other minor traffic offences.

     Pamphlets and leaflets on road safety message were also distributed to road users.

     Statistics revealed that there were 2,249 traffic accidents in Kowloon East Region in 2007.


Police Report No. 3 

Ends/Thursday, January 31, 2008
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