The Police today urged people to use the 999 hotline for emergencies only.

Police Regional Command & Control Centres received more than 1.07 million calls in the first half of the year, of which 66.2% were genuine. The rest were nuisance calls or misdialled.

Hotline misuse delays the handling of genuine emergencies, endangering the lives of those in urgent need of assistance, the Police said.

It added people can contact police stations for non-emergency requests.

A list of police station phone numbers can be found on the force’s website.