FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1983
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SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DONE WHAT IT COULD TO ENSURE THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN CROSS A ROAD IN SAFETY, INCLUDING THE SETTING UP OF 213 ZEBRA CROSSINGS, 652 SIGNAL CROSSINGS, 104 PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS, 165 PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
+THERE ARE PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 80 MORE SUBWAYS OR FOOTBRIDGES, OVER AND ABOVE THOSE ALREADY PLANNED AS PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID,
WITH THE HELP OF THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, ABOUT 500 SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR OWN CROSSING PATROLS.
BUT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, BRIDGES, AND SCHOOL PATROLS ARE ONLY PART OF THE ANSWER, THE GOVERNOR STRESSED.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO CONSTANTLY SOUGHT TO IMPRESS ON DRIVERS OF BUSES, CARS AND TRUCKS THE NEED TO PLAY THEIR PART BECAUSE THEY HAD A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TOO.
APART FROM BEING URGED TO BE ALERT AND CAREFUL WHEN CROSSING THE ROAD, CHILDREN WERE ASKED TO HEED THE ADVICE OF +CAPTAIN SAFETY+, A CHARACTER SPECIALLY CREATED TO SPEARHEAD THE CAMPAIGN TARGETTED AT PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
+HE IS BY NO MEANS SUPERHUMAN BUT IS CERTAINLY THE EXPERT ON ROAD SAFETY, HE SAID.
ALSO ATTENDING THE RALLY WERE LADY YOUDE AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY: THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN SCOTT: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR R. ANNING; AND THE DEPUTY COMMANDER, BRITISH FORCES, BRIGADIER A. CROWFOOT.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMME WAS WHEN 453 LIGHT STICKS WERE ILLUMINATED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO DENOTE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR.
TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFECT OF THE RALLY, A ROAD SAFETY DISPLAY WAS STAGED IN THE EXHIBITION LOBBY OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AND IN THE ADJACENT MORRISON HILL TEMPORARY PLEASURE GROUND.
AMONG THE ATTRACTIONS INSIDE THE STADIUM WAS A NEWLY-DESIGNED COMPUTER GAME ON ROAD SAFETY THEMES. THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY FEATURED A SEAT BELT CATAPULT WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE CONSEQUENCE OF WEARING AND NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
THE DISPLAY WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM.
THE ONE HOUR RALLY WAS RECORDED FOR BROADCAST ON TVB JADE ON NOVEMBER 26 AT 4.30 PM.
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