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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1983
MEMBERS OF THE PARTY SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE MULTI- STOREY LAUNDRY MANNED BY PRISONERS. EQUIPPED WITH MODERN PLANT AND MACHINERY, THE LAUNDRY IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING 454 000 KILOGRAMMES OF SOILED LINEN FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS A MONTH.
THE VISITORS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON OTHER FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE PRISON AND SAW PRISONERS AT WORK IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS.
THE PARTY CONCLUDED THEIR VISIT AT THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, AND SAW VARIOUS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE RECEPTION OFFICE, CONTROL ROOM WITH CLOSED CIRCUIT TV SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, HOSPITAL, LABORATORY, DENTAL CLINIC, DINING HALL, CELLS AND DORMITORIES.
THE CENTRE IS ONE OF THE FEW HIGH RISE PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WORLD, AND RECEIVES ALL MALE OFFENDERS OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE ON REMAND AND AFTER SENTENCING.
GOVERNOR URGES CHILDREN TO FOLLOW ROAD SAFETY RULES ****
THE GOVERNOR TODAY TOLD CHILDREN IN HONG KONG THAT LIFE CAN BE FUN, REWARDING AND SAFE, IF THEY FOLLOW THE ROAD SAFETY RULES.
HE WAS ADDRESSING MORE THAN 1 500 PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE ROAD SAFETY RALLY HELD IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM TODAY.
THE RALLY WAS ORGANISED BY THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL OF HONG KONG AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SUPPORTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, AS A PART OF THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN DIRECTED TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE.
HIS ADVICE TO THEM WAS +WHENEVER YOU CROSS A ROAD, GET ON OR OFF THE SCHOOL BUS, DASH IN AND OUT OF THE PLAYGROUND, OR WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE, IN FACT WHEREVER THERE IS TRAFFIC, YOU MUST BE CAREFUL AND REMEMBER THE LESSONS OF ROAD SAFETY+,
THE GOVERNOR EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE VULNERABILITY OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
+ABOUT ONE FIFTH OF ALL PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES LAST YEAR WERE YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID, ADDING THAT IT WAS THOSE BETWEEN THE AGE OF SIX AND 11 THAT WERE MOST AT RISK.
HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER HALF OF ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURY TO CHILDREN OCCURRED WHEN THEY WERE CROSSING THE ROAD.
+AND THE TIME OF THE DAY WHEN CHILDREN ARE MOST AT RISK IS THE LUNCH-TIME CHANGEOVER PERIOD WHEN THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL, HE SAID.
/SIR EDWARD