WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 198
HE REMARKED THAT PRIMARY SCHOOL - CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 11 WERE MOST AT RISK AND HIS UNIT HELPED BY PROVIDING
TEACHING KITS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
SIMILAR MATERIAL IS ALSO SUPPLIED TO THE EDUCATIONAL TELE- VISION SCHOOL PROGRAMMES TO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF SAFETY.+
PARENTS MUST ALSO BE REACHED AS A LARGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS HAPPENS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE ACCOMPANIED, MR WILLDAY STATED.
+THIS IS NOT ENOUGH
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THIS HE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SMALL AMOUNT OF ROAD SAFETY -ITERATURE AT PRESENT. BUT THIS IS BEING RECTIFIED AS THE HIGHWAY CODE IS BEING REDRAFTED TO INCLUDE THE NECESSARY DETAILS.
+THIS WILL THEN BE USED AS A BASIS FOR FURTHER LEAFLETS AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS IN THE FUTURE,+ MR WILLDAY SAID.
NOTING THAT FATALITIES AMONG THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE ALSO HIGH, HE SAID FUTURE CAMPAIGNS WILL BE TAKING THIS INTO ACCOUNT.
MR WILLDAY ALSO INDICATED THAT MORE DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT SIGNALLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO MAKE THEM MORE CONSPICUOUS AND MEASURES INTRODUCED TO DISCOURAGE MOTORISTS FROM BLOCKING THESE FACILITIES.
HE STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH GOVERNMENT WAS MOVING IN MANY DIRECTIONS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THERE WERE LIMITS TO WHAT IT COULD ACHIEVE ALONE.
AND HE BELIEVED THAT REAL LASTING PROGRESS WOULD ONLY BE MADE WHEN PUBLIC ATTITUDE IS CHANGED CONCERNING PEDESTRIANS AND THE NEEDS OF PEDESTRIANS.
HE ALSO APPEALED TO PEDESTRIANS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF UNSAFE FACILITIES AND TO AGITATE TO GET THINGS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.
BORROWING A QUOTE, HE CONCLUDED WITH THIS ADVICE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CURE A PATIENT UNLESS HE ACCEPTS HE IS ILL.+
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON CHAI WAN ROAD ****
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, EASTBOUND VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE U-TURNS AT THE JUNCTION OF SHAU KEI WAN ROAD AND CHAI WAN ROAD.
WESTBOUND VEHICLES FROM SHAU KEJ WAN MAIN STREET EAST HAVE TO ENTER SHAU KEI WAN POAD DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF VIA CHAI WAN ROAD.