SATURDAY,
campER 19, 1983
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PUBLIC URGED TO OBSERVE TRAFFIC RULES
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THE WANCHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED TO DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO OBSERVE TRAFFIC RULES IN ORDER TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S MONTH-LONG ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN, SHE POINTED OUT THAT OF THE 24 000 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR, 1 271 OCCURRED IN WAN CHAI.
+ALTHOUGH OUR FIGURE IS ONLY A MERE FIVE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY, SHE SAID.
STRESSING THAT PEDESTRIANS ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN ROAD SAFETY, SHE URGED THEM, SPECIALLY CHILDREN, TO MAKE MORE USE OF SUCH FACILITIES AS TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ZEBRA CROSSINGS, FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAYS.
+BY OBSERVING TRAFFIC RULES AND NEVER CROSSING THE ROAD IN HASTE WILL HELP SAVE LIVES, OF YOUR OWN AND THOSE OF OTHERS,+ MISS CHIU ADDED.
THE CAMPAIGN, WITH AN EDUCATIONAL AND AN ENFORCEMENT PHASE, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE POLICE.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME FEATURED A MINIATURE ROAD SAFETY TOWN,
A DISPLAY OF CRASHED VEHICLES, A SEAT BELT CATAPULT, GAMES STALLS, AND A DRAWING COMPETITION.
OTHER EVENTS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PHASE WILL INCLUDE AN INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ AND A ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION.
THE QUIZ, FOCUSING ON LOCAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, REGULATIONS FOR ROAD USERS, WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 26 AT WAH YAN COLLEGE, WITH NINE LOCAL SCHOOL TEAMS TAKING PART.
THE EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 1 TO 4 AT THE LOBBY OF HENNESSY CENTRE, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 9.30 PM DAILY.
DURING THE TWO-WEEK ENFORCEMENT PHASE BEGINNING FROM DECEMBER 5, POLICE WILL STEP UP ACTION AGAINST CARELESS DRIVERS AND JAYWALKERS IN THE DISTRICT.
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