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SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1979
ROAD USERS URGED TO BE COURTEOUS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE TODAY (SUNDAY) APPEALED TO PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS TO ADHERE TO THE LAWS OF THE ROAD AND TO BE COURTEOUS TO ONE ANOTHER.
+WE ALL HAVE TO USE THE ROADS, AND IF WE DO IT REASONABLY, THEN WE SHOULD ALL BENEFIT,+ SAID A PWD ́SPOKESMAN.
+SELFISHNESS REALLY HELPS NOBODY AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS,
HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE A POLICE SPOKESMAN REMINDED MOTORISTS NOT TO ENTER A YELLOW BOX JUNCTION UNLESS THEY WERE CERTAIN THEY COULD PROCEED OUT OF IT — IN OTHER WORDS, KEEP IT CLEAR.+
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AND THE PWD SPOKESMAN SAID MOTORISTS SHOULD, FOR SAFETY AND COURTESY, KEEP PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS CLEAR.
+THERE ARE WHITE LINES BEFORE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS INDICATING WHERE MOTORISTS ARE REQUESTED TO STOP, HE SAID. + IF DRIVERS COMPLY WITH THESE INDICATIONS, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BOTH BENEFIT.+
+WE ALL HAVE TO USE THE ROADS, AND IF WE CONSIDER THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF ONE ANOTHER THE SITUATION SHOULD BE FAR LESS TENSE,+ HE SAID.
CYC MEMBERS EXPLORE NATURE
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OVER 2,000 COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB MEMBERS FROM 25 SCHOOLS ARE LEARNING THE MEANING OF CONSERVATION DURING THEIR TREK ALONG NATURE TRAILS IN COUNTRY PARKS.
THE NATURE TRAIL WALKS ARE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CYC SECRETARIAT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
NATURE TRAILS ARE PATHS CUT THROUGH THE COUNTRY PARKS, ALONG WHICH THERE ARE NUMEROUS POINTS OF INTERESTS. THE THREE EXISTING TRAILS ARE THE PINEAPPLE DAM IN THE KAM SHAN COUNTRY PARK, THE EAGLE'S NEST IN THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK AND THE DRAGON'S BACK IN THE TYTAM COUNTRY PARK.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CYC SECRETARIAT SAID, WITH THE GUIDEBOOK ON A SPECIFIC NATURE TRAIL PROVIDED BY US, WALKERS CAN IDENTIFY ON THE SPOT THE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES AND THE AREA'S WILDLIFE.+
HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING THESE VISITS GOES BEYONG THAT OF MERELY PROVIDING MEMBERS WITH SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, THEY BEGIN TO LEARN THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PRESERVE HONG KONG'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE.
"THE SPOKESMAN