Hong Kong police issue 849 fines in crackdown on illegal parking in Yau Tsim district
Police in Hong Kong's Yau Tsim district issued 849 fixed-penalty notices and towed six vehicles during a one-day operation targeting illegal parking. Three people were arrested for various traffic offences.
Police in Hong Kong's Yau Tsim district, together with traffic officers from the Kowloon West region, conducted an operation on 13 November against illegal parking. They issued 849 fixed-penalty notices and towed six vehicles that were causing serious traffic obstruction.
During the operation, officers arrested a non-Chinese woman and two local men. The arrests were made on suspicion of using a vehicle without third-party risk insurance, driving without a licence, driving without an approved safety helmet and driving an unregistered vehicle.
Police said that in the first 10 months of this year, the Yau Tsim district had issued more than 138,100 fixed-penalty notices and recorded more than 1,100 cases of driver violations. They urged motorists to improve their driving behaviour.
