Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day
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A total of 181 fixed penalty tickets (FPTs) and 161 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (May 13).

The "Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day" was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 241 officers from Traffic Kowloon East, the 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 231 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.

A total of 155 pedestrians and 86 drivers were verbally warned for jaywalking and other minor traffic offences.

Pamphlets and leaflets with road safety messages were also distributed to road users.

Statistics revealed that there were 593 traffic accidents with persons injured in Kowloon East Region from January to April this year.

Police Report No. 1

Ends/Thursday, May 14, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:35

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