Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day
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A total of 136 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 170 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (April 22).

The "Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day" was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 179 officers from Traffic Kowloon East, District Traffic Teams from 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 323 tickets were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.

A total of 214 pedestrians and 17 drivers were verbally warned for jaywalking and other minor traffic offences.

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

Statistics revealed that there were 428 traffic accidents in Kowloon East Region from January to March inwhich people were injured.

Police Report No. 6

Ends/Thursday, April 23, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:37

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